Ash Goh Hua

The Feeling of Being Close to You
靠近你的感觉

2022 | 12’ | Distributed by The New Yorker

The Feeling of Being Close to You documents an attempt at healing the trauma of touch between mother and child. Driven by a pure desire for intimacy, my mother and I talk openly for the first time about the intergenerational trauma and abuse within our lives. Present day phone conversations are juxtaposed with archival VHS footage, creating a connection between the past and a re-write for the future.

明明是至亲，却无法靠近的一对母女。为了试图化解母女间的身心创伤，导演吴桦开始整理儿时的家庭影像，并与母亲展开一场修复关系的对话。充满欢笑的儿时片段，如今却难以复刻。母女间的真挚交谈，探讨代际创伤与伤害，更揭露了两人想要亲近的渴望。

Producer/Director/Editor 制片／导演／剪辑: Ash Goh Hua 吴桦
Consulting Producer 制片顾问: Sean Weiner
Sound Designer 音效设计: Grace Wong 黄慧
Color 调光师: Lanee Bird
Translation Support 翻译: Teo Shu Hui 张淑慧
Fiscal Sponsor: Third World Newsreel

Supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Jacob Burns Creative Culture Fellowship, Jerome Foundation, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, NeXt Doc FleX Fund & Points North Institute.