dear mom - johans.

Abstract

Dear Mom is a letter from a daughter to her mom imagining if she had met her mom at her own age—20 years old. The film is about unconditional love and gratitude written through a reflective and personal letter from the filmmakers to their moms.

Dear Mom received an award at the 2024 Runway AI Film Festival and has been screened internationally at various film festivals including Runway AIFF in New York and Los Angeles, Flux Festival in Los Angeles, and BIFAN in Bucheon, Korea.

It continues to be screened in festivals and inspire the evolving new wave of AI filmmaking.

Year

[SS24]

Location

Los Angeles, CA

PROJECT

Runway AIFF24

Accolades

Runway AIFF24 Winner

PRACTICE

Sound

Generative

Post

Credits

Created and prompted by Katie Luo and Johans.
Sound designed by Johans.

a beginning

Katie and I intended to make this short for Runway’s GEN:48; however, after a silly time zone confusion, we submitted late.

The first day we met we talked about putting together something that would mean something to each other and that was thoughtful yet abstract. We then came to the idea of writing letters to our mothers wondering what it would be like to meet them in our time, at the same age. We merged and edited our letters together to adjust the flow to our taste.