海草之家 Seagrass 加拿大 Canada｜2023｜115min｜6+ ★ 2023 多倫多影展 影評人費比西獎 ★ 2023 蒙特婁新電影影展 Quebecor獎 九○年代中，日裔加拿大女人在母親過世後，與白人丈夫陷入婚姻困境，夫妻帶著兩名女兒來到一座偏遠島嶼上的心靈成長營，更在此結識了另一對看似擁有完美婚姻的夫婦。寧靜環境中，女人內心深處對家庭與身世的壓抑，隨海面下的暗湧加倍翻騰；女兒們也各自面臨青春期叛逆與無所依的迷惘，一家人在避世桃花源裡如溫水煮青蛙，脆弱關係悄然瓦解。 加拿大新銳編導巧妙將人心理的恐懼，結合島上岩穴的神秘傳說，時而進入孩童視角搖晃蹦跳、好奇窺探；時而以幽魂般的視角穿梭在房屋中，細膩的角色情感刻劃與展開感知的視聽語言，讓暗藏恐懼及衝突緩緩顯形，道出二戰後日裔加拿大人的民族創傷，以及亞裔女性的家庭困境，榮獲溫哥華影評人協會等影展多項大獎肯定。 Desperate to find a deeper connection in her marriage after the recent death of her mother, Judith, a Japanese Canadian woman, brings her family to a self-development retreat on a remote island. But when they befriend another interracial couple who seem to have the perfect marriage, Judith begins to recognize how irreparably fractured her relationship is. Meanwhile, their two daughters are plunged into a destabilizing world under the constant stress of their parents' crumbling relationship. In the end, the family must collectively face their most unnerving insecurities before they become permanently broken. 梅芮迪絲．哈瑪—布朗 Meredith HAMA-BROWN 生於加拿大溫哥華，編導與演員。2018年短片《Broken Bunny》於溫哥華影展獲獎，2019年為樂團Alaskan Tapes執導音樂錄影帶。作品關注身分認同、女性主義與存在議題等。2023年《海草之家》為其首部長片，入選多倫多影展並獲影評人費比西獎肯定。 Meredith HAMA-BROWN is a Canadian director whose films have screened at major international festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Fantastic Fest, and Fantasia. Her award-winning works include Broken Bunny and And, We Disappear. In 2020, she was selected for the TIFF Filmmaker Lab. ＼ 高雄電影節：抓馬人間 ／ 🫸𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔𝑲𝑭𝑭: 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 🫷 ✮ 選片指南 𝟶𝟿.𝟷𝟿 𝚂𝚊𝚝. ｜全面開賣 𝟶𝟿.𝟸𝟶 𝚂𝚞𝚗. ｜影展放映 𝟷𝟶.𝟶𝟿 𝙵𝚛𝚒. - 𝟷𝟶.𝟸𝟼 𝙼𝚘𝚗. ✮ 官方網站 https://www.kff.tw ✮ IG最抓馬 https://pse.is/kffig ✶ FB看這裡 https://pse.is/kffb