2012 WMWFF Official Blog -《Fearless 19》

 
Crystalised
Sabina HO
Taiwan│2011│Animation│Beta SP│Color│7min
We want to freeze the beautiful and innocent times, which is always short in life. Yet, we want them to last for eternity. Crystal is an extracted high-purity substance. Hence, we choose the crystal-salt as the symbol of love of family. With love, even the most mundane routines in life could be touching.

 
The Doll
Hsin-Chieh LI
Taiwan│2010│Fiction│Digi Beta│Color│24min
Chen, a policeman, is a voyeur who watches his sister-in-law by the telescopes everyday. He even customizes an inflatable doll, which looks exactly like his sister-in-law to satisfy his needs. One day, the sister-in-law suddenly visits his place, and this makes Chen quite nervous─How to hide such a huge doll?

 
Ladyboys
Ya-Wen LEE
Taiwan│2010│Documentary│Beta SP│Color│20min20sec
This documentary depicts four Thailand “ladyboys” who worked hard and earned a living by dance performance during 2006-2010 in Taiwan. They love their parents and enjoy working and living in Taiwan. But it tragically ended up with that they had to leave, because the dance performance company was closed.

 
Avoiding Vision
Kite CHEN
Taiwan│2010│Documentary│Beta SP│Color│34min
On an ordinary morning, she brushes her teeth, but when she looks into her own image in the mirror, she sees totally a stranger. She had required a surgery three years ago to change her jaw. This is a story about a person who dislikes her body and decides to take action.

 
Express Mail, Address Unknown
Li-Ching HUNG
Taiwan│2011│Documentary│Digi Beta│Color│40min
A woman keeps dreaming of a hut on the mountain ridge that gradually slides toward the sea day by day. She and her mom are searching. After all these years, she wants to know how she has grown up. She wants to find the only but lost childhood photo, dreams, and memories.

 
Let's Not Be Afraid!
TansAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan (TASAT)
Taiwan│2010│Documentary│Beta SP│Color│43min
Marriage migrants in Taiwan demand nothing but respect and equality. Through years of empowerment, the members of the TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan (TASAT) realized that immigrants have to unite and fight for their rights. To encourage their fellow immigrants to join them, they shout, “My sisters, let’s not be afraid!”

 
Meet the New Life－A Midwife,Liu A-Chi
Hui-Ling CHENG
Taiwan│2011│Documentary│Digi Beta│Color│49min33sec
LIU was born in 1920, and she has gone through a variety of life experiences. A teacher in elementary school, a nurse, a midwife, a member in the community for the young female during Japanese rule, LIU is a very independent woman who challenges the social norms in such a conservative time.

 
The One by the River
Li-Ting WONG
Taiwan│2010│Documentary│Beta SP│Color│52min
Misa was a hard-working Hakka student, but she quitted school in her sophomore year. To make a living, Misa devoted herself into the theater and the street singing and wrote a Hakka song, “The River.” She finally produced her first album in 2009 with the support from the band, Puncar.

 
Angel Farmer
Ching-Chih CHEN
Taiwan│2011│Documentary│Digi Beta│Color│52min
There are many special children going to the ecological community home to clean the garden, put vegetables and feed pigs, chickens and ducks. They like singing and dancing. Their souls are so pure and innocent that they are regarded as angels to their parents, but they are also their bittersweet company.

 
My Fancy High Heels
Chao-Ti HO
Taiwan│2010│Documentary│Digi Beta│Color│55min
This film looks into the cruel reality that hides behind the beautiful high heels. From the poor farms in China and the bloody scenes of cows being killed to the fashionable streets of Manhattan, the story of a pair of name-brand high heel shoes is told with the multiple layers of globalization.