Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?

2024 | 24 min
Documentary

Compass Productions is very proud to announce that AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU’VE EVER SEEN? has won the The Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at Hot Docs! Congratulations to director Eisha Marjara and our whole team!

Written & Directed by Eisha Marjara
Produced by Joe Balass (Compass Productions) & Ariel Nasr (NFB)
Editor: Kara Blake
Director Of Photography: Ariane Lorraine
Production Designer: Paola Ridolfi
Original Music: Gaëtan Gravel With: Rebecca Ablack, Pooja Dhanak, Birva Pandya, Leyani Kurera, Devinder Marjara, Harinder Marjara, Seema Marjara, And Amita Marjara

“Hey, let’s go on a diet together.” As kids in a small Quebec town, Eisha and Seema were more than sisters, they were soul mates, and a joint diet offered a shared sense of purpose.

But their carefree project would take a dark turn, pushing Eisha to the very brink of death. Consumed by anorexia, she found herself battling her own fragile body—stranded between childhood and adulthood.

Decades later, she revisits her past in an exquisitely crafted work of auto-ethnography, evoking her unusual youth with aching lyricism. In addressing a tender love letter to the troubled girl she once was, she reaches contemporary audiences with a timely reflection on body image and self-acceptance.