Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom

Following his wife's death, the father regresses to his son's age. Metaphorically, the film depicts the history of Burma by juxtaposing it with the Vessantara Jātaka tale.  

'When I was stuck at home after the first wave of COVID, I found out how our country is also like a strange family. I researched how the family members (ethnics) deal with each other in the country with the longest civil war and repeated dictatorship after we gained independence from the British Colony. As the story is about the several oppression eras in my country, Myanmar (from before colonial period to the contemporary days) metaphorically, I choose the concept of archiving. I found that there is only one black and white silent film in our country which is archived as an important film... So I made this piece to look like another archived black and silent film of Myanmar which was made in the past era, and we found and restored it like it was important.' - Lin Htet Aung