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SUMMARY: [Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Director Wei
  Te-sheng
DESCRIPTION: 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 Director Wei Te-sheng on the Making of the First Bloc
 kbuster Film about Taiwan’s Indigenous History\, Warriors of the Rainbow: S
 eediq Bale 賽德克 · 巴萊：第一部講述台灣原住民歷史並轟動世界的電影 Date & Time: Thursday\, October 21
 \, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm (PDT) Location: online via Zoom *Presented in Engli
 sh and Mandarin Free & open to the public. Registration is […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[caption id="attachment_53414" align="alig
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 l size)[/caption]</p><p style="text-align: center\;"><a href="https://asia.
 ubc.ca/news/a-virtual-speaker-series-indigenous-taiwan-transpacific-connect
 ions/"><strong>Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections<
 /strong></a><br /><a href="https://asia.ubc.ca/news/a-virtual-speaker-serie
 s-indigenous-taiwan-transpacific-connections/"><strong>線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋
 的聯結</strong></a></p><h3 style="text-align: center\;">Director Wei Te-sheng 
 on the Making of the First Blockbuster Film about Taiwan's Indigenous Histo
 ry\, <em>Warriors of the Rainbow: <i>Seediq Bale</i></em></h3><p style="tex
 t-align: center\;">賽德克 · 巴萊：第一部講述台灣原住民歷史並轟動世界的電影</p><p><strong>Date & Time:
 </strong><br />Thursday\, October 21\, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm (PDT)<br /><str
 ong>Location:</strong> online via Zoom<br />*Presented in English and Manda
 rin</p><p><i>Free & open to the public. Registration is required for both e
 vents. </i></p><p>Register here: <a href="https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/regis
 ter/WN_2QNK9TTtS0Og9pY28nVVSw">https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2QNK
 9TTtS0Og9pY28nVVSw</a></p><h3>Moderator</h3><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://a
 sia.ubc.ca/profile/renren-yang/"><strong>Renren Yang</strong></a>’s researc
 h and teaching span twentieth-and twenty-first-century Chinese literature\,
  cinema\, and popular culture\, with a focus on issues of authorship\, medi
 ation\, and hybrid genres in Chinese literary and media scenes. His current
  book project\, “A Media Genealogy of Literary Fame in Modern China: Paper\
 , Stage\, Screen\, and Sphere\,” traces the changing concepts\, practices\,
  and politics of celebrity authorship throughout twentieth-century Chinese 
 history with the ongoing shift from the print to the digital regime of lett
 ers.</p><p dir="ltr">楊任任博士畢業於斯坦福大學比較文學系，現任英屬哥倫比亞大學亞洲研究系助理教授。主要研究方向是現當代中國文學，
 電影，和流行文化。</p><hr /><h3 style="text-align: center\;">Indigenous Taiwan at th
 e Movies: A Conversation with Director Wei Te-sheng about Representing Taiw
 an Tribes in <em>Warriors of the Rainbow: </em><em><i>Seediq Bale</i></em><
 /h3><p style="text-align: center\;">電影《賽德克 · 巴萊》對台灣原住民部落的再現——對話導演魏德聖</p><p>
 Director Wei Te-sheng will be in conversation with Dr. <span style="font-we
 ight: 400\;">Aynur Kadir</span> (Assistant Professor\, Department of Asian 
 Studies\, University of British Columbia) the day following the first panel
 .</p><p><strong>Date & Time:</strong><br />Friday\, October 22\, 2021 | 4:0
 0pm-6:00pm (PDT)<br /><strong>Location:</strong> online via Zoom<br />*Pres
 ented in English and Mandarin</p><p><i>Free & open to the public. Registrat
 ion is required for both events. </i></p><p>Register here: <a href="https:/
 /ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2QNK9TTtS0Og9pY28nVVSw">https://ubc.zoom.u
 s/webinar/register/WN_2QNK9TTtS0Og9pY28nVVSw</a></p><h3>Moderator</h3><p><s
 pan style="font-weight: 400\;"><a href="https://asia.ubc.ca/profile/aynur-k
 adir/"><strong>Aynur Kadir</strong></a> is an Indigenous Uyghur scholar\, f
 ilmmaker and curator with a research focus on the documentation\, conservat
 ion and revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages. Her work bridg
 es the gap between Indigenous studies in Canada and in Asia. Her research i
 nterests are in global indigeneity from the Uyghur in China to Coast Salish
  and Six Nations in Canada\; transnational Indigenous diplomacy\; and the s
 afeguarding and revitalization of languages and cultural heritage through d
 igital technology and collaborative initiatives.</span></p><p><strong>Aynur
  Kadir</strong>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。</p><p> </p><hr /><h3>About the Speaker</h3><p><sp
 an style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Wei Te-sheng</strong> graduated from 
 Far Eastern Institute of Technology (now Far Eastern University of Science 
 and Technology) with a degree in Electrical Engineering. His career began w
 hen he got a job in a small production house. Then he became an assistant i
 n Edward Yang's film studio in 1995. In 2008\, he directed the film </span>
 <i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Cape No. 7</span></i><span style="font-
 weight: 400\;">\, which is the highest grossing film ever produced in Taiwa
 n. In the same year\, he won the 45th Golden Horse Award for Outstanding Ta
 iwanese Filmmaker. In 2011\, his film\, <em>Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq
  Bale</em></span><span style="font-weight: 400\;">\, won the 48th Golden Ho
 rse Award for Best Feature Film and was selected as one of the top nine for
 eign-language films in the Academy Awards. His other films include </span><
 i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">KANO</span></i><span style="font-weight:
  400\;"> (2014)\, which he produced and wrote\, and </span><i><span style="
 font-weight: 400\;">52Hz\, I Love You</span></i><span style="font-weight: 4
 00\;"> (2017)\, which he directed and wrote. Wei is committed to improving 
 Taiwan’s film industry\, and he always endeavors to prove the talent and ab
 ility of Taiwanese filmmakers. His work centered on Taiwan's history has in
 fluenced the whole generation’s understanding of Taiwan. He is currently wo
 rking on his latest project\, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Ta
 iwan Trilogy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">.</span></p><p><spa
 n style="font-weight: 400\;">Selected Filmography:</span></p><p><i><span st
 yle="font-weight: 400\;">Mahjong</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;"
 > (1996)\, Assistant director </span></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 40
 0\;">About July</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> (1999)\, Direct
 or </span></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Doube Vision</span></i
 ><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> (2002)\, Associate producer  </span></p>
 <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Cape No. 7</span></i><span style="fo
 nt-weight: 400\;"> (2008)\, Director </span></p><p><span style="font-weight
 : 400\;"><em>Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale</em> (2011)\, Director an
 d screenwriter </span></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Kano</span
 ></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> (2014)\, Producer and screenwriter <
 /span></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">52Hz\, I Love You</span></
 i><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> (2017)\, Director and screenwriter </sp
 an></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Taiwan Trilogy</span></i><spa
 n style="font-weight: 400\;"> (On going)\, Director and screenwriter</span>
 </p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>魏德聖</strong>畢業於遠東工專（現遠東科技大學
 ）電機科，非本科系出身的魏德聖帶著對影像的執著從拍片現場的最基層開始歷練。曾任《麻將》副導、《雙瞳》策畫，於2008年執導電影《海角七號》創下全台五億
 三千萬台幣的賣座成績，打破臺灣影史票房紀錄，至今仍為國片票房紀錄保持者，並獲第45屆金馬獎臺灣傑出電影工作者。2011年執導的電影《賽德克・巴萊》獲得
 第48屆金馬獎最佳劇情片、入選奧斯卡外語片九強。其他電影作品尚有2014年監製、編劇的《KANO》和2017年導演、編劇的《52Hz\, I Love
  You》。魏德聖不斷致力於電影產業水平的提升，他對臺灣歷史的爬梳及影像化成果也影響了一代人心中對這塊土地的認識。目前正在全力籌備最新計畫《臺灣三部曲
 》。</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">參與過的電影作品:</span></p><p><sp
 an style="font-weight: 400\;">《麻將》(1996)｜副導演</span></p><p><span style="font
 -weight: 400\;">《七月天》(1999) ｜導演、編劇</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 4
 00\;">《雙瞳》(2002)｜策劃</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《海角七號》(20
 07)｜導演、編劇</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《賽德克．巴萊 上集—太陽旗》(201
 1)｜導演、編劇</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《賽德克．巴萊 下集—彩虹橋》(2011
 )｜導演、編劇</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《KANO》(2014)｜監製、編劇</s
 pan></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《52Hz\, I love you》(2017)｜導演、編劇
 </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">《臺灣三部曲》(籌備中)｜導演、編劇</span></p
 ><p>Relevant links:</p><p>Watch <em>Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale</e
 m>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGAuyah5cKw&ab_channel=YouTube
 Movies">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGAuyah5cKw&ab_channel=YouTubeMovie
 s</a></p><p>Watch the trailer for <em>Cape No.7</em>: <a href="https://www.
 youtube.com/watch?v=5TaIUCyyiXI&ab_channel=SammyRice">https://www.youtube.c
 om/watch?v=5TaIUCyyiXI&ab_channel=SammyRice</a> </p>
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