MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG

我的阿婆是一顆蛋 (original title)

Directed by: CHANG Wu-Ching

Taiwan. 2021. Animation. 9min. Color/B&W. OV/FrS.

Synopsis

The director's grandmother was a T'ung-yang-hsi. It is the traditional practice of pre-arranged marriage, selling a young girl to another family to be raised as a future daughter-in-law. The narration is based on interviews with the director's grandmother's children. From personal witnesses to the general phenomena in society, the audiences may glimpse the long past, imagine women's situation in our own times, and look forward to striving for real gender equality in the future.
Eggs are fragile, but at the same time tough. My grandmother is an egg.

@mygrandmotheri1

CHANG Wu-Ching

Born in Taiwan, Wu-Ching Chang is an animation director, illustrator, and concept artist who earned MA in Animation at Royal College of Art in the UK and BFA in New Media Art at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. She is the founder of Aco Creative Ltd. She has worked on commercial and independent animation, illustration, and game concept arts since 2014. The clients include Channel Four and Taiwan Public Television. She had worked as the concept artist and cinematic artist for the game Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition.
She creates animated short films by exploring personal experiences and female issues. Her films are often based on cultural context by doing interviews and research in the pre-production stage. Except for 2D animation with hand-painted texture, her films contain multiple experimental practices, such as animating with eggs. Through visual art, she tells stories about life.

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October 20 to 23, 2022

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