III. Searching For Selves ( Totally 87 min ): the Quest│Sum Total│BABAE│Angel of y Life│I Hum, and She's Dashing When She Walks│Stay...Escape The search for a self-identity is a rite of passage every lesbian experiences in growing up. How does society look at/treat us? How do we define/identify ourselves? How do we desire/imagine each other? At the beginning and during the formation of each life, we are, indeed, incessantly looking for “me.” ★ Director's Attendance 2005/08/06 (Sat)   11:30 Spot Cinema ★ 200 2005/08/09 (Tue)   20:10 Spot Cinema ★ 200 2005/08/10 (Wed)   22:20 Spot Cinema   180

The Quest
YOU Shu Hsun∣2005∣Taiwan∣Experimental∣Color∣4min∣Without dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles

When I was young, I couldn't understand the the Chinese character 我 ("I"). Every time I wrote down the word我 (I), I would get confused by the word's pattern. Eventually, I found a way to overcome this.

Sum Total
Sonali∣1999∣India/USA∣Experimental∣Color∣5min∣Without dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles

Sum Total critiques the arranged marriage system in India and re-computes identity that does not "fit in" the weekly matrimonial ads seen in Indian newspapers.

BABAE
Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo∣2004∣Philippines∣Documentary∣Color∣20min∣Filipino dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles

BABAE (Woman) is a coming of age story of two women who grew up together in the slum community beside railroad tracks. They became best friends during childhood, shared dreams in teenage years and started a family when a child accidentally entered their lives. Inserts of real stories of women and a man about woman issues. A documentary drama with a twist of comedy, that will surely hit the Pinoy* heart in any culture.
* Pinoy is a slang term for the colorful life of Filipinos (local of the Philippines)

Angel of My Life
CHENG Wun Hui ∣2004∣Taiwan∣Fiction∣Color∣20min∣Mandarin dialogues∣Chinese subtitles

If she could be his angel? Yeh's life has been completely changed since her missing brother Kuan go back to her. After series of mishaps, she was heavily injured and returns to her birthplace, while she faces the death of Kuan: her beloved father/lover.

I Hum, and She's Dashing When She Walkss
iri∣2004∣Japan∣Fiction∣Color∣5min∣Japanese dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles

Minami works in a rental video shop. One day at work, she caught a glimpse of a customer's videos, and her heart leapt. Her customer was renting Go Fish and Show Me Love. A girl-meets-girl story about the small pleasures that lie hidden in everyday life.

Stay…Escape
Cam CHENG and Ktour NG∣2003∣Hong Kong∣Drama∣Color∣28 min∣Cantonese dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles

If you stay, please fight for it with your smile.
Two girls loving each other are having a dilemma: to stay, or to escape? One of them often feels melancholy, making the other hesitate whether she is better off leaving her. One day, the girl cannot help but escaping again, only to end up, upon spotting a marshmallow kiosk, buying it home for her lover. While quarreling about everything with nervous fear, the two girls still care for each other unchangingly. Anyone would be touched by their sincere and true love to each other.

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