International Premiere
Myopia 近视
Short film Competition 1
Year of Production 2025
Production Countries/Regions Taiwan
Duration 15 mins
Genres Drama Family Coming-of-Age
Dialogue Language(s) Mandarin
Subtitle Language(s) Chinese and English
Director(s) Siān-sûn Tiunn
Director’s Bio
A master's student at Taipei National University of the Arts, department of filmmaking. Myopia has been selected for several festivals in Taiwan, such as Golden Harvest Awards, Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival. She has developed a personal take on coming-of-age stories revolves around themes like autonomy and identity especially of child and youth under dysfunctional families.
Synopsis
7-year-old girl Ting-Ting is nearsighted, but she doesn't want to wear the glasses. Because she finds that her young and capricious mother, also a streamer she followed, pays attention to her only when she needs to apply eye drops.
Festivals & Awards
2025 47th Golden Harvest Awards
2025 32rd Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival Taiwan
2025 10th New Taipei City Student Film Award
2025 19th Youth Film Festival - Merit Award
Scriptwriter(s)
Siān-sûn Tiunn
Producer(s)
Han-Fang Hsiao
Executive Producer(s)
Wen-Yi Lee
Key Casts
Ting-Zhi Chen, Yan Chueng
Curators’ note
Director’s Statement
This story is related to my childhood, which is about a little girl longing for her mother's care at first, but ends up with her decision to grow up alone. This is a short film that integrates vision into the theme and narrative. In order to echo the concept of "myopia" - nearsighted people have to get very close to see the things in front of them clearly, most of the lens positions are composed of close-up with a 4:3 aspect ratio, creating a cramped, stylish look and strong visual language.
It reflects the little protagonist's desire to be close to her mother and her desire to hold onto her mother tightly due to the fear of blurred vision. A person must go through the process of "separation" and "individuation" before being considered "psychological birth". Thus the ending action in “Myopia”, carries the meaning of agentic capacity and children autonomy.
