Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen 2009 76 min Malaysia
This film touches the delicate tale of a small town girl, Faye, and the life she shares closely with her single mother, a hair dresser, who single-handedly raised Faye. Set in the old town of Malacca, away from the normality of modern living, 18 year old Faye crawls into life fencing off degenerating stares and talks of conservative rumourmongers about her young mother’s disgraced single-parenthood.
Born in the historical town of Malacca in 1981, Charlotte Lim has assisted in direction and production for Malaysian new wave pioneers like James Lee and Ho Yuhang in films like ‘Things We Do when We Fall in Love’ (James Lee); ‘Sanctuary’, ‘Rain Dogs’ and later on ‘At The End of Daybreak’ (Ho Yuhang).
In 2005, Charlotte got the opportunity to work as Assistant Director for notable directors like Tsai Ming Liang in ‘I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone’ and Ang Lee in ‘Lust. Caution’. She continues her dedication as an Assistant Director for her fellow Malaysian new wave filmmakers in the multi-award-winning ‘Flower In The Pocket’ (Liew Seng Tat). Recently she contributed as the Head of Art Department in Tan Chui Mui’s latest feature film ‘The Year Without A Summer’. ‘My Daughter’ is Charlotte’s debut feature, which has garnered support from the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals. It won the Jury Prize at 9th Marrakech International Film Festival. The jury of panel was chaired by the Iranian renowned director, Abbas Kiarostami & he highly praised the film as pure cinema.