Two teens lose their way during a hike in the dense and mountainous Atayal homelands, crossing paths with a man who at first appears to be the town drunk.
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Yukan Losing, Buya Watan, Kesi Silan
Taiwan
2024
In Atayal and Mandarin with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Tracy Rector
Producer
Adam Mazo, Chen Yi Chen, Kavita Pillay, Tracy Rector, Taylor Hensel
Screenwriter
Laha Mebow, Yayut Icyang
Cinematography
Liao Ching-Yao
Editor
Sauli Pillay
Original Music
Jennifer Kreisberg
Art Director
Sheng-Lin Wu
Laha Mebow 陳潔瑤
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 (2022), 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 and the first Indigenous director to win the Golden Horse award for best director. Her previous feature, Lokah Laqi! (Hang in There, Kids!) (2016) won five awards at the 2016 Taipei Film Awards, including Best Narrative and the Grand Prize. Lokah Laqi! was Taiwan’s submission to the 2017 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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