Something Familiar

Runtime: 80'

Expected release: First quarter 2026

Production stage: Early post-production (editing)

Budget: €368,000 (65% in place)

1st feature: Yes

Looking for: Festivals, sales agents, gap financing

Synopsis:

While trying to help a fellow adoptee find her birth mother, British-Romanian filmmaker Rachel delves back into her own family story looking for healing and closure. Launching an international search for her missing sisters she unearths a tragic legacy of abuse and exploitation. Can she harness the creative power of self-authorship to interrogate the ghosts of her past and write a new script for her future?

Director’s Profile:

Rachel Close is a British-Romanian filmmaker, lecturer, and social worker (BA, MA, MA, PGDip). Rachel has directed documentary short films selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest, East End Film Festival, and SEE Documentary Festival.

Rachel was awarded the Cineuropa Marketing Award, as well as winning first place for the Romanian CNC Development Fund in 2022 for her debut feature-length documentary, “Something Familiar”. The film has also received funding from Creative Media and the British Film Institute (Doc Society). Rachel is a member of the Documentary Association of Europe.

Producer’s Profile:

Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, member of AMPAS/Oscar and EFA, is the producer of “Acasa, My Home” by Radu Ciorniciuc, winner of the Sundance Cinematography Award 2020 and over 40 international awards, producer for “Tata” by Lina Vdovii and Radu Ciorniciuc, selected at Toronto IFF 2024, and of “Bright Future” by Andra MacMasters, IDFA 2024.

Founded by Jamie Clark, My Accomplice is an award-winning London-based production company known for its commitment to diverse voices and cultural credibility. Under the creative leadership of Aleksandra Bilić, who joined in 2018, My Accomplice has delivered feature documentaries including BIFA-nominated Nascondino (BFI Doc Society) and has served as UK producers on Netflix’s Emmy and BAFTA-nominated The Great Hack.