2021
Golden Horse Awards
最佳劇情短片提名
最佳劇情短片提名
觀眾票選獎、評審團特別獎、最佳美術
入選
開幕片
未來之星獎、評審團特別獎
新進演員獎、編劇獎，攝影獎、電視電影獎提名
國際短片競賽入圍
Since its establishment in 1962, the Golden Horse Awards have not only represented the highest honor in Chinese-language cinema but also witnessed countless filmmakers grow from their first attempts to the shaping of distinctive artistic voices. This curated selection highlights six directors nominated this year — Shen Ke-shang and Pan Ke-yin for Best New Director, as well as Lee Chun-shek, Liao Ke-fa, Chong Keat-aun, and Tsao Shih-han for Best Director — revisiting their earlier, defining works. Through this collection, we invite audiences to rediscover how these filmmakers use cinema to respond to the self, society, and their times. By tracing their creative beginnings, we also glimpse the ever-evolving vitality of Chinese-language cinema.
Why do we always feel a deep sense of resonance when reading family narratives or watching family films? What exactly have we exchanged through them? How can those trivial details expand into something universally human? And what about empathy in photography? When the lens stares directly at reality and confronts the pain of others, does it feel like part of your soul has also been taken? In staged photography, even if the photographer clearly doesn't care about souls and focuses only on the face, chest or legs, the subject and the viewer may still sense that the spirit has either been empowered or diminished. Between taking and being taken, seeing and being seen, what have we exchanged?