Laha Mebow
Laha Mebow | |
|---|---|
 Laha Mebow in October 2022 | |
| Born | 5 December 1975 |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Other names | Chen Jieyao |
| Alma mater | Shih Hsin University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | Trần Khiết dao |
| Simplified Chinese | Trần Khiết dao |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Jiéyáo |
Laha Mebow(Chinese:Trần Khiết dao;pinyin:Chén Jiéyáo;born 5 December 1975) is a TaiwaneseAtayalfilm director, screenwriter and television producer. She is notable for directing the filmHang in There, Kids!for which she won two awards at theTaipei Film Festival.She is widely considered to be the first femaleTaiwanese indigenousfilm director and TV producer.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Laha Mebow was born in 1975 inNan-ao,Taiwan. She was raised inTaichungby her father who was a police officer and her mother who was a teacher. After graduating fromShih Hsin Universitywith a degree in film she later joinedTaiwan Indigenous Televisionwhere she learned more about her heritage and indigenous culture.[1][2]
In 2011, Laha Mebow made her directorial debut withFinding Sayun,a film which focuses on the stories of contemporary Atayal people in Yilan looking back to the impact on their community during the Japanese colonial period and during and after the arrival of the KMT in Taiwan. She cast the film using mainly non-professional indigenous actors and set it in her home village of Tyohemg inYilan County.The film was released in 2011 to a mixed review by theTaipei Timesbut was well received by audiences.[3][4]In 2015, Mebow received a Republic of China Top 10 Outstanding Young Women Award.[5]The following year, she directed her second filmHang in There, Kids!,acoming of agestory about three indigenous children growing up in a remote indigenous township. The film was so well received that Taiwan'sMinistry of Cultureselected it as the country's entry into theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[6][7]Although it failed to be nominated for the Academy Award, the film went on to win five categories at theTaipei Film Festivalincluding Best Director and Best Narrative Feature,[8]as well as a special award at theWorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[9]She is also the director of the 2017 feature-length documentary filmÇa Fait Si Longtemps,which tracks interactions of Indigenous musicians from Taiwan and Kanak and settler musicians in New Caledonia. In 2022, Laha Mebow won theBest Directoraward for her third feature filmGagaat the59th Golden Horse Awards.[10][11]She was the first Taiwanese and indigenous woman to win that award.[12]
References[edit]
- ^abZeng, Zhijun."Từ đô thị đến nguyên hương, từ Đài Loan đến thế giới thứ ba ——《 chỉ cần ta lớn lên 》 đạo diễn Trần Khiết dao ／Laha Mebow tìm căn lữ trình"[From Urban to Rural, From Taiwan to the Third World] (in Chinese). Fun Screen.Retrieved18 November2017.
- ^"Director | Laha Mebow".Ministry of Culture. 7 September 2018.Retrieved16 April2023.
- ^Ho, Yi (25 November 2011)."Movie review: Finding Sayun không giống nhau ánh trăng".Taipei Times.Retrieved18 November2017.
- ^"Finding Sayun"(in Chinese).Yahoo.Retrieved18 November2017.
- ^"President urges outstanding young women to lead in society".Central News Agency. 8 March 2015.Retrieved17 April2023.
- ^Frater, Patrick (22 September 2016)."Taiwan Takes Out 'Kids!' for Oscar Run".Variety.Retrieved18 November2017.
- ^"Taiwan's indigenous film 'Lokah Laqi' to vie for Oscar award".Central News Agency. 22 September 2016.Retrieved16 April2023.
- ^Liao, George (17 July 2016)."'Lokah Laqi!' captures five titles at Taipei Film Festival ".Taiwan News.Retrieved18 November2017.
- ^"4 Taiwanese films awarded at Houston international film festival".Central News Agency. 30 April 2017.Retrieved16 April2023.
- ^Yen, William (20 November 2022)."Golden Horse Awards: Laha Mebow grabs best director honors".Central News Agency.Retrieved16 April2023.
- ^"Hong Kong film 'Limbo' leads Golden Horse Award nominations - Focus Taiwan".focustaiwan.tw.27 September 2022.Retrieved27 September2022.
- ^Teng, Pei-ju (9 April 2023)."FEATURE/Weaving Indigenous stories into gripping movies: Filmmaker Laha Mebow".Central News Agency.Retrieved16 April2023.
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