Dìdi Director Sean Wang On His Semi-Autobiographical Tale Of Adolescence & Motherly Love [SXSW]

A film about coming of age in the US as a first-generation teenager, Dìdi (弟弟) made its Texas debut at the 2024 South by Southwest Festival. The film marked the second year in a row the festival featured a premiere by Writer and Director Sean Wang, who won the 2023 SXSW Short Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for his Academy Award Nominated Short, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó. Though the film drew from Wang's own childhood as the child of Taiwanese immigrants, but held back from telling a true memoir. Dìdi (弟弟) marks Wang's feature directorial debut, and stars Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, and Shirley Chen.