{"id":16078,"date":"2021-10-04T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T10:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/?p=16078"},"modified":"2021-10-03T19:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T23:17:42","slug":"viff-selection-of-5-north-american-short-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2021\/10\/04\/viff-selection-of-5-north-american-short-films\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIFF] Selection of 5 North American short films"},"content":{"rendered":"

I continue my coverage of the VIFF with 5 short films that only have in common the fact that they have caught my attention. No, they have nothing more than that in common.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart, together (Olivia Hang Zhou) \u2014 USA\/China<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"Apart<\/a><\/p>\n

A teen girl and her mother from China are in Los Angeles, searching for her older sister who was abandoned as a baby.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have all heard stories of Chinese families, giving up their daughters for adoption in order to have a boy because only one child was allowed per family. This is, indeed, true. For a long time it was forbidden to have more than one child. Even today, families are not too keen on their firstborn being a girl. But until now, I had not seen any film that dealt with the subject fairly and effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

But <\/span>Apart, together<\/span><\/i> is strong and lays bare the brutal, soul-harming and lasting consequences that China’s one-child policy has imposed on many families. After being forced to abandon her first daughter, the mother relies on her youngest to find her precious firstborn. The film is not judgmental. Rather, it is about showing the consequences for the mother, but also for the youngest of the family. How would you feel if your mother’s only desire was to find her other daughter?<\/span><\/p>\n