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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,...

Taiwan’s lovers of imaginative film who have been eagerly anticipating the next edition of the Sub-Tropical Independent Film Festival need wait only a few days more. The third festival is nearly here: 2025 May 10 Saturday . National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) provides the venue. Once again, planners Barry Hall and Li-Ting Huang have arranged the short films into three programs, with this year’s screenings scheduled at 14:00, 16:00, and 18:50. Check the end of this article for ticket purchase information . As the acronym might imply, STIFF doesn’t mind a few long shadows and a bit of pungency in its off-road explorations of cinematic power. As festival planners describe it, ‘We’re looking for the offbeat, the weird, the experimental, the eccentric, the startling, the uncanny, the inexplicable. We want films that ask more questions than they answer. Films that understand the rules of filmmaking but know when to break them. Quality doesn’t mean formulaic.’ ________ The 2024 STIFF...

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 ...

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

Χαιρετίσματα στους φίλους μας στην Αθήνα! Greetings to our friends in Athens! Officials of the 2024 Liber Films International Film Festival (LFIFF) inform us that ‘Shoe Story’ was honoured with an award this summer and is now in consideration for honours in the Liber Films annual event next year. Thanks to cineastes in Athens for including us in the festivities! Πολλά ευχαριστώ! ________  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 唐博訥 A T BEAUNE 影片有兩種版本：一種是普通話對白，一種是英文對白。 The film has been released in both Mandarin and English versions. 本片攝於台灣 filmed in TAIWAN  Tag Line: 現在我們有了懸念。‘Now we have suspense.’ Log Line: 在台年輕港人劉曉碧以兩隻鞋子為題，拍了一部即興演出的電影。 In a world gone mad, Shelby—a young Hong Konger in Taiwan—makes an impromptu short f...

  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 ...

As requested by kind and curious friends, here is a commentary for Taiwan Photowalk . Links to video follow. 感謝各位善心好友的好奇詢問，以下是《臺灣漫步影像》的註釋說明，文末有影片連結。 TAIWAN PHOTOWALK 臺灣漫步影像 a musical story in still images ． 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   作者：唐博訥 A T BEAUNE 音樂：《展覽會之畫》 PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION 作曲家：莫傑斯特．穆索斯基 MODEST MUSSORGSKY 鋼琴演奏：章韶洵 SHAO-HSUN CHANG 演員：翁成韻 MANDY WENG （飾演遊客） 執行製片：許人傑   JAY JEN-CHIEH HSU 、陳真言   ZEN-YEN CHEN 演唱會錄音：林聖翔 SHENG-HSIANG LIN 片頭及預告剪輯： 黃柏欣 BOXIN HUANG 攝影：唐博敦 ,  ALTON’S IMAGES ________ Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 piano suite was composed in memory of a young artist friend who had recently died. Mussorgsky was devastated. When he learned of a fund-raising drive aimed at mounting an exhibition of the young man’s art, he donated at once. The event went forward. Mussorgsky attended. The exhibition lifted the grieving composer’s spirits. He completed the piano suite Pictures from an Exhibition soon after.   莫傑斯特．穆索斯基這首寫於 1874 年的鋼琴組曲是為了紀念一位英年早逝的藝術家朋友。當時那位朋友才離世...

 今年十二月 Arriving 12.16 in limited festival release . . . 梅樂蒂 Melodia (MEL·o·DJI·a) 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 a short film in rondo form News facebook.com/melodia.shortfilm Media youtube.com/@atbeaune

From one of your extras: Happy birthday, boss .

 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 )