花落知多少·rooms of her own
documentary, 9min, canada, 2026
[in production]
producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor.
[synopsis]
A queer filmmaker returns to their aging childhood home, where their soon-to-retire mother begins to break free from entrenched patriarchal and generational expectations.
The two reconcile with the past, despite unspoken hardships throughout the decades, years after the filmmaker came out.
This film documents a short two-week visit to the family home in the season of sweet osmanthus blooms, intertwined with archival materials found around the house, before the big renovation wipes away any proof of existence.
[credits]
directed, written, filmed, and edited by yi shi.
sound mixing and original music by d badua.
this project is made possible with funding from the Re:Focus Fund through InsideOut LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
its first version was conceived during Clare Samuel's "Database, Archive, Virtual Experience" course in the Documentary Media MFA program at TMU.
