Hull Independent Cinema: Sorry, Baby

Dir Eva Victor | USA, Spain, France | 2025 | 103 mins | Rated 15 | English
When Agnes was a student at a small-town Massachusetts college, she was a natural, effortlessly earning praise from her professor. But one day she experienced a life-changing traumatic incident. We follow her in the years that follow as, with the support of her friend Lydie and an adopted kitten she tries to get through life day to day while processing what happened to her and managing the sometimes thoughtless and even callous reactions of others. Being presented in non-chronological episodes cleverly enables this remarkable, grimly humorous film to focus not on the incident itself but on Agnes as a person and the journey she undertakes in managing her trauma.
Starring Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival: Winner, Screenwriting Award; Nominee, Grand Jury Prize
Cannes Film Festival: Nominee, 3 awards including Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award
Seattle International Film Festival: Winner, Feature Film Award; Nominee, Best Director
Astra Midseason Movie Awards: Nominee, 3 awards including Best Actress

REVIEWS
“I was moved to tears by the bond between Agnes and Lydie, and how Victor and Ackie bring to life the cellular nourishment true friendship provides.”
★★★★ Kimberley Jones, Austin Chronicle
“Sorry, Baby is funny, sad, thoughtful, and specific, a keenly observed portrait of a woman blown off course by a traumatic incident.” Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
“A breakout that heralds Victor as an idiosyncratic and exciting new American artist.” Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“A directorial debut of unfiltered frankness in both its tragedy and comedy, Sorry, Baby is a singular feat of storytelling.” Jordan Raup, The Film Stage