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  Good news!  Melodia and Xié Gùshì (Shoe Story) were both among the top dozen viewed films this past week at The Short Film Show—the new international streaming platform for cinéma brièveté . Do join us!  Melodia  梅樂蒂 https://theshortfilmshow.com/ film/melodia-a-short-film-in- rondo-form/FL-00330 Xié Gùshì ( 鞋故事  Shoe Story)   https://theshortfilmshow.com/ film/xie-gushi-shoe-story/FL- 00360 The Short Film Show   https://theshortfilmshow.com/  

Jury members at the Jane Austen International Film Festival in Bath have awarded Melodia  top honours for Arthouse Film Direction. I am delighted to accept the award on behalf of our entire creative team—with special thanks to our representative in Bath, Ms Nina Ko, and to the 27-year-old up-and-comer who composed our soundtrack music. Jane Austen International Film Festival Bath, England UK  Angela Tala Paradise, JAIFF founder/director D J Paradise, JAIFF founder Rusette Auton, JAIFF founder Nina Ko 柯蘊恩, ‘Melodia’ publicist Actor in photo: Yi-An Chen Makeup Artist in photo: Anna Tian Lighting Specialist in photo: Tom Chen Photo by Elaine Lai JAIFF  https://www.parazoom.com/jaiff/award-winners/   ________ ‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form’ 梅樂蒂 : 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 A T Beaune Creations with f/Lash Productions https://linktr.ee/melodia.shortfilm 陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel 翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano with 艾倫咚 Aaron Don Don 哆啦囉 Dora Lo 田雨璇 Anna Tian 阿曼 Manav Mehta 余宗翰 Hank Yu 陳佳琳 Ji...

We’re delighted to announce that Melodia: a short film in rondo form is an official selection of the 38th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. The Taiwan film will be screened on November 8 Wednesday 13:30 at the Gateway Cinema as part of a full program entitled East .  FLIFF, slated to run from November 3rd through 12th, screens over 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Saint Augustine and the Bahamas. Venues include the storied Gateway Cinema, the historic Savor Cinema, and the Cinema Paradiso on Hollywood Beach. Hard Rock Live hosts Opening Night. Melodia , filmed entirely in Taiwan, stars Yi-An Chen with Aaron Don Don, Dora Lo, Anna Tian, Manav Mehta, Hank Yu, and Jia Lin Chen. Laticia Fan is director of photography. Chung Hua Weng performs music by Ludwig van Beethoven. The film was written and directed by A T Beaune. 

Chiaohui Yang sings an aria. Carl Maria von Weber  (1786–1826) Clarinet Concerto 1 in F minor, opus 73, 1811 movement 2: adagio ma non troppo Chiaohui Yang, clarinet Winds of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra · Alton Thompson recorded in performance at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall Taipei City, Taiwan   Photo: Alton’s Images ©MMVI Taipei Symphony Orchestra / A T Beaune Creations

  這是我最近提交給競賽的設計。 提案是設計一面代表台灣的旗幟。  Here is a design I recently submitted to a competition. The proposal was to design a flag representing Taiwan.  海綠色 色的八角星代表台灣是“海上明亮的星星”。顏色讓人聯想到台灣最高峰玉山。它讓人聯想到指南針，暗指台灣作為海員目的地的歷史； 它還代表了台灣與更大世界的接觸以及台灣創意人的全球影響力。 白色代表陽光，代表我們社會對人類價值的理想。 梅花色融合了代表天空和海洋的藍色，以及代表激情的紅色。 梅子色代表豐富的文化果實。 作為旗幟的非傳統顏色，李子代表了國際社會中的新鮮事物。 （這種顏色還有一個實用的目的：它與經常看到旗幟的天空形成對比。） The sea-green eight-pointed star represents Taiwan as  as a bright guiding star on the sea.  It suggests Yushan (Jade Mountain), Taiwan’s highest peak. Reminiscent of a compass, it recalls Taiwan’s long history as a destination for seafarers. It represents Taiwan’s engagement with the larger world and the global reach of Taiwan’s creative minds. White represents sunlight and our society’s ideal of human rights and human worth. The plum colour represents rich cultural fruit. It blends the blue of sky and sea with red, the colour of passion. As an unconventional colour in flags, plum indicates someth...

I am sometimes asked where specifically to find appearances of the supporting character I play in Chunyang Lin’s 12-episode dramatic series Gold Leaf  (茶金). Here’s where. Scenes with A T Beaune as David Episode 1 39:00 – 40:39 ‘Good things come with good wine.’ Episode 2        07:55 – 10:00 ‘Is Mr Fu-ji OK?’ Episode 6 45:20 – 46:49 ‘Is this the American Army #6 tea of legend?’ Episode 10    40:00 – 40:29 ‘The World Tea Expo happens every four years.’                               40:30 – 42:19 ‘This is my chief tea master.’                               42:20 – 44:00 ‘I am leaving Jardine.’                               51:42 – 53:29 ‘Our only condition.’    ...