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Film
Premiere

Tayal Forest Club

Taiwan 2024

SUPERHEROES & INTERVENTIONS

SiidaSun 26/0114:3010€
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Finnish premiere
“Ancestors! We’ve gotten stuck here. Can you help us find the way home?” pleads Yukan, an Atayal teenager lost in the forests of his forefathers. In this coming-of-age tale, two Tayal youth learn to navigate life’s challenges by paying close attention to lessons that only the land can offer.

Director Laha Chen (tayal)
Rating G
Running time 18 min
Language Atayal, Mandarin
Subtitles English
Year 2024
Country Taiwan
Director

Laha Chen

As the first Indigenous woman film director from Taiwan, Laha Mebow is best known for feature films focusing on the Tayal community. Her 2022 feature film, GAGA, garnered Laha the coveted best director award at the 2022 Golden Horse Awards, an annual celebration of Chinese language cinema. With it, Laha became the first Taiwanese woman ...

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