4/5 7:00PM  Somewhere Over The Cloud (2007) by Hsiao Mei-Ling 雲的那端 / 導演蕭美玲   * followed by discussion / 蕭美玲導演映後座談 

4/ 6, 7:00PM : Let The Wind Carry Me (2009) by Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun-leung 乘著光影旅行 / 導演姜秀瓊、關本良* followed by discussion / 姜秀瓊導演映後座談

Taipei Cultural Center collaborates with the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts to introduce and share outstanding documentaries by touring the winner and nominated films of Taiwanese directors at Taiwan Academy in New York. The goal is to display the diversity of Taiwan to the U.S. audience, encourage exchange of ideals, as well as initiate critical discussions about the issues raised in the films.

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Somewhere Over The Cloud (2007) by Hsiao Mei-Ling 雲的那端 / 導演蕭美玲

導演蕭美玲藉由女兒Elodie的視野重新審視生命、空間、語言、身份、國度的界線……。Elodie 是個台、法混血兒。出生時，她的法國爸爸為她來台一年，爸爸回法國之後，網路世界的webcam 成為父女彼此認識的橋樑，真實的父親藏身於虛擬的小螢幕中。拜網路科技之賜，Elodie得以恣意遊走於真實和虛擬之間。「爸爸」的意涵也隨著年齡的成長不斷在轉變，從「爸爸」是「電腦」，到「爸爸」是泰迪熊的代言者……，乃至爸爸是分享母親的入侵者……。

Elodie is a girl of mixed French and Taiwanese descendant. At her birth, her French father arrives in Taiwan to stay for one year. After returning to France, the Internet web cam becomes the means by which they know one another, and a real father is confined behind a small, virtual screen. The meaning of “Daddy’ begins to change along with Elodie’s growth, from being the computer, to the mouthpiece to the teddy bear, to the intruder who competes with her for her mother’s affection.

Let The Wind Carry Me (2009) by Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun-leung 乘著光影旅行 / 導演姜秀瓊、關本良

人稱侯孝賢御用攝影師的李屏賓永遠往前跑，從這個地方到那個地方，從這部電影到那部電影，用生命中的時時刻刻換取影片裡的分分秒秒。「乘著光影旅行」片中記錄的是他與台灣電影的淵源情感，他對攝影的思索與投入，多年來豐碩的工作成果，以及長繫心頭的家人親情。如風的節奏，呼應著他作品的特質，也彷彿他生活中不斷旅行、工作的頻率。

What can be retained with photography? Where is the cinema leading us? Is there meaning to life after all? Mark LEE goes on the road and tries to answer these questions at a pace of 24 frames per second. We followed his swinging footsteps and gathered the fragments lost between frames to discover the passion he gave to the Taiwanese cinema.