Taiwanese director Lung-Yin Lim’s(林龍吟) first full-length feature film, “Ohong Village”(蚵豐村), was selected to screen at the 7th Madrid International Film Festival (FILMADRID). Additionally, “Ohong Village”, with the blessings of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain(駐西班牙代表處文化組), will be a first from Taiwanese cinema within the festival’s history.
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Lim graduated from The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague(FAMU), and had entries within the Cannes Film Festival and the Williamsburg International Film Festival to name a few. Most notably, with “Ohong Village”, Lim has secured the highly coveted CIPUTTI award at the Torino Film Festival”.
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“Ohong Village” depicts a home-coming journey of young man in southern Taiwan. Lim had hoped to reflect upon the changing dynamics between the land and the people under the scope of modernization, whilst taking a snapshot of migrant influences and generational friction within contemporary Taiwan. The film was shot with 16 mm films, in turn fostering a distinctly grainy and nostalgic hue in its ambience. For the film, Lim had cast actors with varying degrees of experiences. From fresh faces such as Stefane Lin(林禹緒) to seasoned veterans such as King Jieh-Wen(喜翔), Lim had imbued his cultural medium with flair and dynamism. Moreover, backed by Taiwanese rock band “Sorry Youth”, Russian cinematographer Aley Elagin, and Czech sound mixer Vojtěch Zavadil, “Ohong Village” exists at the intersection of transnational talents.
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According to OCAC news(僑務電子報), Spanish news outlet El Pais has dedicated a column for Lim’s “Ohong Village”, and another Taiwanese director, Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s(侯孝賢), “Dust in the Wind”(戀戀風塵). Established in 1976, El Pais stands as a highly regarded media outlet in Spain, with the column examining the two films under the lens of “artistic direction in film and cinema”.
