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Golden Gate Girls
■Content Golden Gate Girls 2014｜Hong Kong｜Documentary｜Color｜90min｜Mandarin In GOLDEN GATE GIRLS author and professor S. Louisa Wei tells the story of filmmaker Esther Eng, the first woman to direct Chinese-language film in the US, and the most prominent woman director in Hong Kong in the 1930's. A San Francisco native and open lesbian, her contribution to film history is sadly overlooked – her 11 feature films mostly lost. After the retirement of director Dorothy Arzner in 1943 and before Ida Lupino began directing in 1949, Eng was the only woman directing feature length films in the US. Wei's documentary paints a fascinating picture of how Eng’s career in filmmaking broke through gender and racial boundaries in Hollywood and Hong Kong, at a time when opportunities for Chinese women in the industry were few and far between. With a captivating archive of newly discovered images and interviews with those who knew her, Wei uncovers a rich chapter of film history that challenges both gender hierarchies and national narratives. Essential viewing for Cinema Studies and Asian American Studies. ■Filmmaker S. Louisa Wei With a PhD in Film Studies from University of Alberta (Canada), Dr Louisa Wei joined the School of Creative Media in 2001 and has taught over 2000 students. Her courses are mostly related to filmmaking, film history, storytelling, and topics in media/popular culture; while she also advises student studio/thesis projects in fiction/script writing, documentary, narrative film, and projects with gender-related themes. As an independent documentary filmmaker, her two feature films—Storm under the Sun (2009) and Golden Gate Girls (2014)—have gained international recognition from academia and film festivals, as well as attracted media attention ranging from Hollywood's trade magazine to major newspapers in Hong Kong and mainland China. As a scholar, she has published books including Cinema East and West (2014), PreAnimate: A Guide for Independent Animators (2010), and Women's Film: Dialogues with Chinese and Japanese Female Directors (2009). As an experienced teacher and advisor, Wei has advised many award-winning graduation projects, including Chan Hau Chun's short documentary 32+4 (2014), Andrew Lone's feature documentary My Chinese Acquaintances (2012), Wong Yee Mei's short documentary This Pair (2011), Chan Tsz-wai Wallis' narrative short Daylily (2010), and Sheetal Agawal's documentary Ordinary Lives. ■ Product Information Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association Content: Golden Gate Girls Subtitles: Chinese/English Format: DVD
Echo with Women's Voices Their Involvement in political Movements
■Content Echo with Women's Voices Their Involvement in political Movements 2005｜Taiwan｜Documentary｜Color｜60min｜Mandarin Echo with Women's Voices Their Involvement in political Movements examines the woman movement and women's political participation in Taiwan over the past thirty years. ■Filmmaker CHIEN Wei-Su Filmmaker. Board Director of Taiwan Women's Film Association. Her films include Ch'en Hsiou-hsi , The Stitching Sisterhood , Viva Tonal-The Dance Age, Yang Ch’jen-ch’ueh. ■ Product Information Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association Content: Echo with Women's Voices Their Involvement in political Movements Subtitles: Chinese/English Format: DVD
Combing Hair
■Content Combing Hair 2014｜Taiwan｜Animation｜Color｜4min｜No Dialogue The girl is born with frizzy and unkempt hair. On one important day,her comb is broken, and she has got to find a special comb. ■Filmmaker Yen-Chen CHIANG CHIANG is a filmmaker from Hsinchu. She started making animation since college years. ■ Product Information Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association Content: Combing Hair+Close-Ups Subtitles: Chinese/English Format: DVD
Close-Ups
■Content Close-Ups 2014｜Taiwan｜Experimental Documentary｜Color｜39 min｜Mandarin It is an experimental documentary film that attempts to combine images with literature. This film tells of my memory of returning to my hometown in 2013. ■Filmmaker Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin LIU Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu is a writer and cinematographer, known for Matryoshka (2015), Mrs. Gu and Her Armchair (2017) and Close-Ups (2014). ■ Product Information Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association Content: Combing Hair+Close-Ups Subtitles: Chinese/English Format: DVD
Science and Gender-Woman Mathematician Fighter, Hsu, Dao Ning
■Content Science and Gender-Woman Mathematician Fighter, Hsu, Dao Ning 2016｜Taiwan｜Documentary｜Color｜73 min｜Mandarin This is the story about Taiwan's pioneer woman mathematician, HSU Dao-Ning. Being the first woman doctor of mathematics in Taiwan, she dedicated her life to mathematics education. Through her meticulous memory, self-statements, and interviews of her relatives and students, the film outlined her whole life and tried to exemplified that how her unique femininity, intelligence, personality and ambition, were all devoted into the education of technology and personality in Taiwan. ■Filmmaker WANG Weitsy Associate Professor in Dept. Mass Communication in Tamkang University. Executive Supervisor of Taiwan Women's Film Association. Research Scholar in Documentary Study and Film Making. JIING Yng-Jaw Completed M.F.A. degree from the Department of Motion Picture & Television at University of California at Los Angeles in 1987. Currently teach film classes at Theater Arts Department of Chinese Culture University and work as freelance filmmaker shooting documentary and engaging in literary creation. ■ Product Information Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association Content: Science and Gender-Woman Mathematician Fighter, Hsu, Dao Ning Subtitles: Chinese/English Format: DVD
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love
■ Content What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love 2013 │ Indonesia、USA │ Fiction│Color│106min│Indonesian Can a blind girl become an actress? And can you play in a punk band if you can’t hear? The inhabitants of a care home for the blind and visually impaired have their everyday concerns, but they also have time for themselves and for their dreams. Their relationships may bring out naive emotions and misunderstandings but there’s always something to learn – perhaps simply that beauty lies in humility. This tender film, whose protagonists are equally inquisitive and immature, doesn’t follow a dramatic line, nor does it promise a plot denouement. Instead it adopts a lyrical mode to guide the viewer through a special world that merits discovery for its intrinsic sensitivity alone. The director, entirely consistent in her approach to the film’s artistic stylization, thus arrives at a unique poetic form whose concept is clear, yet the depiction itself is agreeably ambiguous, even elusive. There is also an air of tranquility and reassurance, as if time were allowing us to indulge in a little luxury. ■ Filmmaker Mouly Surya Mouly Surya has been interested in film and culture since childhood. She took her first degree in media and literature (Swinburne University, Melbourne) and her master’s in film and television (Bond University, Queensland). Her debut Fiksi (2008) screened in its international premiere at the Busan IFF; at Jakarta it won Best Director. Surya is regarded as one of the most promising female directors in the region. Apart from her film work, she is also a teacher in Jakarta, where she lives. Her second feature What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love (2013) world premiered in competition at Sundance, screened at Rotterdam, and played Another View at the 48th KVIFF. Her latest film Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) was selected by the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at this year's Cannes festival. ■ Product Information Release：Taiwan Women's Film Association Content： What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love Format：ＤＶＤ
