A film which observes ‘life’ through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience.

“Bearing a new life means dividing our life. First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realised, while filming, that this is not the story of ‘one life.’ In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another.” - Kawase Naomi

> Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2007 - Special Prize
> Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2006 - Merit Prize

Distribution: Kumie Inc.

SCREENING · 30 Aug Sat 7.30pm (Part of a TRIPLE-BILL screening)

POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION · supported by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. The discussion panel will focus on parent-child relationships explored in the documentary. It will be a dynamic Q&A session where the President of the SCWO, Dr Ann Tan, and all audience members are invited to pariticipate.

Meet KAWASE Naomi - our guest director at this festival through an introduction, Q&As and discussions. Please check the schedule for details.

OTHER FILMS BY KAWASE Naomi
- The Mourning Forest
- Shara
- Embracing
- Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
- Katatsumori
- See Heaven
- The Setting Sun

BIRTH / MOTHER
2006, Japan, 43 min, Colour, Digital, R21
Directed by KAWASE Naomi