第三十一屆優良影像創作金穗獎入圍影展/The 31st Golden Harvest Awards Film Festival
日期/Date: 5月8-17日/May 8-17
地點/Venue：誠品信義店/Eslite Bookstore
金穗獎官方網站/Golden Harvest Awards Official Website：http://tiaf.ctfa.org.tw/31GH
金穗獎官方部落格/Golden Harvest Awards Official Blog：http://gh31.pixnet.net/blog
Star-Studded Golden Harvest Awards Film Festival: Director TeSheng Wei + Actress LunMei Gui + Actor Edison Wang + Actress Sandrine Pinna
In recent years Taiwan film industry has revived and evolved new developments. Local audience has regained their confidence in Taiwanese films. In fact many talented filmmakers in Taiwan owe their accomplishments to the Golden Harvest Awards for it is known as the cradle of successful Taiwanese directors. From world renounced MingLiang Tsai, Ang Lee and ChinYen Yee to the new generation of Taiwan filmmakers Tom ShuYu Lin, Zero Chou and TeSheng Wei, all of them received their very first recognition from the Golden Harvest Awards. The annual ceremony will go into its 31st in 2009. The jury has taken four month time to review all the 177 entries received and has decided on 35 nominations. NT$3 millions total in cash prizes will be awarded on May 15th at Taipei ChungShan Hall.
For those film fanatics you can click on the official blog for Golden Harvest Awards to preview trailers and highlights of nominated films. Unlike recent years a lot of nominations feature well-known actors and actresses in the films. Sandrine Pinna, nominated for best leading actress in “Miao Miao” last November was cast in “Intoxicant” and “Nirvana”; Suming Jiang who won the best new talent award at Golden Horse last year appeared in “Hopscotch”; thanks to “Winds of September” Edison Wang became an instant sensation ad now he’s scheduled to take a part in the all star cast of Hong Kong film “Dark October” can be seen in “My Grandma”. He went nude in the shower scene. Last but not least actress LunMei Gui hasn’t appeared in any Taiwanese film since “Parking” teamed up with veteran actress YiChing Lu and actor TienChu Lee and shared scenes in “Family Viewing”.
Director TeSheng Wei took the box office by storm with his debut feature film “Cape No. 7” last year and kicked off a craze for Taiwanese films is no stranger to Golden Harvest Awards. He has received three recognitions with his previous film projects. Therefore the organizer has put together a special tribute by showcasing his earlier work - four short films 「Face in the Evening」,「Three Dialogues」,「Before Dawn」, 「Seediq Bale」and one feature length film「About July」. Don’t miss this year’s Golden Harvest Film Festival if you wish to watch director Wei’s film work at once. As the economy sinks to a new low the Golden Harvest Film Festival continues to grow and has been running for 31 consecutive years now. This is the only event that will allow you to enjoy films free of charge in an air-conditioned theater and discover the new Taiwan filmmaking talents!
星光閃閃的金穗獎入圍影展：魏德聖+桂綸鎂+王柏傑+張榕容
近年來台灣電影工業復甦，台灣的觀眾對國片重拾信心。其實，許多傑出的台灣電影導演在尚未成名發跡前，都曾經受到素有台灣電影搖籃之稱的金穗獎的肯定。從國際知名的蔡明亮、李安、易智言，到新生代的林書宇、周美玲、魏德聖，他們得到的第一個電影獎項就是金穗獎。而一年一度的金穗獎今年邁入第31屆，評審委員在經過四個月的看片、討論之後，從177部參加影片中選出35部入圍作品，共同角逐獎金總額高達三百萬的獎項，頒獎典禮將於5月15日在台北中山堂舉行。
想要先睹為快的影迷，可以先登入金穗獎官方部落格，欣賞預告以及精彩片段。與往年不同的是，今年有許多入圍作品都有明星演員的加持。去年以國片「渺渺」問鼎金馬獎影后寶座的張榕容，參與「匿名遊戲」和「百獄」的演出；去年得到金馬獎最佳新人的姜聖民出現在「跳格子」；因「九降風」受到矚目而受邀加入華語大片「十月圍城」的王柏傑，為藝術而犧牲，在「曬棉被的好天氣」有場全裸出浴戲。繼「停車」之後，好一陣子沒有參加國片演出的桂綸鎂，與資深演員陸奕靜、李天柱共同演出「闔家觀賞」，互飆演技。
去年以「海角七號」掀起國片狂熱的魏德聖導演曾經得到三屆金穗獎的肯定，因此今年主辦單位以他過去拍攝的四部短片「夕顏」、「對話三部」、「黎明之前」、「賽德克巴萊」和一部長片作品「七月天」為第31屆的專題，想要一次看完魏德聖在「海角七號」之前的創作，千萬別錯過今年的金穗獎入圍影展！在經濟不景氣的情形之下，能夠讓你邊吹冷氣邊欣賞免費電影，同時發掘你心目中的台灣導演新秀，也只有連續舉辦31年、從未間斷過的金穗獎做得到！
