In a parent-teacher meeting with a distraught mother, a teacher is exposed to a world she readily empathises with. But where does the truth lie?
Film Shortage Premiere + Interview: filmshortage.com/shorts/motherland/
Official Selection:
23rd FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 2023
New York Shorts International Film Festival 2022 (Digital Edition)
Venice Shorts 2023
Swedish International Film Festival, Dec 2022
FirstGlance Nominations:
Mela Hudson Award Nominee
Best Director Nominee
Best Actress Nominee - Karen Tan Bee Lin
Awards:
Rome Prisma Film Awards - Monthly Pick, Nov 2022
Starring:
Karen Tan Bee Lin, Lim Shi-An, Nora Samosir
Writer/Director - Denise Khng
Producer - Yash M.
Director of Photography - Khairul Amin
1st Assistant Director - Gina Tan
Production Manager/2nd AD - Esther Tan
AD Runner - Shandelyn Ang
Camera Assistants - Jein Eriza, Lee Wan Yi Cheryl, Tanish Kadam
Gaffer - Jonathan Goh Qidi
Grips - Beaumont Loy, Danish Dali, Bryan Tan, Niki Muliade
Soundman - Timothy Belen
Art Director - Tong
Art Assistant - Nurul Syarafana Effendy
Wardrobe Stylist/Talent Wrangler - Gina Chan
Production Assistants - Xavier Chua, Jenson Chen, Jason Del Mundo
Post-Production Department:
Editor - Chong Ya Hui
Colourist - Eugene Seah
Audio Post Engineer - Timothy Belen
Additional Cast:
Jastine Sim, Hana, Kasper Hakim, Joanna Guok, Adrian Wong, Ysabella Banta
