Festival Note
Director Giselle Lin talks to her sisters as they confront their parents’ impending separation, sifting through painful memories of a difficult home life, and examining the meanings of their given names.
Kinausap ni director na si Giselle Lin ang kanyang mga kapatid na babae habang kinakaharap nila ang nalalapit na paghihiwalay ng kanilang mga magulang. Sinasala nila ang mga masasakit na alaala ng mahirap na buhay sa tahanan, at sinusuri ang mga kahulugan ng kanilang mga pangalan.
Giselle Lin is a Singaporean filmmaker. Her undergrad thesis short film Yi Yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays) premiered in competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. Her upcoming short film project, Children’s Day, participated in the Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2022 while her debut feature project, Midnight Blue Spring, is an alumna of the SGIFF Southeast Asian Film Lab 2021 and won the inaugural 2022 Locarno Residency. Giselle seeks to always tell stories about women, for women.