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The Bassinet

When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. The Bassinet is a gentle and affecting story about Tiffany’s personal struggle with the intersection of her sexual orientation and cultural identity, and the cross-generational burden of having a baby in the context of rigid social constructs of marriage and family.
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When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. The Bassinet is a gentle and affecting story about Tiffany’s personal struggle with the intersection of her sexual orientation and cultural identity, and the cross-generational burden of having a baby in the context of rigid social constructs of marriage and family.

Sexuality and Reproduction Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Social Issues Women All subjects
Films for Pride Women in Film All channels
  • writer
    Tiffany Hsiung
  • director
    Tiffany Hsiung
  • producer
    Justine Pimlott
  • executive producer
    Anita Lee
  • director of photography
    Alex Tong
  • editor
    Tiffany Beaudin
  • featuring
    Tiffany Hsiung
    Victoria Mata
  • story editor
    Jennifer Kassabian
  • music
    Tom Third
  • sound recordist
    Peter Sawade
  • production supervisor
    Marcus Matyas
  • production manager
    Priscilla Galvez
  • senior production coordinator
    Andrew Martin-Smith
  • 1st assistant camera
    Sean Marjoram
  • key grip
    Daniel Edwards
  • production assistant
    Daniela Arango Cano
  • studio operations manager
    Mark Wilson
  • studio administrator
    Patricia Bourgeois
  • technical coordinator
    Kevin Riley
  • studio coordinator
    Carly Kastner
  • technical assistant
    Q'Mal Labad-Workman
  • marketing manager
    Melissa Wheeler
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • post-production services
    SIM Post Toronto
  • colourist
    Arlene Moelker
  • online editor
    Darren Hinchy
  • assistant on-line editor
    Steve Thorpe
  • finishing producer
    Mateusz Sklarzyk
  • sound editor
    David Caporale
  • assistant re-recording mixer
    Ella Melanson
  • re-recording mixer
    James Bastable
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