Project Detail

My Grandmother Is an Egg

Name: My Grandmother Is an Egg
Director: Wu-Ching Chang
Genre: Experimental, Human Rights, Woman Director, Asian
Released: 2021
Duration: 8 min 7 sec

Synopsis

My grandmother was a T'ung-yang-hsi. It is a tradition of pre-arranged marriage, selling a young girl to another family to be raised as a future daughter-in-law.
The audiences may glimpse the past, imagine women's situation in our times, and look forward to striving for real gender equality in the future.

Official Selection Hot Docs Festival 2021 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 min 7 sec
Format: HDV
Director: Wu-Ching Chang
Producer: Wu-Ching Chang
Executive Producer: Wu-Ching Chang
Editor: Wu-Ching Chang
Screenwriter: Wu-Ching Chang
Director of Photography: Wu-Ching Chang
Production Designer: Wu-Ching Chang
Sound: Wu-Ching Chang, Chuan-Chi Lin, Markus Andreas, Alston Hsu
Composer: Nahum Strickland, Jen-Shuo Chen
Lyricer: Wei-Fang Jia
Singer: Xue-Ying Chang
Audio Advisor: Alan Chung-An, Ou
Animation Assistant: Lok-Yi Tsoi, Bouchra Fadil
Voice: Yung-Yu Chang, Yu-Lin Chang, Yu-Chin Chang, Yu-Jan Chang
Talent: Yu-Hsia Chang
Re-recording Mixer: Shu-yu Chen
Dialogue Editor: Shu-yu Chen
Sound Effects Editor: Shu-yu Chen
Foley Recordist: Shu-yu Chen
Foley Artist: Jin De Lin, Shu-yu Chen
Foley Editor: Shu-yu Chen
Sound Post-Production Coordinator: Fumi Yan
Japanese Translator: Zi-hui Yu
German Translator: Alice Valbon
French Translator: Léon Moh-Cah

Genre

Experimental Human Rights Woman Director Asian

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aco Studio

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