Queer culture has always embraced the wild outsider, and director Rosanne Pel leans right in with her darkly funny second feature, this sharp and eccentric riff on women-centred family sagas in the spirit of Grey Gardens. If family warfare is an art form, Donkey Days is destined to be a future cult classic.

Anna and Charlotte, two lifelong rival sisters, have spent years competing for the affection of their mercurial mother, Ines. When Anna returns home with frustrations simmering and her queer relationships unravelling, old conflicts flare fast. Soon the trio is knee-deep in bizarre family secrets, from mysterious ashes to Mum’s unsettling fondness for a donkey. As revelations pile up, the lines between grief, love, and absurdity blur in the best possible way.

* Audiences are advised this film contains depictions of dysfunctional family dynamics, portrayals of sexual shame, nudity, and eating dynamics related to dieting pressure. 

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