Beaune’s Blog

  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/  

Actor in photo: Dora Lo Shoe Story steps off this month to its Italian première! The short comedy is an official selection of the Venice Film Week, an annual event showcasing independent films with an edge. The Venice Film Week runs during but is independent from the Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica). In the words of planners, the Venice Film Week ‘focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, and the minimalistic,’ seeking to spotlight ‘the true artists of our time.’ Screenings take place at La Casa del Cinema and on Campo San Polo in Venice. All selections receive The Tarkovski Grant, a film festival submission fee-waiver package that enables wider distribution for the work. A Cannes Film Week© qualifying festival, the Venice Film Week is generously supported by the Città di Venezia and Circuito Cinema, and by media partners such as Evenice, VeneziaToday, Venezia360, La Voce Di Venezia, and Il Gazzettino...

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...

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/

 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):