HanLin CCA 2009 Taiwan Film Series P.2

Taiwan Film Series : Documentary and Short Films

June 13 - 14, 2009

Delaware Art Museum

Delaware Center of the Contemporary Arts

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Delaware Art Museum

( Museum admission required )

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Saturday, June 13

12:30pm Tea – Taiwan’s Golden Treasure 茶鄉流金

1:15pm Let It Be 無米樂

3:15pm Family Viewing 闔家觀賞

( For museum location, admission fee and hours information, call 302-571-9590 or 866-232-3714 (toll free), or visit www.delart.org )

Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts

( Admission Free )

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Saturday, June 13

1:00pm Intro of Taiwan Film Series:

Documentary and Short Films

by Tom Vick

1:30pm Summer Afternoon 夏午

The Secret in the Satchel 書包裡的秘密

3:00pm Shonenko 綠的海平線

Sunday, June 14

12:30pm Skillful Hands and Artistic Vision 巧手揚藝

1:00pm Let it Be 無米樂

3:00pm The End of the Tunnel 天黑

( For museum location and hours, call (302) 656-6466 or visit www.thedcca.org )

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Shonenko 綠的海平線 (2006)

Directed by Liang-Yin Kuo (60min)

During the War World II, Taiwan was under the occupation of Japanese. At the end of the war, Japan needed manual labor to make aircrafts and recruited teenage boys from the island and shipped them to Japan by promising work and education. Many of them perished under the American air raid bombing. This documentary retraced the lives of many survivors. Director’s grandfather was one of the survivors, even though he never spoke about the past. This film was selected as one of the MOMA’s Documentary Fortnight Series in Feb 2009.

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Let it be 無米樂 (2001)

Directed by Yen Lan-Chuan and Juang Yi-Tseng (115 minutes)

This full length documentary film records the everyday life of three elderly rice farmers and their families in the heart of Taiwan rice-producing country. It portrays their lifestyles that have changed little over the last half-century, and how they must toil and shed a bead of sweat for each grain they produce. It observes their hardship, their approach to life, and the fascinating dynamics of their relationships with each other, their animals, gods, the weather, and the land.

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Tea – Taiwan’s Golden Treasure 茶鄉流金 (2001)

Directed by Yu Kong Wei (25 minutes)

Tea has been long been a part of everyday life for the people of Taiwan and China. This documentary introduces the history of Taiwanese Tea and tea manufacturing process. It explores how the art of tea drinking interacts with other elements in society, such as music and ceramic art, and how it nourishes people’s hearts and souls. Directed by Yu-Kong-Wei, this short film has won numerous international film festival awards in 2001, such as the 34^th Worldfest – Houston International Film Festival, Arts/Culture, Gold Special Jury Award.

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The Secret in the Satchel 書包裡的秘密 (2007)

Directed by Tay-jou Lin (52 minutes)

For 10 years, Director and university professor, Tay-jou Lin, read thousands of papers and journals written by his students that contain personal outpouring of suffering. The director selected three of his students’ stories to recreate them. It provides a glimpse to their complex and troubled interpersonal relationships and the harsh reality confronted by this new generation of students growing up in an environment without tender love and care. This film was selected as one of the MOMA’s Documentary Fortnight Series in Feb 2009.

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Skillful Hands and Artistic Vision 巧手揚藝 (2005)

Directed by Yu Kang Wei (27 minutes)

The craftsmen of Taiwan are taking advantage of the nature to create a beautiful world of handicrafts. Their arts are an expression of the spirit, an extension of memory, and an expansion of tradition. This documentary presents the contemporary Taiwanese handicrafts that combine culture, production and creativity. This film has won numerous international awards, to name a few, including the 38^th Worldfest – Houston International Film Festival for Environment Gold Award, the 41^st International Communication Film and Video Competition at Chicago for Art/Culture, Silver Award, etc.

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