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Stills Moving

停格人生

Taiwan| 2024 | Drama | Short | 16min

Director: Kevin Tsung-Hsuan Yeh

Screenwriter: Tsung-Hsuan Yeh, Ping-Kai Wu

Executive Producer: Ivy Yu-Hua Shen

Producer: Bo-Tsun Kuo

Cinematographer: Taylor Shulin

Editor: Su-Ling TU

Art Director: Ai Ai Huang

Sound: Ping-Chung Wu

Music:Boris

Starring: Vera Chen

导演: 叶宗轩 

编剧: 叶宗轩, 吴评楷 

监制: 沈俞桦 

制片: 郭柏村

摄影指导: 林殊宇

剪辑: 杜素铃

美术指导: 黄瀚正 

声音: 吴秉中 

音乐: 史旻玠

主演: 陈雪甄

Synopsis
 

A sculptor was diagnosed with ALS, facing this inevitable pain, the artist put her heart into her next work, a female figurine. As her body weakened, the sculpture, starts moving and open her eyes.

Festival&Award

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Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 

- Official Selection

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PÖFF Shorts - Black Nights Film Festival

- Official Selection

Director's Note
 

As I was growing up, my mother was struck by a severe rare illness. By her side in the hospital, I witnessed the profound changes in her life and the burden of societal judgment she had to bear. Tose feelings and the impact they had on me became the core and exploration of my filmmaking. 

 

In 2017, I started to engage with the Taiwan Motor Neuron Disease Association, initiating interviews with patients and their families, gradually transforming them into the film “Stills Moving.”After years of interviews and consultations with patients, medical professionals, and social workers, the team was inspired by the stories from the interviews and decided to use a combination of stop-motion animation and live-action filming.

 

Te process of creating stop-motion animation, capturing each movement frame by frame, second by second, is both a challenge and time-consuming. However, this combination closely mirrors the daily challenges faced by ALS patients. We hope through this combinations to vividly portray the protagonist's inner emotions and, more importantly, to act as a tribute to those combating Disease — despite facing various challenges, their hearts and emotions continue to move forward relentlessly.

 

Additionally, “Stills Moving” collaborates with artists from various fields, including painters, sculptors, body artists, physical performers, and puppeteers, aiming to amalgamate diverse perspectives and mediums to present this work. Trough these collaborations, the film seeks to enrich its narrative and visual expression, exploring the depth of the protagonist's journey and the transformative power of art.

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Kevin Tsung-Hsuan Yeh

Kevin (Tsung-Hsuan Yeh) is a Taiwanese filmmaker.The journey of his family facing illness profoundly influenced his creative development. From his university days, he has been involved in assisting numerous patient organizations and disease associations with their filming projects. Te insights and observations garnered from these experiences have further inspired his creative work. His film works often navigate the spaces between reality and dreams, the bizarre and the fantastical, attempting to capture the profound emotions and transformations within people. He studied at the National Film and Television School in the UK, and after graduation, he aspires to continue his work as a filmmaker in Asia.

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