Private Project

Blanket Song

My 奶奶 (nainai, grandmother) isn't an avid writer, but she writes stories in her own way: sewing them into her blankets and quilts. In Blanket Song, she faintly narrates her creations, and I regard them up close with the warped glass lens of my broken camera, a laptop webcam, and a clunky Xerox scanner. If quilts are the most analogue, hands-on medium, the visuality of this short document seeks to reflect a similar nature.

  • Long Xi Vlessing
    Director
  • Chen Su Lan
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 12, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    Mandarin Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Concordia University
  • Concordia Film Festival
    Montréal
    Canada
    May 5, 2022
    Canada Premiere, Quebec Premiere
    Official Selection - Spotlight - Experimental
  • Vancouver Chinese Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    August 9, 2022
    British Columbia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Vancouver International Youth Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    August 9, 2022
    Official Selection
  • New West Film Fest
    New Westminster
    Canada
    October 21, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Seattle Asian American Film Festival
    Seattle, WA
    United States
    February 25, 2023
    United States Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    January 6, 2023
    Ontario Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Long Xi Vlessing

Long Xi Vlessing (b. 2000) (龙喜) is a filmmaker, photographer, and multidisciplinary artist from Vancouver, British Columbia who lives and works on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including that of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, as well as in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal, Quebec on the unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. His work is presented as explorative document, weaving personal narrative through depictions of the familiar and the undefined.

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