Oscar Sound Winner of Gravity and Joker’s Cinematographer
Director of Game of Thrones and Blue Eye Samurai Makes First Appearance in Taiwan for Talks
14 Panels: From IP Character Creation to AI Storytelling, Sharing the Latest Filmmaking Technologies and Trends
All Filmmakers and Invited Guests are Gathered and Ready to Celebrate Together!
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival: Asia held its opening press conference today (August 20) in Taipei, announcing that the event will take place from August 21 to August 25. Over 40 Hollywood professionals will gather in Taipei for this five-day event, which will feature the premieres of 15 award-winning films, 6 short films competing in the competition, and a series of prestigious master panels and workshops. This year, the number of panels and workshops has expanded from last year’s 4 to 14. Highlights include a “Sound Workshop” featuring Skip Lievsay, known as the father of Atmos, in conversation with Taiwan’s top sound designer Tu Duu-chih.
Director of Game of Thrones and Blue Eye Samurai Makes First Appearance in Taiwan for Talks
14 Panels: From IP Character Creation to AI Storytelling, Sharing the Latest Filmmaking Technologies and Trends
All Filmmakers and Invited Guests are Gathered and Ready to Celebrate Together!
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival: Asia held its opening press conference today (August 20) in Taipei, announcing that the event will take place from August 21 to August 25. Over 40 Hollywood professionals will gather in Taipei for this five-day event, which will feature the premieres of 15 award-winning films, 6 short films competing in the competition, and a series of prestigious master panels and workshops. This year, the number of panels and workshops has expanded from last year’s 4 to 14. Highlights include a “Sound Workshop” featuring Skip Lievsay, known as the father of Atmos, in conversation with Taiwan’s top sound designer Tu Duu-chih.
- 8/22/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Sundance Asia has officially kicked off in Taipei, Taiwan.
Over the next five days, 15 feature films and six shorts will screen at the Sundance Film Festival Asian edition, with Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang’s “Didi” as the opening night selection.
Before Wang’s film (which won the audience award and a special jury prize for its ensemble at the Park City festival) made its Taiwan premiere, the Legacy Taipei played host to the opening ceremony gala. Hollywood creatives mingled with local filmmakers and actors: “Fancy Dance” producer Nina Yang Bongiovi, “Joker 2” cinematographer Lawrence Sher, “Porcelain War” director Brendan Bellomo, “Your Monster” director Caroline Lindy and producer Kayla Foster, Wang and Esther Liu, Chen Yi-Wen, Hank Chen and Aviis Zhong were just some of those in attendance.
With many having flown in from Toronto or Los Angeles, attendees swapped tips on jetlag survival. Wang and “Little Death” director Jack Begert...
Over the next five days, 15 feature films and six shorts will screen at the Sundance Film Festival Asian edition, with Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang’s “Didi” as the opening night selection.
Before Wang’s film (which won the audience award and a special jury prize for its ensemble at the Park City festival) made its Taiwan premiere, the Legacy Taipei played host to the opening ceremony gala. Hollywood creatives mingled with local filmmakers and actors: “Fancy Dance” producer Nina Yang Bongiovi, “Joker 2” cinematographer Lawrence Sher, “Porcelain War” director Brendan Bellomo, “Your Monster” director Caroline Lindy and producer Kayla Foster, Wang and Esther Liu, Chen Yi-Wen, Hank Chen and Aviis Zhong were just some of those in attendance.
With many having flown in from Toronto or Los Angeles, attendees swapped tips on jetlag survival. Wang and “Little Death” director Jack Begert...
- 8/22/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
On the occasion of his film, Take Me to the Moon, screening at the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase, we speak with Hsieh Chun-Yi about the film, the 90’s, Chang Yu-sheng, Vivian Sung and Jasper Liu, rom-coms and other topics
Can you tell us about the path that led you to filmmaking? Did you have any studies in the field?
I studied in New York University Tisch School of Arts Asia, the campus is in Singapore. I graduated in 2012.
“Take Me to the Moon” combines the teen rom-com with time travelling. How did this approach came about?
The script writer is Birdy Fong. He is a huge fan of Chang Yu-sheng. He wrote this script several years ago and it won the Silver Prize in The 9th “Filming Taipei” Screenplay Competition in 2014.
The main theme of this story is about following your dreams and first love.
Can you tell us about the path that led you to filmmaking? Did you have any studies in the field?
I studied in New York University Tisch School of Arts Asia, the campus is in Singapore. I graduated in 2012.
“Take Me to the Moon” combines the teen rom-com with time travelling. How did this approach came about?
The script writer is Birdy Fong. He is a huge fan of Chang Yu-sheng. He wrote this script several years ago and it won the Silver Prize in The 9th “Filming Taipei” Screenplay Competition in 2014.
The main theme of this story is about following your dreams and first love.
- 6/8/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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