About this submission

There are so many barriers to understanding, tall grass we wade through to travel through (mis)understanding from one generation to another. As children of the modern age, often times we grow up to disagree with and even resent the difficult conditions in which we were raised by our parents. Callously and inevitably, we allow ourselves to forget the most sacred “Early Years” of our upbringing, when we were so carefully taken after.

I have chosen to tell this specific story, because I think that it's one that desperately deserves to be heard by the parents and children of today.

Haohao Qiaoshi Liu

Creator

Haohao Qiaoshi Liu is a Finnish-Chinese writer-director and cinematographer based in New York. She is completing her dual degree program between Sciences Po and Columbia University, majoring in Film and Media Studies. 'Eulogy', which she shot and edited, won Best Student Film at Vancouver International Shortfest 2023 and Oniros Film Awards New York 2024. Her directorial debut 'Early Years' premiered in the 2024 Love & Anarchy Shorts Program, hosted by the Helsinki International Film Festival. She was also invited to pitch 'In Bloom', a new Feature in Development project, at the Finnish Film Affair 2024. Her new 8mm documentary short 'A Little Regret in Helsinki' (2025) is starting its festival run under AFF Distribution.