Hello From Taiwan won the Grand Jury Prize at the Taiwanese American Film Festival! Thank you so much to this festival that means so much to this film personally. The Taiwanese American film community is special and wish it could’ve been in person this year: the Taiwanese food and boba at the festival was always delicious. (And thanks to Ho Chie Tsai for sending me a screenshot for proof that we won!)
Their theme of KINDRED this year means we’ve rounded up a few cast and crew family photos:
Cast - Barney Cheng
Description: 1989. Brea-Olinda High School, Brea, CA. Me and my mom at my high school graduation.
Cast - Brandilyn Cheah
Description: 2016/ Paradise Cove/ family beach outing (including grandparents and brandilyn’s aunt and uncle; we encourage weekly outdoor play that involves the entire family (and downtime from electronics))
Producer - Guo Guo
Description: Year was also 2009 in Xikou, Zhejiang, China *fun fact Xi Kou was Chiang Kai-shek’s hometown and the only place we took family pictures apparently.
Cast - Janet Hsieh
Description: My memories of childhood are happy ones, playing with cousins and my sister by the pool. I’m the cheeky one always looking for the camera so I can make a funny face and my sister is the perfectionist in the back practicing her cartwheels.
Cast - Lydia Lin
Description: We love our Lin Family, we love travel.
Director - Tiffany Frances
Description: 1990? My sisters and I in front of our townhome in San Jose, CA - the same home the film is based on!
Hello From Taiwan will be playing at the awesome Female Voices Rock Film Festival from Dec. 4-10! We have a Q&A next week so stay tuned! 🙏🎦💕
Get your pass here.
Hello From Taiwan is playing at Toronto Shorts from today through Sunday! November 10-15! Thanks TSIFF!
BTS photo by Jimmy Hang
Watch here.
Excited to screen tomorrow at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival at the HER Story Global Shorts Forum! Some great ‘feminine perspective’ shorts in this lineup!
Playing for 24 hours starting at 8am EST, Tuesday 10/27:
https://filmfest.scad.edu/schedule/global-shorts-forum-her-story
#scad #savff 🙏📽
Hello From Taiwan screens ive at 2pm this Saturday at the Taiwanese American Film Festival! Followed by a Live Q&A at 3:15pm https://www.bingewave.com/m/hello-from-taiwan
We’re also featured on TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s Fall Festival Guide thanks to HoChie Tsai! http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2020/10/ta-film-festival-guide-2020/
Been really pleasantly surprised with how supportive the Taiwanese American film community has been throughout this process. The Taiwanese American Film Festival is a special one!
Hello From Taiwan will be playing in 3 days from Oct 23-31 at the San Diego Film Festival in the Shorts: Taiwan <-> America program followed by a roundtable Q&A with the filmmakers! Thank you @PacArtsMovement 💕🇹🇼
Tickets can be found here.
Talked with the thoughtful Lakshmi Gandhi at Women’s Media Center about Hello From Taiwan - what it was like recreating a childhood memory, that silent chopsticks scene, and watching 90210 as a kid.
Check it out here!
HELLO FROM TAIWAN won Best Emerging Storyteller at Imagine This Women’s Film Festival!
Really enjoyed this festival and their virtual networking event meeting really cool women filmmakers. So honored, ITWIFF - thank you!
HELLO FROM TAIWAN is now screening at the Imagine This Women’s Int’l Film Festival today until Sunday! (Oct 2-4)
Wish we could be in Brooklyn screening this! But virtual is cool too :) USA geo-blocked FYI!
Thank you Imagine This! Find a pass here!
HELLO FROM TAIWAN’s World Premiere is here at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival from October 1-31!
Check it out :)
