"My Mom" was shortlisted at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Ma Sibai, a pure white guest, interprets family comedy

Yesterday, the 55th Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) officially announced the shortlist for the competition unit. Supervised by Ning Hao, directed by Xiao Luxi, and starring Ma Sichun, Bai Ke, and Huang Minghao, the family-friendly comedy film "My Mom" stood out from many outstanding films and was successfully shortlisted for the "Big Screen Competition" unit. It is the first mainland film to be shortlisted since the unit was established.

With this finalist, the film simultaneously released international posters and clips from the first film festival. The international version of the poster is very textured and gentle in style. It focuses on the diary, an important film element, and carries the strong emotions of a mother and son in the long river of time. Son Shiyi (Huang Minghao) opens the secret diary of his mother Dongyu (Ma Sichun), and Dongyu's figure gradually becomes clear and moving. In the clip, in the retro era, the bride Dongyu and the groom's brother (played by Bai Ke) excitedly take wedding photos. The two interact sweetly and their happiness overflows the screen. The film will have its world premiere in Rotterdam at the end of January 2026. Huang Minghao used his diary to re-recognize his mother Ma Sibai, the international version of the poster exposed in the sweet retro wedding photo film. It is very artistic and gentle and healing in style. The poster has a clear blue system as the main theme, and the main vision is an opened diary. The world of the mother and son is cleverly divided by the changing "lips" of the diary. My son opened his mother Dongyu's diary on the eleventh day, and his mother's brilliant and short life gradually became clear. The two are connected through the air through their diary, which means that their mother's "love" is slowly being perceived by their son. This sincere emotion is touching. What kind of constraints does this mother and son have? The future destiny is tempting and exciting. At the same time, the film also pleasantly released its first film festival clip. In the picture, the bride Dongyu and the groom stood excitedly in front of the studio curtain, taking wedding photos. Their retro style wedding dress makes people dream back to the millennium. A series of playful actions are silky switching, and the pink bubbles between the newlyweds almost overflow the screen, filling up the sweetness. It seemed to take us to witness the happy love of our parents when they were young, and it was full of memories. Using a comedy to open up family topics, shortlisted for the Rotterdam International Film Festival attracted expectations. The film revolves around Dongyu's family, telling the story of the accidental discovery of her mother's secret diary during the period of youthful rebellion. Through this diary, he saw the story of Dong Yu's short but beautiful life. The film cleverly uses the narrative framework of a warm family comedy to interweave "individual destiny" and "changes of the times" in a fragmented form. Using the "diary" as a unique link, starting from the perspective of young people, seeing Dongyu's shining moments, getting to know this ordinary and brilliant mother again, and feeling the power of "her." This time, the film was successfully shortlisted for the "Big Screen Competition" unit of the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), which can be said to be of great significance. This is the first mainland film to be shortlisted since the unit was established. The film is the first feature film by Xiao Luxi, a new female director of Bad Monkey. She cleverly balances commercial genre and artistic expression, combining the comedy style that Bad Monkey is good at with her personal and delicate narrative techniques. Discussing real-life family issues in a humorous way presents a distinctive and unique retro aesthetics to the audience and brings a warm and joyful movie-viewing experience. The film is produced by Ning Hao, directed by Xiao Luxi, starring Ma Sichun, Bai Ke and Huang Minghao, with Sun Yang specially starring, Liang Jingkang specially invited to star, and Ji Jiahe (Hammer) and Wang Tianfang starring. Produced by Bad Monkey (Shanghai) Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huace Film Co., Ltd., and Beijing Shangshi Culture Group Co., Ltd., stay tuned!