My Grandmother is an Egg

As a child, the director’s grandmom was brought to another family to be raised as a future daughter-in-law, known as the tradition of T’ung-yang-hsi. It is a tradition of pre-arranged marriage and she was assigned to do all the household chores and was not allowed to receive higher education. From personal witnesses to the general phenomena in society, the audiences may glimpse the long past, imagine women’s situation in our own times, and look forward to striving for real gender equality in the future. Eggs are fragile, but at the same time tough. My grandmother is an egg.

Directed by Wu-Ching Chang

Director’s Bio: Wu-Ching Chang earned an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art. She has worked on animation, illustration, and concept art since 2014. Her films approach multiple issues of females, modernity, and humanistic views. Her films contain multiple artistic practices and are based on cultural context through interviews. Her film “My Grandmother Is an Egg” won a Jury Special Mention Award at the Atlanta Film Festival and was selected at the Hot Docs Documentary Festival and Animafest Zagreb.

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