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2013 Golden Horse FPP06 – On Happiness Road
The Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) is a Mandarin language media investment platform designed to bring to fore collaborative opportunities between filmmakers and investors and distributors, and to link regional industry professionals back to the international film community. In the seven years since its establishment, the FPP has never lacked for dazzling examples of the successful, the innovative, and the artistic. Myriad Selected Projects from the past two years – Ilo Ilo, Touch of the Light, GF*BF, Cha-Cha for Twins, Starry Starry Night, Seediq Bale, Jump Ashin!, andThe Fourth Portrait, to name but a few – have proven themselves darlings at film festivals around the world.
The 2013 Golden Horse FPP is held from November 19th through the 21st, where a gathering giants and forces of the film industry is certain to be a sight to behold.
FPP06 - On Happiness Road
[Country] Taiwan
[Award] Grand Prize/Central Pictures Corporation Award
[Director] SUNG Hsin-Yin
[Producer] YEH Ju-Feng, Sylvia FENG & PENG Tien-haw
[Production Company] Impress Productions
Director SUNG Hsin-Yin
The social and historic changes have always looked magic to me: an animation featuring grassroots’ life is a great way to present it. I want to make a film like a combination of Forrest Gump and Persepolis about a little Taiwanese girl’s life and the society’s transformation.
In an age that 3D animation rules, we use hand-drawn style to express nostalgia and humanity. We also use cute children as voice actors, whose voices are so natural that I myself am deeply touched.
The absurd development of the society and history affects grassroots’ life and living. No matter how difficult life is, family and friends are always the ultimate emotional support.
As I trust this film appeals to the international market, I’d like to know the trends and traces of the world market so as to make adjustments in my story and to find transnational partners to work with.
Producer YEH Ju-Feng, Sylvia FENG & PENG Tien-haw
Producer YEH Ju-Feng
Producer PENG Tien-haw
Producer Sylvia FENG
We are here to find investment and distribution partners in FPP 2013.
The film targets adult audience in Taiwan and those in Europe, the United States and Japan, who are interested in the Third World art cinema. We hope by following the mode of Persepolis, “On Happiness Road” can become a box office hit.
As a senior cinephile, I am fully convinced that this is the most touching script in Taiwan in the past few years. We will present a tear-jerker that makes you laugh, a warm story with a natural touch, with the most innovative cinematic approach, in a traditional 2D hand-drawn style.
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