15th(2013)
Natalia BABINSKI
Since their invention, amateur cameras have been used to document family life. In the shaky footage of candle-blowing, lawn-watering, a new car, or a family vacation we rediscover our lives, reach new conclusions about the way we live, and glimpse what is most intangible: time. In Us. A Family Album, we reexamine those familiar images to tell a story that proves that all family and all love is equal.
US. A Family Album is made up of home videos and photographs of birthday parties, matriculation and graduation ceremonies, and family vacations that strike a familiar chord. The video initially appears to record the everyday life of a typical, heterosexual family of four. But before one knows it, it turns into a wholly unexpected chronicle of the family. This special and beautiful chronicle of one particular family crosses the boundaries of documentary and dramatic film and leaves a deep and lasting impression on the audience. [HONG So-in]
Synopsis
Since their invention, amateur cameras have been used to document family life. In the shaky footage of candle-blowing, lawn-watering, a new car, or a family vacation we rediscover our lives, reach new conclusions about the way we live, and glimpse what is most intangible: time. In Us. A Family Album, we reexamine those familiar images to tell a story that proves that all family and all love is equal.
Program Note
US. A Family Album is made up of home videos and photographs of birthday parties, matriculation and graduation ceremonies, and family vacations that strike a familiar chord. The video initially appears to record the everyday life of a typical, heterosexual family of four. But before one knows it, it turns into a wholly unexpected chronicle of the family. This special and beautiful chronicle of one particular family crosses the boundaries of documentary and dramatic film and leaves a deep and lasting impression on the audience. [HONG So-in]
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Natalia BABINSKI completed a master degree of Film & TV Directing at K. Kieslowski Radio and TV Dept., University of Silesia in Poland. Also, she studied screenwriting at New School University in New York. Her major works include Sylvia and Iga (2003), My Wooden Dog (2007) and US. A Family Album(2011).