Le Moulin
Synopsis
It was when Taiwan was in a stable period of cultural assimilation during the past forty years of Japanese colonial rule that the country's first modern art group – Le Moulin Poetry Society – arose in the 1930s, with their poetic protest against the colonial power's cultural superiority. The name reflected the group's orientation towards the West while especially strongly influenced by France. Regarding the Surrealists as their absolute role models, Le Moulin poets composed poetry in an uncompromising and aesthetically sophisticated style to confront the turbulent era they lived in.
Le Moulin not only tries to record a historical period that paved the way for a new freedom and self-awareness, but also to explore how Asian Modernist writers reinvent Modernism through encountering foreign culture and their contemplation upon identities.
Director Statement
What defines a film as a documentary / not a documentary? Where is the boundary between and is this the limitation of documentary film or rather a blurred division that full of possibilities where countless creative experiments may be born?
This is the issue that interests me the most, and will be my ongoing exploration in the field of documentary film.
Festivals & Awards
The 53rd Golden Horse Awards - Best Documentary Award
2016 Taipei Film Awards - Best Screenplay Award & Award for Sound Design
The 10th Taiwan International Documentary Festival - Grand Prize of Taiwan Competition
2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam - Bright Future Section
2015 CPH:DOX - International main competition for DOX:AWARD
The 9th Hong Kong Independent Film Festival - Indie Frontline
The 17th San Diego Asian Film Festival - Taiwan Film Showcase
The 25th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival - International Competition
The 14th Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asia-Pacific Countries - Documentary Screen. Professionals
The 6th Lima Independent International Film Festival - International Competition
The 2nd FILMADRID International Film Festival - Vanguard Competition
The 17th Jeonju International Film Festival - World Cinemapscape: Spectrum
The 18th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI) - Avant-Garde & Genre Competition
2017 Essay Film Festival - Official Selection
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