“Thick relations” are the bonds we form with friends, family, and lovers. 
These thick relations govern the formation of our communities of 
memory--the boundaried world wherein we commit to others by defining 
ourselves. Thick Relations is a film about family. It is a film about 
the ties we create and the ways we keep them. With the rhythm and 
discordance of a life lived, Thick Relations explores the impossibly 
brief thrill of recognition and belonging; the devastating loss of 
the same.  

Made through a process of intricate collaboration, Thick Relations is 
filled with immediate, proximal kinships and the inevitable absences--
both brief and enduring--that occur within relationships. Here, time 
is propelled by intimate connections, both physical and emotional. As 
we witness a close-knit group of friends contract and dissolve in the 
face of loss, we are invited into a world that is both fabricated and 
real. The central actors play characters based on themselves whom they 
crafted in collaboration with Rosskam. Moments of monologue, sex, and 
solitude punctuate the vibrant family life--a fabrication that invites 
us into the resonant and queer experience of being one among many, of 
being a part and apart.