Private Project

My Mother's Table

Kurdish refugees, a mother and her daughter, introduce their hometown, Aleppo, Syria, with their passion for cooking.

  • Hsuan Yu Pan
    Director
    Shinobu
  • Hsuan Yu Pan
    Producer
  • Hsuan Yu Pan
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • American Documentary and Animation Film Festival
    Palm Springs, CA
    United States
    March 27, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Izmir International Refugee Film Festival / İzmir Uluslararası Mülteci Film Festivali
    İzmir
    Turkey
    Official Selection
  • Feminist Border Arts Film Festival
    NM
    United States
    Official Selection
  • SorsiCorti Short Film Festival

    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Sunnyside Shorts International Film Festival
    NYC
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Seoul International Food FIlm Festival
    Seoul
    Korea, Republic of
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Hsuan Yu Pan

Hsuan-Yu is a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker based in NYC. Her passion is to discover human stories and share them through her lens.

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Director Statement

I met chef Hannah Goldberg at an Arabic culture event and learned that she runs a catering business that partners with refugee women with amazing cooking talent. This intimate and welcoming story invites the audience to experience ethnic food making in a private kitchen setting, as if they were watching their neighbors cooking in their own house. I hope by listening to these refugee women’s stories, the audience can be more aware of the current events around the world. I also hope that this experience can motivate people to contribute to make our world a better place for each other.