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Chinese Independent Documentary :
CIDFA018:
Mom
Directors: Xie Lina
Length: 85min
Production Year: 2007
Synopsis：
Searching for truth in the forgotten. One’s emotions are often concealed for the sake of convenience or to avoid superficial sadness, but I hope to put my emotions outside myself, in “public”.
Mom is my first long documentary film. For many years, my mom worked hard to raise me and provide all I needed, and I always wanted to make a documentary film about her. Before I entered college, my mom and I were never separated. We lived together in an old house, in a wet room, and slept in the same bed. Mom’s wedding picture had been damaged, and I always wanted to fix it. And when she danced for me for the first time, I saw confidence in her steps.Why film her? Everyone has one mother. I think it is enough.
The film has been screened at:
May 2007, May Festival, Chaochangdi Workstation, Beijing
July 2007, Fruits of Experimental Contemporary Art Education in China, Zenda Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
December 2007, “From Village to Metropolis” Documentary Forum, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
Director’s Bio:
XieLina Graduated from the New Media Department of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, in 2007