Braided
My mother always carefully braided my hair so tightly that a clear path was pulled across the top of my head. lt ached faintly, and l resisted it instinctively, yet had no choice but to accept it. As I stumbled forward on my own for the first time, l occasionally felt a subtle, distant pull, delicate yet profound, unraveling the strength l pretended to have.
Festival year: 2025
Director:
Chenxi Zhang
Production year:
2023
Duration:
6’
Production countries:
China, USA
Genre:
Animated film
Producer:
California Institute of the Arts
Distribution:
Inwave Films