2020
FIRST International Film Festival
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Directed by 林柏瑜
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最佳男演員獎
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No matter where you are, not just in Taiwan, international movie fans can easily watch too! The first wave of films from emerging creators are now live in our international section. Featuring top selections from prestigious film festivals like Golden Horse Awards and Golden Harvest Awards, as well as many highly anticipated emerging works for you to explore anytime, anywhere!
Recently, in a novel I've come to love, I found myself grasping the weight of life's slices. In the story, there is a wicked sorcerer who freezes people in the instant just before tragedy strikes—suspending everything, sealing it into a crystal ball, and building an entire museum from these frozen moments. And isn't film, in its own way, just as cruel? As viewers, we are little more than instruments for collecting tissue slices—slipping into a character's world for a single fleeting moment, wandering through it in passing, only to return, in the blink of an eye, to the reality that is our own.
I really love watching short narrative films at film festivals and graduation showcases. I take pride in being among the first to discover talented and passionate creators before they become widely known. Short films offer an incredible diversity of subjects and perspectives; while they might not always be perfectly executed, just a few captivating highlights are enough to deeply move me. When I find a short film I truly admire, I always hope it'll eventually be adapted into a feature film. And when those hopes come true, comparing the two versions is incredibly fascinating – it's like witnessing a creator's journey of growth, gains, and losses.
In those moments of past choices, would life have turned out differently if other decisions were made? In films, the dust motes dancing in sunbeams, the lonely twilight schoolyards, the damp, dark corners of old buildings, and the open roads always instantly summon traces of our struggles and sacrifices at life's crossroads, as well as the figures once imprinted on our lives, from the depths of our memory.
