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Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections
線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結
Laha Mebow is the first female indigenous film director in Taiwan. After years of living and studying in cities, she returned to her Atayal tribe and directed several films about indigenous people’s life and culture. Her film Hang in There, Kids! (Atayal: Lokah Laqi) was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Her documentary Ça Fait Si Longtemps focuses on two Taiwan indigenous musicians who were invited to Caledonia for a month of musical exchange with local Kanak musicians. What motivated Laha Mebow to return to the tribe? What challenges do female indigenous filmmakers face in the contemporary Taiwan film industry? How does Laha Mebow tell stories about indigenous children and musicians in her films? And how are we to understand the international connection between indigenous cultures in her films? Join us for the two conversations with Laha Mebow hosted by UBC professor/filmmaker Aynur Kadir and PhD student Yuqing Liu. In the two events, Laha Mebow will share with us her experience of telling Taiwan indigenous stories to the world.
陳潔瑤(Laha Mebow)是台灣第一位原住民女性導演。她在城市中生活以後多年後，決定回到自己的泰雅族部落，並以台灣原住民生活和文化為主題拍攝了多部電影與紀錄片。她的電影《只要我長大》曾代表台灣入圍第89屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳外語片。而她的紀錄片《漂流遇見你》跟隨台灣原住民音樂家到達新喀里多尼亞，展現他們與當地原住民音樂家的音樂交流之旅。是什麼促使了陳潔瑤回到部落？台灣原住民女性導演在當代台灣電影產業面臨怎樣的挑戰？在她的電影中，陳潔瑤是如何講述原住民兒童與音樂家的故事？我們又應該如何理解電影中原住民文化的跨國聯結？歡迎加入我們與陳潔瑤導演的兩場對談！在這兩場由UBC亞洲系教授Aynur Kadir和博士生柳雨青主持的對談中，陳潔瑤將與我們分享她如何透過電影影像向世界講述台灣原住民故事。
Growing Up Atayal: A Conversation with Director Laha Mebow about Indigenous Feature Filmmaking in Taiwan
在泰雅部落中長大：與陳潔瑤導演談台灣電影中原住民題材
Date & Time:
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm (PDT)
Location: online via Zoom
*Conducted in English and Mandarin
Free & open to the public. Registration is required via the link below. Registering once will grant access to both events.
Register here: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EaJ8tKo7S0u3RCCWzznGVQ
Moderator
Yuqing Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in Asian Studies at UBC. She received her BA degree at Fudan University and MA degree at National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on modern Chinese language, literature, and cinema. As a literary scholar and writer, she has also published many essays and fictions in Taiwan and Mainland China. Her essay about the lives of Atayal teenagers won the Cross-Strait Non-Fiction Literature Prize in 2014.
柳雨青，畢業於復旦大學中文系、台灣大學中國文學研究所，目前就讀於UBC亞洲研究系博士班，主要研究現當代中國語言、文學與電影。作為一名文學研究者與創作者，她在中文及英文期刊上發表數篇研究論文及書評，並且在台灣與中國大陸發表了許多散文及小說，其散文《泰雅少年》曾獲2014年兩岸交流紀實文學獎。
From Taiwan to New Caledonia: A Conversation with Director Laha Mebow about Indigenous Documentary Filmmaking
從台灣到新喀里多尼亞：原住民主題紀錄片的製作
Director Laha Mebow will be in conversation with Dr. Aynur Kadir (Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia) the day following the first panel.
Date & Time:
Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm (PDT)
Location: online via Zoom
*Conducted in English and Mandarin
Free & open to the public. Registration is required via the link below. Registering once will grant access to both events.
Register here: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EaJ8tKo7S0u3RCCWzznGVQ
Moderator
Aynur Kadir is an Indigenous Uyghur scholar, filmmaker and curator with a research focus on the documentation, conservation and revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages. Her work bridges the gap between Indigenous studies in Canada and in Asia. Her research interests are in global indigeneity from the Uyghur in China to Coast Salish and Six Nations in Canada; transnational Indigenous diplomacy; and the safeguarding and revitalization of languages and cultural heritage through digital technology and collaborative initiatives.
Aynur Kadir教授是一位維吾爾族學者、電影導演和策展人。她主要關注原住民文化和語言的記錄、保護和復興，致力於為加拿大和亞洲原住民文化研究搭建溝通的橋樑。Kadir教授目前的研究興趣主要為全球原住民性（包含中國的維吾爾族和加拿大的Salish和Six Nations）、跨國原住民外交、以及通過數字技術保護和復興原住民的語言和文化遺產。
About the Speaker
Laha Mebow (Tayal Tribe) is Taiwan’s first female aboriginal film director. She has been working in film and television for almost 20 years, and her portfolio of short documentaries and dramas focuses on indigenous themes and culture. She also focuses on Taiwan’s Austronesian links, with plans for making international dramas with Austronesian artists. Her contributions to these issues and international culture exchanges earned her a Top 10 Outstanding Young Women Award from the Taiwan government in 2015. Laha’s latest film “Hang In There, Kids” won five prizes at the 2016 Taiwan Film Festival, including Grand Prize and Best Director, and was Taiwan’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2017 Academy Awards.
陳潔瑤是台灣第一位原住民電影女導演，以拍攝原住民紀錄片、戲劇為主，也跨域與國外藝術家聯合創作南島民族攝影作品，影視相關經歷近20年。因『發揚原民文化，促進國際交流』, 獲總統頒發第23屆台灣十大傑出女青年。第二部劇情片《只要我長大》雙入選2016台北電影節「國際新導演」與「台北電影獎」競賽單元，獲「台北電影獎」最佳導演等五項大獎，並代表台灣角逐第89屆奧斯卡最佳外語片。
*Both films listed below are available for screening on November 1, 8 pm PDT – November 4, 8pm PDT. Open to all the registered audience whose IP is located in Canada for free. The screening information will be sent through email prior to the screening time.
*以下兩部電影《只要我長大》與《漂流遇見你》，將於11/1, 8 pm – 11/4, 8 pm (溫哥華時間) 之間提供給註冊的觀眾免費收看。因為版權限制，我們僅能開放給網路位址在加拿大的觀眾。觀賞連結將於放映開始前以email寄出，請即刻註冊，以確保您能收到電影連結。
Film “Lokah Laqi”
2016｜90min｜Color｜Narrative Feature｜Mandarin, Tayal
2016 Taipei Film Awards – Grand Prize, Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, Best New Talents Award for (Editing), Audience’s Choice Award
2016 Golden Horse Awards – Best New Performer, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Film Song
Watan, Chen-Hao and Lin Shan are three playful Sqoyaw boys forced to deal with problems too big for their age. For Watan, his grandmother, elder brother, and teacher, Miss Lawa, are the most important people in his life, while he must hunt and sell the mountain deer to make money. Chen Hao has a loving father, but misses his mother who moved to the city following divorce. The clothes she sends him from Taipei are his only connection to her. Lin Shan has a father who wants to be a singer but often gets drunk and fights with his mother. The last straw comes when his father accidentally strikes his sister, causing Lin Shan to leave home on is his birthday.
In this heartwarming coming-of-age film, resembling an Indigenous version of Orz Boyz! (2008), Laha Mebow captures the simplicity and perseverance Indigenous peoples maintain in times of difficulty. Under a whimsical tone lie the complex subjects of alcoholism, grandparenting and the outflow of youth. Through children’s eyes we come to understand the adult world’s complexities.
電影《只要我長大》
2016｜90min｜ 彩色｜劇情片｜國語、泰雅語發音
2016 台北電影獎 — 百萬首獎、最佳劇情長片、最佳導演獎、最佳新演員獎、最佳剪輯獎、觀眾票選獎
2016 金馬獎 — 最佳新演員、最佳原著劇本、最佳原創電影歌曲
瓦旦、晨皓、林山三個即將國小畢業的環山部落孩童，平日頑皮、捉弄同儕，也帶著各自的煩惱看大人們的世界。祖母、哥哥與課輔班的拉娃老師是瓦旦最重要的親人。他偶而販售山產、水蜜桃，人小鬼大地學著大人賺錢的門道。備受父親疼愛的晨皓，將自己的思念寄託在母親從臺北寄來的衣物，他默記包裹地址，希望有天能去探望她。林山有一個心懷歌手夢、經常酒後與母親吵架的父親。一次父親酒後誤傷妹妹，讓林山憤而在生日當天離家出走，卻在其他人幫忙慶生時，把三個生日願望都給了家人。片末，台北的校外教學，讓他們各自用不同的方式認識了部落與父母。
像是《囧男孩》（2008）原住民版，導演希望呈現族人面對人生與挫折時，仍努力保有單純與堅毅的態度。在笑鬧溫馨的基調下，以幽默的方式，面對真實沉重的生命課題。透過孩子的視角，感受大人世界難以理解的複雜與苦衷，進而探討隔代教養、酗酒、青年離鄉等部落現況。
Film “Ça Fait Si Longtemps”
Taiwan｜2017｜DCP｜Color｜90min
Is it possible that a group of people share our culture and fate, but are drifting in another part of the ocean? Taiwanese aboriginal musicians, Suming and Baobu, are invited to New Caledonia for a month of musical exchange. They lived with local Kanak musicians, playing music and sometimes composing together. In the end, they all found that the secret to innovation and globalization is to re-discover one’s own cultural roots.
電影《漂流遇見你》
台灣｜2017｜DCP｜Color｜90min
人與人之間不要拒絕「相遇」，而世界上有很多種人，會不會在世界的另一端，有一群跟自己有著相同文化背景與命運的人，在不同的地方漂流著？台灣原住民音樂人舒米恩與保卜，應《只要我長大》導演陳潔瑤邀請，跨越太平洋，到南太平洋的法屬小島：新喀里多尼亞，與當地原住民音樂人進行一趟音樂交流之旅。在經歷一個月的旅行中，他們與當地人一同生活，一起玩音樂、一起創作。在旅途結尾，他們發現了走向世界最重要的秘訣，就是尋回自己的根底。