18th(2016)
Hebei Taipei
트레일러 재생
LI Nien Hsiu
- Taiwan
- 2015
- 91min
- DCP
- color
- Documentary
Family Documentary Migration / Residence
SYNOPSIS
NAWFF Award 2016
Heibei Taipei sophisticatedly weaves together the personal and the public histories as the director Li Nien-Hsiu embarked on a journey back to his father’s long-lost hometown in Heibei, China, on behalf of her father as well as for her own comprehension of the turbulent history that deeply affects her father and her family. The film succeeds in layering in nuance as the investigation of her father’s historical trauma and shifted proclivity for cross-dressing is handled with honesty, understanding, self-reflexivity, and an ironic sense of humor. The metaphorical and subjective images of the poetic reenactment not only multiply the film’s points of view, but also experiment with the boundary between reality and representation in documentaries. NAWFF Award 2016
[WANG Chun-Chi, Programmer of Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan]
PROGRAM NOTE
NAWFF Award 2016
Heibei Taipei sophisticatedly weaves together the personal and the public histories as the director Li Nien-Hsiu embarked on a journey back to his father’s long-lost hometown in Heibei, China, on behalf of her father as well as for her own comprehension of the turbulent history that deeply affects her father and her family. The film succeeds in layering in nuance as the investigation of her father’s historical trauma and shifted proclivity for cross-dressing is handled with honesty, understanding, self-reflexivity, and an ironic sense of humor. The metaphorical and subjective images of the poetic reenactment not only multiply the film’s points of view, but also experiment with the boundary between reality and representation in documentaries. NAWFF Award 2016
[WANG Chun-Chi, Programmer of Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan]
Director
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LI Nien HsiuLI Nien Hsiu
LI Nien Hsiu started filming her father\'s incredible life story Hebei Taipe since the year of 2000. Her short film Rush(2009) a creative combination of experimental film and documentary, was nominated for Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival and Golden Stalk Awards. She also edited many documentaries and dramatic films, including Young at Heart: Grandma Cheerleaders. And nominated for the 47th Golden Horse Awards for Film Editing for Hip-Hop Storm. She also started her second career as a screenwriter, and worked on the movie Touch of the Light as both a writer and an editor.
Credit
- ProducerCHOU Chen Ting
- Cinematography LIU Shih I
- Editor LI Nien Hsiu
- Music WEN Tzu Chieh
- Sound Stevi CHEN , KAO Wei Yen, LU Hai Fen
