Blazing Histories: Movements Transformed

The 28th Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan, NYCU Tour

Curated and organized by: Powered Image Working Lab

Convened by: International Institute for Cultural Studies, University System of Taiwan; Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, NYCU; Taiwan Women’s Film Association; Powered Image Working Lab

In cooperation with: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NYCU; Student Association of DHSS, NYCU

The Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan was established by feminist scholars, moving image researchers, and filmmakers, and is currently one of Taiwan’s largest and most significant film festivals to promote film, moving image and gender awareness. This year’s Women Make Waves NYCU Tour is titled ‘Blazing Histories: Movements Transformed’, and speaks to the fiery, powerful paths forged by women, queer, and transgender individuals creating their own narratives of history. While these histories appear blazing onto and through moving images, the social and activist movements that generate these images are also informed and transformed by trans experience, and serve to fundamentally reconsider our understandings of aesthetics and politics in themselves. Themes running through this year’s tour film selection range from grassroots resistance and protest, to Cold War memory, to refugee and diasporic experience, to minority group histories, to the power of arts and cultural movements. This tour presents 16 screenings of feature length and short films presented by eight invited speakers, with seven post-screening discussions throughout the tour. Through screenings and discussion, the tour aims to speak to the fluidity, complexity, and profundity of moving image and gender issues across different contexts.

1. Girl's School
   Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Time: 10/28 (Th.) 13:30-15:10
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
2. Night Shot
   Moderator: Professor Yu-Hui Tai
   Time: 11/02 (Tue.) 09:00-10:20
   Venue: HK115 Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus
3. You and I / Unapologetic
   Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Time: 11/04 (Th.) 13:30-16:20
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
4. You and I
   * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
   Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Discussant: Professor Hsiu-Hua Shen
   Time: 11/05 (Fri.) 10:10-12:00
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
5. Two Forgotten Boxes – A Trip to Vietnam
   * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
   Discussants: Professor Shu-Fen Lin & Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Time: 11/10 (Wed.) 18:30-20:30
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
6. To Arms, We're Fascists!
   Moderator: Professor Yu-Hui Tai
   Time: 11/12 (Fri.) 10:10-12:10
   Venue: Online screening (limited to students registered for Media, Technology and Society- Service Learning II)
7. Ahead of The Curve
   Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Time: 11/12 (Fri.) 10:10-11:50
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
8. Sami, Joe and I
   * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
   Discussant: Professor Mei-Ling Chien
   Time: 11/15 (Mon.) 18:00-19:40
   Venue: B1 Library Hall, Main Library, Kuang-Fu Campus
9. Seahorse
   Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
   Time: 11/19 (Fri.) 10:10-11:50
   Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
10. Writing with Fire
    * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
    Discussant: Hua-Hsuan Chu
    Time: 11/22 (Mon.) 13:20-15:00
    Venue: HK207 Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus
11. Writing with Fire
    * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
    Discussant: Professor Chao-Ching Ko
    Time: 11/22 (Mon.) 18:30-21:00
    Venue: HK406 International Auditorium Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus
12. Radio Silence
    Moderator: Professor Yu-Hui Tai
    Time: 11/23 (Tue.) 09:00-10:20
    Venue: HK115 Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus
13. Gendernauts / Genderation / Passage
    Moderator: Professor Hwa-Jen Tsai
    Time: 11/25 (Th.) 13:30-17:00
    Venue: NYCU Cinema for the Arts, 3rd Floor, HA Building B, Kuang-Fu Campus
14. Writing with Fire
    * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
    Discussant: Professor Mei-Ling Chien
    Time: 11/25 (Th.) 14:30-16:10
    Venue: SC106 Science Building C, Kuang-Fu Campus
15. Fearless and Dear
    * Post-screening discussion (in Mandarin Chinese)
    Discussant: Professor Wei-Der Shu
    Time: 11/29 (Mon.) 18:30-21:30
    Venue: HK406 International Auditorium Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus
16. Writing with Fire
    Moderator: Professor Yu-Hui Tai
    Time: 11/30 (Tue.) 09:00-10:40
    Venue: HK115 Hakka Building, Liou-Jia Campus

More information:

Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan - NYCU Tour: www.wmwnycu.weebly.com

Women Make Waves International Film Festival Website：http://www.wmw.org.tw

Women Make Waves NTHU Tour, Late Night Movie Theater Screenings: http://nightcats.blogspot.com/2021/09/2021-2021.html