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2010 WMW Film Festival
2010-11-01
The Endless Flow of Explosive Creativities and New Perspectives: “New Currents”

Philo WU (Freelancer)

Film has enabled many creative endeavors in search of epochal significance. We see a streamline of new ideas from many up and coming new films that have become significant in the representation of our era. A close examination of the subject matter and perspective is the key to understanding the trend of feminist ideology.

Female status in society, diverse culture and the vicissitudes of social changes have been an ongoing debate for many female filmmakers. Our program included films such as Love and War in Kabul; Winds of Sand, Women of Rock; Women Fifty Minutes; The Blossom of Youth. These four films are all taking a stab at the subject matter of female status in the society. Women Fifty Minutes documented the lives of Chinese women in different generations in the perspective of social changes. Love and War in Kabul is a story of a couple that was forced apart and how they rebelled under conservative cultural traditions. The film takes the audience into both sides of the family to reveal the suppression of female independence.

The women in Winds of Sand, Women of Rock face similar challenges to those of Love and War in Kabul. The crossing of the massive Sahara desert may be tough, but it also gives them the freedom that they dreamed of. The Blossom of Youth director explores the lives of men and women in their twenties. The film observes the stereotypes of the generation and debates the complexities of emotions such as envy and expectations that are cast on the age bracket. Many of these issues may have been done before in other films, but through the delicate touch of female filmmakers, these issues lose their hard edges and instead a more observational force is created.

Films such as The Undesirables and The Delian Mode on the other hand take the audience back in history. The former explores the history of women and children in concentration camps in World War II, while the latter pays tribute to the pioneering female musicians in electronic music. These films use unique artistic style to represent the massive research material and interview footages. The Undesirable uses animation whereas The Delian Mode uses a collage of music to add a new dimension to such historical topics.

Female filmmakers are magnetic with their imaginations. Saint Louis Blue is a musical about a cross-country trip on public transportation. Unlike the extravagant Hollywood musical productions or Lars von TRIER’s grim Dancer in the Dark, Saint Louis Blues is a breath of fresh air in the style of an imaginative monologue. The Female dominated short film, Dirty Bitch, breaks the stereotype of Singapore as a suppressed society with black humor and sarcasm.

Between Dreams uses documentary footage with the combination of sound editing, creating a highly stylized production of the Trans-Siberian Railway that is true to its title. 16th Book of Metamorphoses is an animation with apoetic style that combines Bible stories with environmental issues, giving the film a mythical element to its scientific subjects.

Each of these films represent the boundless creativity of female filmmakers. The seductive charisma that draws the audience’s eye comes packed with explosive ideas. Whether the purpose behind the creation is to condemn, reflect, ridicule, or simply a share of the director’s emotional expression, these female filmmakers are the pilots for the new currents.