Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Floating Women

Yang Li-Chou Michelle CHU 2002 Taiwan Documentary color 53min Chinese DV/Betacam
The director took a field trip spanning one year to shoot this film that depicted the life in Tokyo through three Taiwanese women from three generations. The film illustrated the challenges presented to these women in search of a different culture on a strange land, including personal relationship, financial problems, nationalism, exclusivism, cultural shock and myths. Though the distance between Taiwan and Japan is only three hours of flight away, many by an unspeakable sense of nostalgia. It was merely a trip foe the director, but a life-long journey for these floating women.

Director

Yang Li-Chou

Born in 1969 and received a Master's degree in Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies in Documentary from Tainan National College of the Arts. He is now an internationally recognized documentary filmmaker.

Michelle CHU

CHU is a director and producer who has been working at the Backstage Studio for twenty years.

Yang Li-Chou

1998 兩個女生 Two Girls 

2000 暑假 Summer Vacation

2001 台北發的南下尾班車 Last Train South from Taipei

2002 紀念日 Anniversary

2002 飄浪之女 Floating Women

2003 新宿駅,東口以東 Someone Else's Shinjuku East

Michelle CHU

2017年 「海星女孩」Starfish Girl

2007年 「親愛的,你好嗎?」Darling, How Are You?

2007年 「雅芳小姐」Miss Avon

2003年 「新宿駅,東口以東」Someone Else’s Shinjuku East

2002年 「飄浪之女」Floating Women

2002年 「紀念日」Commemoration

2001年 「台北發的南下尾班車」

2000年 「暑假」Summer Vacation

1998年 「兩個女生」

Producer: Michelle CHU

Director: Michelle CHU, Li-Chou YANG

Cinematographer: Michelle CHU, Li-Chou YANG

Editor: Michelle CHU, Li-Chou YANG

Music: Tzu-Chieh WEN

Michelle CHU

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