Short Film Review: 'I think it's enough, isn't it?' (2021)

Director Emily Shir Segal has crafted a truly affecting short film that serves as a grim reminder of our reality during the COVID-19 pandemic — even now. I think it’s enough, isn’t it? uses real home video to capture the close connection between Seg

★★★★★

NR - Documentary (4 minutes)

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dir. Emily Shir Segal

“Reconstructing one last encounter with Dad.”

— Official Synopsis

Director Emily Shir Segal has crafted a truly affecting short film that serves as a grim reminder of our reality during the COVID-19 pandemic — even now. I think it’s enough, isn’t it? uses real home video to capture the close connection between Segal and her father before his untimely death in March of 2020. Narrated by Segal, she recounts the moments leading up to, and shortly after, he passed.

By using old footage, Segal tastefully reconstructs a clearer image of the father whom she idolized. Rather than attempt to explain her relationship with too many words, she paints their story with delicate montage. Most of the video archives were obtained by Segal during her father’s Shiva, at which point she cut and complied the clips together.

The tragedy of his death is echoed by countless other individuals who have lost loved ones during the past year; in that regard, the film is both relatable and deeply personal. But the last few moments that we spend in Segal’s shattered world are the most excruciating. Someone asks what she would have liked to say if she got to spend another moment him.

“What would you have told him?”

“I’d tell him I love him. I think it’s enough, isn’t it?”

I think it’s enough, isn’t it? is currently showing online at the Slamdance Film Festival. You can pick up festival passes through the 25th of February here: https://slamdance.com.

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