Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

The Unreachable Love

KUO Shiao-Yun 2008 Taiwan Documentary color 74min Mandarin DCP
A sensitive documentary about four women who suffer at the hands of domestic violence. Recorded over the period of a year, the film captures their stories faithfully, including their resolve to seek protection and the
difficult decision to walk away from their marriages and their former lives.

Director

KUO Shiao-Yun

A documentary filmmaker, KUO believes that documentaries are powerful tools to change the world. She shoots with the methodology of participant observation as her primary approach, with domestic violence and family issues as the core of her focus.

KUO Shiao-Yun

1990 《星星的孩子》 

1999 《要孩子,也要工作》 I Want My Children, I Want My Job

2008 《最遙遠的愛》 The Unreachable Love

2010 《與愛無關》 Nothing to Do with Love

2012 《愛的黑海》 Crossings Love

2013 《少年鼓手》 School on the Road

2015 《不安生活的三則短篇》 Restless Life Three Shot

Producer/ TSAI Yun-ching, HSIEH Zheng-da

Director/ KUO Shiao-yun

Cinematographer/ KUO Shiao-yun, TSAI Jiun-ru

Editor/ KUO Shiao-yun

Legal Aid Foundation, Hualien Branch

hualien@laf.org.tw