This year we are very pleased to collaborate with the “Women Make Waves Film Festival Taiwan”. Pecha Lo, member of the programming team, curated a radical and very powerful short film program for us:
Restrained by religion, society, politics and other factors, misogyny and gender inequalities can be found in many Asian regions. In the meantime a rising feminist awareness is spreading all over Asia to a varying extent. This selection is to examine issues such as the patriarchal system, queer discrimination, re-representation of masculinity, the objectification of women and female sexuality, along with feminist spirits, magic-surrealist imagery and feminist aesthetics of Asian cinema.
Saturday,11/09/2019, 9:00 PM
Monday, 11/11/2019, 7:00 PM
Babe’s Not Alone
Taiwan 2017
Dir: Lee Yi-shan, fictional short
OV with English subtitles, 30 Min.
Of all things Lian is asked to babysit her brother’s son on the day of her very own birthday. Though Lian has an important date that day, her mother insists that she perform her daughterly duties. Lian, however, is determined to not give in that easily and devises a plan. This black comedy questions motherhood and patriarchal traditions. to the Movie
Lucky Day
China 2018
Dir: Kaoyuan Hsia, fictional short
OV with English subtitles, 23 Min.
When Nan unveils her father’s affairs, she suddenly gets her first period. A Freudian-like tale about lust, jealousy and betrayal. to the Movie
There is no exit in taxi
South Korea 2017
Dir: Kim Hyejin, fictional short
OV with English subtitles, 11 Min.
When a lesbian couple finds themselves provoked by a chauvinistic male cab driver, they decide to take action. The short film defies daily realities of violence directed at queers and explores possibilities of unusual resistance against the anti-LGBT movements in South Korea. to the Movie
Wu Song slays the Seductress
Singapore 2017
Dir: Kirsten Tan, experimental short
OV with English subtitles, 11 Min.
Up and coming director Kirsten Tan ventures on a reinterpretation of the traditional Teochew Drama, „The Water Margin“. In the film the gangster Wu Song sets out to revenge his brother’s murder and finds himself seduced by Jin Lian, one of the most infamous femme fatales of Chinese literature. to the Movie