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有时候觉得自己像是一只关在笼子里的鸟, 怎么飞也飞不高
Sometimes, I feel like a caged bird, unable to fly away no matter how hard I try

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ABOUT LOLA

The teenage daughter of an affluent chinese family in america struggles for control when her past abuser pays them a family visit.

The film explores the complicated dynamics within Asian families, challenges the sexualization of Asian women, portrays the consequences of sexual abuse and the struggle of finding oneself.

LOLA encourages the audience to think about the meaning of self-worth and self-acceptance through the eyes of a teenage girl who was forced to grow up too fast.

 

STILLS

CONCEPT ART

 
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

It took a while to understand why I need to tell this story. I have written and rewritten this script an innumerable amount of times, each draft bringing me closer to confronting a past that I was desperate to hide for the sake of my family's 'face'. 

Born in Taiwan, raised in Malaysia and attending an International School, I've always lived in a space somewhere between worlds. I'm also an only child in a Chinese family of a very specific status, which meant growing up in a bubble that, while intended to nurture and protect me, had a terribly opposite effect. My entire childhood, I was kept isolated and pushed towards a pre-planned life that I wasn't really interested in living.  

It wasn't until I discovered photography, and eventually filmmaking, that I found a passion for life I never knew existed. It broke the bubble I had lived in for so long and saved me from a darkness I was pulling around myself that had begun with an unwanted interaction in my past. 

When I moved west, I discovered what it was like to be a young asian women in western society - to be sexualized, fetishized, seen as a "desirable object." The way asian women were portrayed in mainstream media provoked a need to probe at the culture of shame and silence that I, and fellow asian women, were accustomed to. We had to open a window into our personal struggles so that others can understand what that feels like.

This is a raw and unflinching story about survival, sexuality, self-awareness and growth. It is the voice of the private untold stories of Asian women,  and it is ready to be told. This is our voice. 

- Isabella Tan


To see other projects made by the Director, go to her website

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