As borders of various countries are gradually opened after a long impact of Covid-19 pandemic for the past two years, Taiwan will also open its doors on October 13. Not only International tourism, business activities and cultural exchanges, etc. are expected to a bouncing recovery, but many people can’t wait any longer to buy a plane ticket to fly abroad and experience foreign cultures and enjoy exotic cuisine.
"New Taipei City Documentary Awards" is all set with full preparation for all passenger! In order to let the world see New Taipei City, a friendly city known as the cradle of documentary films, and to enable international travelers to discover the unknown humanities and wonderful stories on this land, Department of Information New Taipei City Government proactively broaden the international visibility of the New Taipei City Documentary Film Award-winning films and exclusively joined in hands with EVA Air to launch “New Taipei Theater” on its in-flight entertainment system, allowing documentary film creations to accompany global travelers during their flights.
Department of Information New Taipei City Government stated that New Taipei City has held the New Taipei City Documentary Film Awards series to support all creators’ passion and original intention to documentary film creation with practical actions for 12 consecutive years, and had not been affected by the pandemic.
In addition to continuing to welcoming documentary film entries forcompetition and providing funds to award-selected creative teams. New Taipei City Government has also broaden all the channels in response to rapid change of daily habits and viewing pattern that pandemic brought about.
Especially during the hard time under the predicament of border blockades around the world, the authority not only attend international film festivals via online screening actively to maintain connection with the world, but cooperate with EVA Air to to launch the bilingual "New Taipei Film Festival" on the in-flight entertainment system of all flights, allowing travelers around the globe to appreciate and travel into stories of charming Taiwan through the works of outstanding Taiwanese directors and also feel the power “touching, everywhere” of the documentary films.
"New Taipei Film Festival” has set a playlist that features award-winning films in the past 11 years. For each season, two New Taipei City Documentary Film Award short films finalist and one cinema screening documentary film will be broadcast on the all flights of EVA Air.
From November, "Blind Cat" directed by Ye Yin-long depicts the story of the pottery artists in Sanxia, New Taipei, Lin Yin's "You are in my heart salamander” will take audience to follow the research team to the mountains, exploring the survival predicament of the salamanders’ ecology due to environmental changes, Director Li Jian-cheng “See You White House" reproduces the 10-year history of post-war Sino-American cooperation at the Yunlin Shuilin U.S. Army Nutrition Workstation 50 years ago.
In addition, the Department of Information New Taipei City Government once again cooperated with the "Taiwan Film Festival of Boston" this year, so that the award-winning documentary films in New Taipei City can still be seen through diversified channels during the pandemic. The film festival themed was held on October 1st and 2nd, themed “Crack & Light” that guide audience seeing through the shadow and light in life.
The festival features films from New Taipei City Documentary Film Award, “Passage”, a story about the career of dairy cattle veterinarian with new vitalities bring into dairy farming industry in tough time, looking forward to bring this industry new light and possibilities.
"Faces of a Taiwanese Opera Actress" walks into the current situation of Taiwanese opera, and explores the opportunity for the development and preservation of traditional culture; "Eagle's Hand" sees the gradual decline of the lotus root agricultural industry, trying to recall the glory and light of the land in the memory.
