Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

The Hostess

Ruo-Tong CHAO 2021 Taiwan color 48min Cinese DCP
Xià hǎi (go to the sea) is often used to describe females who are involved in hospitality industry, falling into a socially unrespectable profession. In the social frame, these mistresses are seen as aphasiac. The Hostess recorded the authentic faces of the three mistresses while working, and how they provoke destigmatization and organize a union, in terms to communicate with the society.

Director

Ruo-Tong CHAO

Graduated from the Department of Communication, National Chung Cheng University, CHAO is a director, photographer, production designer, and producer. She tries to fuse various photography techniques to establish a distinctive style. Now she works as a freelance videomaker.

Ruo-Tong CHAO

2021 海與岸

導演、剪接:趙若彤
製片:張芳語、許時濃
攝影:趙若彤、葉澤邦
聲音:林晉德
音樂:李坤憲
調光調色:劉子端
服裝設計:黃泳淇
口白:張川
服裝平面攝影:蔡秉耕

張芳語

h032116@gmail.com