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Dear Mom is a letter from a daughter to her mother, imagining what it would be like if she had met her mom at her own age—20 years old.
My collaborator, Johans, and I wrote letters to our mothers, reflecting on our love and gratitude for them. We combined our letters to create the script for this film. Through this process, I explored the things I want to say to my mom but often shy away from, what our relationship might be like in a different world, and how I would care for her in that world. Using AI, we generated visuals to create memories that never existed. In exploring AI-generated imagery, I embraced the abstractions and blurriness of these moving images, connecting them to the longing for imagined memories.
Dear Mom received an award at the 2024 Runway AI Film Festival and has been screened internationally at various film festivals including Runway AIFF in New York and Los Angeles, Flux Festival in Los Angeles, and BIFAN in Bucheon, Korea .
Credits:
Co-creators Katie Luo and Johans Saldana Guadalupe. Poster by Johans. Screenshots by Katie.