Beaune’s Blog

Now available on ResearchGate, the full study by Dr Alton Thompson. This is likely the first-ever comprehensive study of the Easter oratorio by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The composer set a poetic text by Karl Wilhelm Ramler in grand style while working at Michaelskirche in Hamburg in the late 1700s. ‘ Auferstehung : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Rhetoric of Resurrection ’

My science-fiction/adventure screenplay in development, Tatala, has been named a quarter-finalist in the Manchester Film Festival . MFF officials inform me this places the script in the top third of the many submissions to this BAFTA-qualifying film event. The 2026 edition of the Manchester Film Festival spans March 19 through March 29. Do make plans to join us.  Many thanks to the Manchester jury for encouragement and inspiration:  • Lare Oyefusi, Commercial Planning, Disney+ • Adam Carter, Head of Development, Shush Films • Ben Lankester, BIFA-nominated director • Rupert Stonehill, Film & TV Agent, Independent Talent • Charlotte LeMaire, Film Advisory, Endeavor Content • Henry Holmes, Script Development, Gaumont & PBJ Agency • Shanika Hyslop, Editor, Bloomsbury Publishing • Camila Legaspi, Chief Content Officer, Latina Media Ventures • Beatriz Menéndez, Film & TV Department, Curtis Brown • Archie Thomson, writer of James McAvoy's California Schemin' • Ella Troup,...

Join us this week at The Jane Austen International Film Festival in Bath! Our Melodia publicist, Ms Nina Ko  柯蘊恩 , will be in attendance as a VIP guest. This gem of a festival will mark the film’s UK première. Regency attire is encouraged! 2024 September 20-21 Friday & Saturday The Little Theatre, St Michael’s Place  & The Francis Hotel Bath, Queen Square Bath, Somerset, England, UK Tickets https://filmfreeway.com/TheJaneAustenInternationalFilmFestival/tickets About the film https://linktr.ee/melodia.shortfilm Angela Tala Paradise, JAIFF founder and director D J Paradise, JAIFF founder Rusette Auton, JAIFF founder Nina Ko 柯蘊恩 , Melodia publicist ________ 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 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 Jia Lin Chen 攝影師 director of photography 范樂怡 Laticia Fan 故事和方向 story and direction ...

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Coming soon: Weekend in Taipei , a thriller starring Luke Evans, Gwei Lun Mei, and Sung Kang. Directed by George Huang and co-written with Luc Besson. From Ketchup Entertainment.  Some friends and I are bouncing around in it. You’ll get to see some of our favourite Taipei locations, too—if you look fast! Official Site www.ketchupentertainment.com Instagram instagram.com/ketchupentertainment   Facebook facebook.com/ketchupentertainment YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@KetchupEntertainment

Five Vignettes from 1001 Nights and Other Short Stories by A T Beaune    ©   2014   All rights reserved. We do not remember days. We remember moments. – Cesare Pavese 1 Cocoa Beach, 1969 The launch of a Saturn V sends a bead of sun into the sky. You squint. The sky darkens around that bead of fire pushing its pale dart. Neighbours stand on their lawns around you, gazing skyward. Only after the glowing bead clears the rooftops does the sound arrive. You feel the rumble as much as hear it. It rolls toward you, takes over your ribs. Windows rattle, birds flee. Over the rumble now sprouts a burning crackle. The crackle and the rumble merge into a single growl of power. On my portable radio a tenor  voice speaks through static. ‘We’ve got us a roll program.’ The climbing fireball sprouts a trailing cloud. It lengthens into a snaking white spiral. ‘Roll complete and pitch is programming.’ Crackle. ‘Copy that,’ says another voice. ‘Stand by for Mode ...

Actor in photo: Jia Lin Chen We’re delighted to announce that our short film ‘Melodia’ is a nominee in the 2024 Cannes Film Awards. The categories are Independent Short Film and Super Short Film (under ten minutes).  Cannes Film Awards juries feature collaborations with experts in the field of European film art. Projects in the festival have received distribution on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime. The festival, not affiliated with the Festival de Cannes, aims to present independent films in a world-class locale for cinema. Congratulations to our cast and crew. Greetings from Taiwan to our friends in Nice! Official Selections & Award Nominees https://cannesfilmawards.com/official-selection/2024 Melodia 梅樂蒂  https://linktr.ee/melodia.shortfilm

What an enjoyable day! Mali Liu and I have been talking about music and art in Taiwan, and hearing from Maestro Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu, Ms Dora Lo, and Mr Tim Berge! Taipei Broadcasting Station  FM93.1 / AM1134 Host: Mali Liu 劉馬利 Guest: A T Beaune 唐博訥 有緣千里．話音樂 : 臺北廣播電臺 Audio (Mandarin and English): bit.ly/TPRadio-ML-AT

  We’re going to Greece! The Taiwan short comedy Shoe Story is an official selection of the 2024 Liber Films International Festival . Congratulations to cast and crew, and thanks to our friends in Athens for including us in the festivities! Πολλά ευχαριστώ!

  Indo French International Film Festival, 2023 April SHOE STORY · 鞋故事 XIÉ GÙSHÌ Critic’s Choice Award: Best International Short Film Winner: Experimental Short Film Special Jury Award: Best Mobile Short Film Winner: Sound Design, Short Film – Tzu-Xiang Chen Winner: Single Shot Short Film – A T Beaune and Holly Yifang Chou Winner: Debut Filmmaker, Short Film – A T Beaune Honourable Mention: Short Screenplay – A T Beaune Special Mention: Trailer – Boxin Huang, Tzu-Xiang Chen, A T Beaune 對於我們整個“鞋故事”團隊來說，這確實是一種特殊的榮譽。 感謝印度本地治裡 IFIFF 的電影愛好者們的認可和鼓勵。恭喜大家！ What a thrilling and humbling experience for the entire ‘Shoe Story’ team. Thanks to film lovers at IFIFF for the warm welcome. Congratulations , all! ________ SHOE STORY · 鞋故事 XIÉ GÙSHÌ 來自台灣的新喜劇短片 a new short comedy from Taiwan starring 哆啦囉 DORA LO 羅濟豪 JAMES C H LO 紀彣潔 WEN-CHIEH CHI sound design 陳子翔 TZU-XIANG CHEN video editing 吳宸宇 CHENYU WU trailer editing 黃柏欣 BOXIN HUANG translations 林孟穎 JESSE LIN costumes 周怡芳 HOLLY YIFANG CHOU sc...

  Shoe Story  is going to Pondicherry! We in Taiwan feel a special cinematic connection to the city, as whole streets in Taichung were once transformed into Pondicherry for scenes in Ang Lee’s Life of Pi . The Indo French International Film Festival aims to be ‘truly an international platform for all filmmakers beyond language barriers across the globe.’ We’re delighted to participate and encouraged by the kind recognition. Greetings to director Satheesh Kumar and all our friends at IFIFF! 《鞋故事》要去本地治裡！ 我們台灣人與這座城市有著特殊的電影聯繫，因為台中的整條街道都曾因李安的《少年派奇幻漂流》中的場景而變成本地治裡。 Indo French Film Festival 旨在成為“真正為全球所有電影製作人提供超越語言障礙的國際平台”。我們很高興參與並受到這種認可的鼓舞。 嚮導演 Satheesh Kumar 和我們在本地治裡的所有朋友致以問候！ 鞋故事 SHOE STORY 來自台灣的新喜劇短片 a new short comedy film from Taiwan  starring 哆啦囉 DORA LO 羅濟豪 JAMES C H LO  紀彣潔 WEN-CHIEH CHI  sound design 陳子翔 TZU-XIANG CHEN video editing 吳宸宇 CHENYU WU trailer editing 黃柏欣 BOXIN HUANG translations 林孟穎 JESSE LIN costumes 周怡芳 HOLLY YIFANG CHOU screenplay and direction ...

Celebratory publicity image upon selection for the Zagreb International Film festival. Shelby Lau in Shoe Story , played by actress Dora Lo, makes a video of her dog Lilina. The Zagreb International Film Festival has selected  Shoe Story , our new short comedy from Taiwan, for inclusion in its program. Organisers say a key spark for the creation of ZIFF is the conviction that ‘Zagreb can become an important point of the cultural heritage of cinema.’  All of us connected with Shoe Story are honoured to be part of this new cinematic tradition in the beautiful country of Croatia! Zagreb festival program http://zagrebfilmfestival.tilda.ws/officialselectionsprogram1 Shoe Story at IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15797158/

A circus march = caffeine set to music Henry Fillmore Rolling Thunder Taipei Symphony Winds · 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

 Oh, my. It’s time to get our shoes bronzed! Thanks to film lovers in Chicago for honouring Shoe Story in this year’s Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest slated for January. The new minimalist comedy from Taiwan starring Dora Lo, James C H Lo and Wen-Chieh Chi as a trio of bohemian flatmates has been named a semi-finalist in the competitive category of International Narrative Short.  From the Beautiful Isle, greetings and appreciation to our friends in the Windy City. Shoe Story trailer (English version):

Here is a chance to settle in and view the complete 35-minute  Taiwan Photowalk . Shao-Hsun Chang performs Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall. Thanks to Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu for the commission and to the entire team for two years well spent.  臺灣   漫步影像   Taiwan Photowalk 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   a musical story in still images 章韶洵 , 鋼琴家 Shao-Hsun Chang, pianist 展覽會之畫 performs Pictures from an Exhibition 穆梭斯基 by Modest Mussorgsky 臺灣 臺北市國家音樂廳 in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall photo story and direction 唐博訥 by A T Beaune featuring 翁成韻 Mandy Weng as The Sightseer ______________ News @Meta FB: A T Beaune News @Meta FB: Taiwan Photowalk Trailer  @Vimeo Trailer  @YouTube Full Film  @Vimeo Full Film  @YouTube

 

  快來了 Arriving soon:  梅樂蒂 Melodia 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 a short film in rondo form 陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel 翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano 唐博訥創意藝術 A T Beaune Creations with f/Lash Productions (Photo: Alton’s Images )

The two-minute trailer is released now for Taiwan Photowalk . Thanks to Boxin Huang for the trailer editing—and to Shao-Hsun Chang, as always, for the daring collaboration.  臺灣 漫步影像 Taiwan Photowalk 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   a musical story in still images 章韶洵 , 鋼琴家 Shao-Hsun Chang, pianist 展覽會之畫 performs Pictures from an Exhibition 穆梭斯基 by Modest Mussorgsky 臺灣 臺北市國家音樂廳 in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall photo story and direction 唐博訥 by A T Beaune featuring 翁成韻 Mandy Weng as The Sightseer ______________ News Page @Meta FB: A T Beaune News Page @Meta FB: Taiwan Photowalk Trailer  @Vimeo Trailer  @YouTube Full Film  @Vimeo Full Film  @YouTube

Lihobo! Greetings from Taiwan.  I will be sharing news here about some of the projects I am working on. For now, please feel free to browse the list in the sidebar. Included are links to my page at the  Internet Movie Database (IMDb)  and to my media channels at YouTube , Vimeo , and Spotify . I hope you will find something here to enjoy.  Thanks for your visit!