Lin Htet Aung is a self-taught filmmaker and time-based media artist, whose short films have screened in a number of festivals around the world. “Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom” is an experimental short in black-and-white which intermingles the the Buddhist story “Vessantara Jātaka”, the history of Myanmar and what is actually portrayed on screen.
Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
A number of images that seem to portray a myth lead to the actual, aforementioned story, which is presented through text on a black screen. The actual film begins with an older man sitting at a table with a younger one, who seems to be his son. He is eating, and there seems to be some tension, mostly communicated through the music. The older man opens the window and an intense wind starts blowing things. Then a woman is lying on the floor,...
Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
A number of images that seem to portray a myth lead to the actual, aforementioned story, which is presented through text on a black screen. The actual film begins with an older man sitting at a table with a younger one, who seems to be his son. He is eating, and there seems to be some tension, mostly communicated through the music. The older man opens the window and an intense wind starts blowing things. Then a woman is lying on the floor,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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