一个名人的性爱录像带是一个典型的业余色情视频记录涉及一个或多个名人名家人（次），有意或无意，已经取得可公开。不同意他们的臣民，经常发布这样的录像带，并有可能损害名人的职业生涯。在1988年，一个性爱录像带造成重大损害抢Lowe的职业生涯。近年来，然而，很多名人都从中受益的性爱录像带从发布的宣传。发布的帕里斯希尔顿“的性磁带在2003年以及2007年的金·卡戴珊的性爱录像带给他们带来的名气到一个新的水平，从而导致本杂志的封面，这本书论述，与现实的电视连续剧。堆焊色情录像带已经变得如此普遍，有些是泄露作为一种营销手段，推动建立媒体职业生涯。一个名人可以争取释放在法庭上保持不可否认性，同时还享受着事业上的好处。相反，名人能采取的途径公开发布的磁带和特许权使用费和间接的宣传中直接受益。目前公众接受的名人性爱录影带由乔·利维的“滚石”的执行编辑，推测是由于容易获得色情，以及对夫妇更常见的由于自己的磁带摄像机的患病。

Growing up in the United States, Lisa Lin, a second-generation Chinese American who does not speak any Chinese, thinks her “Chinese” identity is necessary in a cultural melting pot like New York. Only after her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and after eventually forgetting English, does Lisa realise that she had never tried to understand her mother’s world. Will she rediscover her mother tongue?
Director’s Statement:
My grandmother didn’t speak Mandarin and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for nearly 15 years before passing. While growing up, I could never talk with her directly, but I never doubted that she loved me deeply. I was even one of the last few family members she forgot. Over the years, I watched grandma drift away into the world inside her head. She was so close to me and yet so far away. The powerlessness I felt as her family inspires the emotional theme of Mother Tongue, and the process of writing the script has become a kind of therapy. Meanwhile, as an “international citizen” who has been studying abroad for a long time, I have many friends from all over the world. I’m always amazed by how we are all connected by mutual experience, despite our different languages or backgrounds; but some meanings are untranslatable and are lost in cultural barriers. For example, I could never explain to them why “as the bright moon shines over the sea, from far away you share this moment with me,” and why “the Moon Goddess should have regretted stealing the elixir, each night she was overwhelmed by loneliness at blue sea and sky.” However, sentences like these are the mutual context of every Native Chinese speaker. The connections are deeply tied in our culture and blood, these cannot and need not be expressed in words. Just like my grandmother loves me without using her words, I can communicate with friends from different backgrounds, but I can only convey the part of me connected with Chinese culture with a specific context. Therefore, I want to explore the cultural context of how to speak the unspeakable through language, image, myth, and music in Mother Tongue. These elements will be strung together in this non-classic narrative, immersing the audience in memories, family, and grief.
Curators’ Notes With the film’s fluid camerawork, softly-lit interiors, and intimate close-ups, director Qian produces a woozy, dreamlike style that feels truly cinematic. The past is rendered as hazy as the present, as Lisa’s position as both an alienated daughter and soon-to-be mother uproots her sense of self. This film subtly uses an ethereal visual language. Tackling the legacies of both culture and love, Mother Tongue asks us what connections can be found beyond language – and how we shall pass on our heritage to our loved ones.
Festivals & Awards:
2021 Aesthetica Short Film Festival Nomination
2022 Asian Film Festival Official Selection
2021 Canada China International Film Festival Selection

A young boy taking pictures in the city gets a glimpse into an adult world.

Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.