To Write from Memory
Director：Emory Chao Johnson
Screenwriter：Emory Chao Johnson
Cast：Yosilu Chen, Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Emory Chao Johnson
Producer：Emory Chao Johnson, Qianru Li
Cinematographer：Farrah Su
Running Time：19mins
Region：USA
Year：2023
Language：Mandarin Chinese, English
Production Company：None
SYNOPSIS
Opaque memories seep into a quotidian flow despite efforts to move onward.
Director Biography
Emory Chao Johnson is a filmmaker settled on the land of the Tongva (Los Angeles Basin) whose work centers on the real and abstract forces that charge new visions of worldbuilding. Their short 默 (TO WRITE FROM MEMORY) premiered at Berlinale and was nominated for a TEDDY Award.
Director's Statement
默 (TO WRITE FROM MEMORY) explores the seams that connect documentary and fiction, archive and memory. Playing with distant intimacy, the film constructs an opaque window into the protagonist’s daily rituals in which each moment contains the potential energy to disrupt the mundane flow.
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