Xiao Mei

Director Maren Hwang 黃榮昇 | 2018 | 96 mins | UNCL 15+with English and Mandarin subtitles 含中英文字幕

Awards

2018 Berlin Film Festival - Nominated for Panorama Best First Feature柏林影展 - 世界電影大觀單元

2018 Taipei Film Festival - Outstanding Artistic Award: Cinematography 第20屆台北電影節 - 最佳攝影獎 

First-time feature filmmaker Maren Hwang delivers a fresh mystery drama, complemented by cinematographer Nagao Nakashima's (The Great Buddha+, Godspeed) stylish, pared-back visuals.​Nine unrelated individuals talk about their connection with a mysterious woman named Xiao Mei. Told in a series of interviews and flashbacks, the characters’ direct-to-camera address brilliantly unsettles narrative certainty and slowly unravels what happened to Xiao Mei. Featuring a voice-over narration by Hsin-Yao Huang (The Great Buddha+, Sydney Film Festival and Taiwan Film Festival 2018). 

實力派攝影師中島長雄操刀的《小美》，集結了迷幻、懸疑和驚悚元素，並由《大佛普拉斯》導演黃信堯為電影旁白開嗓。以偽紀錄片的形式，透過一段段訪談慢慢勾勒出小美的樣貌。​小美（饒星星 飾）突然消失人間。一個男子帶著攝影機，走訪任何與小美接觸過的人，試圖藉由眾人的回憶、描述與評論，拼湊有關小美的一切線索。各式各樣的受訪者，同時也暗喻著台灣的現代文明。此片入圍了金馬最佳攝影、原創電影音樂和歌曲，也曾受邀於昆士蘭當代美術館播放。

SATURDAY 27 JULY 7.00PM 

EVENT CINEMAS GEORGE ST

screens with Golden Horse Film Academy short film Minus  -《冰箱》

Mentor: Hsin-Yao Huang 黃信堯​FA Talents: Ya-Yu Lin, Liang Sun, Ting-Ning Chen, Ka-Ki Wong, Yi-Fen Tsai,Tz-Yang Wei, Mei-Lee Kwan​學員：林亞佑(台)、孫亮(中)、陳定寧(台)、黃嘉祺(港)、蔡雨氛(台)、衛子揚(台)、關美利(港)​Cast：Yu-Han Lien 連俞涵、Joanne Yang 安乙蕎、Ya-Chun Liao 廖雅珺

An old fridge and three sensitive women in an old flat, a mysterious sound started to spread across the flat, echoing their inner world. ​

一間舊公寓、一台破冰箱、三個瘋婆娘，在颱風過的夜晚，房裏傳出了神秘的噪音，一個魔幻的夜晚就這樣開始了。