Motherboard
At 38, film director Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant, and broke. Filmed over 20 years, Victoria explores a life where she and her son Jim, survive two generations of absent fathers, her breast cancer diagnosis and Jim’s rollercoaster teen years. She first began documenting their lives with her old DVCAM before shooting on five generations of smartphones. Victoria recorded hundreds of hours of footage, capturing each twist and turn in Jim’s life, from the thumbs- up he gave her during her first scan, to his first day at college. Motherboard documents a lifetime of parenting, capturing the comedy and drama of solo motherhood in all its unfiltered glory
Director
Victoria Mapplebeck
Cast
Victoria Mapplebeck
Victoria Mapplebeck
Showings
Saturday, 11 July 2026tomorrow
14:00
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
SMartphone Film Fest: Motherboard
Screen 7
Ad and Trailer Free: No advertisements or trailers will play ahead of this screening. You are recommended to arrive promptly.
Q&A: This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
Q&A: This screening will be followed by a Q&A.