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A young woman constructs a solitary reality by imagining what life would be like after the passing of her parents. Absorbed in the slow process of working alone in the family’s greenhouse, she relives shadow memories of her Cambodian mother and father. The healing ritual of physical labour gradually reveals itself over time. As the plastic roof bears the weight of natural elements, the increasingly precarious weather threatens this new life alone.

Allison Chhorn (b. 1992) is a Cambodian-Australian film-maker and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of migrant displacement, trauma and the repetition of memory. Chhorn produced, co-wrote and edited the feature films STANLEY'S MOUTH (2015) and YOUTH ON THE MARCH (2017), as well as directing numerous short films, site-specific video installations and documentaries including CLOSE UPS (2015), LAST TIME (2018), THE PLASTIC HOUSE (2019) and the forthcoming BLIND BODY. Her work has screened at Visions du Réel in Switzerland (Official Selection - Burning Lights International Competition 2020), the Sydney Film Festival (Official Selection - Documentary Australia Foundation Awards 2020), the Melbourne International Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival, OzAsia Festival, Festival ECRÃ, FIDBA - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental (Official Selection - First Features Competition 2020), Valdivia International Film Festival (Official Selection - International Youth Feature Competition), Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine (Official Selection - International Competition), Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Black Canvas - Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (Official Selection - Beyond the Canvas Competition).