12/12/2014 7pm
New York University, Cantor Film Center, 36 E 8th Street, New York, NY 10003

“Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above”看見台灣  is the first movie documenting Taiwan with aerial photography. With professional aerial photographic equipment filming in high altitude, we will see Taiwan in heights and angles that has never been seen before. “Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above ” is produced by Mr. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, photographed and directed by Taiwan’s aerial photographer Mr. Chi Po-lin, and narrated by Mr. Wu,Nien-Chen. The music is composed by Mr. Ricky Ho, who is the award winner of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Award for the Best Original Film Score in the movie “Seediq Bale.”

Taiwan is so beautiful from the air when we see the landscape of mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers, forests, rice fields, fish ponds, and urban area; but we will also see the inevitable environmental changes, damage, and wounds caused by people in various kinds of developments. Our land has strips of accumulated scars, with layers of contamination deposited in the ocean. Through the various themes and connected chapters, we transform into birds, soaring above Taiwan, to witness the island’s beauty and sorrow together.

“Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above” has been screened at the following film festivals:

2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival
2014 Singapore Chinese Film Festival
2014 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Film Captial (Washington, DC)
21e Festival Internacional de Cinema de Medi Ambient (International Enviornmental Film Festival)

and the film has achieved the following accolades:

2013 Golden Horse Film Festival
Won – Best Documentary
Nominated – Best Original Film Score

2014 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Golden Remi – Best Music Score – Feature
Golden Remi – Cinematography
Special Jury Award – Documentary Feature

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