The short films of the #2023 Maritime Guangdong Program have all wrapped up! Here comes the first release of behind-the-scenes videos of the movie "The River that Holds My Hand".

A young man wants to capture memories that have not yet disappeared. While visiting an elderly Chinese man in the village, he comes across a black-and-white family photo that is filled with nostalgia. This inspires him to take the picture with him and travel across the ocean to Saigon to explore more.

For generations, people from the Chaoshan area have embarked on journeys to the expansive Mekong Delta, bringing immigrant culture that leads to similarities in landscapes, architecture, and beliefs between the two places. However, wars and political changes have scattered their families far and wide. On the streets of Saigon, the man, clutching the photograph, is lost in a blend of reality, memories, dreams, and imagination.

The crew of "The River that Holds My Hand" shuttles between Vietnam and Chaozhou, guiding the viewers to seek the homeland in the old man's memory. The film, inspired by real events, tries its best to focus on the tactile sense as an important bridge to awaken memory and connect emotions by using the medium of film to explore fiction and reality, memory, and existence within and beyond the camera.

#short film "The River that Holds My Hand" of 2023 Maritime Guangdong Program wrapped up #New waves of the GBA cinema

青年希望记录下所有还未消散的事物，在回访村里一位侨眷老人时，他从一张黑白的家庭照中看到了装着老人随岁月流逝而盛满的乡愁。他决定带着相片，乘船来到海洋另一端，登陆古西贡港口，奔赴一场寻找之旅。

这块广阔的湄公河三角洲自古就是潮人出海的主要目的地，移民文化带来了两地景观、建筑、信仰等的相似性，而战争和政变却使得亲人流散四方。在西贡街头，手握照片的他，现实、回忆、梦境与想象交织，分不清身在何处。

《The River that Holds My Hand》剧组辗转于越南和潮州两地，带领观众一起寻找老人记忆中的故乡。短片从真实事件出发，试图利用影像这一充满欺骗性的媒介、在景框内外探讨虚构与真实、记忆与存在，着重表现触觉这一唤醒记忆与连结情感的重要桥梁。#山海短片《The River that Holds My Hand》杀青 #湾区电影新浪潮