Saying Not Said

Saying Not Said begins with a subtle, interpersonal touch: mother and daughter holding hands while the filmmaker makes final sound preparations in the blurred foreground. It’s a subtle gesture of affection and connection that is not specifically focused on by the camera or brought into the frame.  

In her short film, Christina Stuhlberger deals with the intergenerational transmission of language. The film revolves around two mother-daughter relationships, with the focus on the telling, listening to, and translating of childhood and youth memories of the two mothers who emigrated to Europe from the Philippines at a young age. Stuhlberger...