TAIPEI,
Taiwan, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Produced by
the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation (IPCF), Pakeriran
is nominated by the 51st Annual WorldFest-Houston for
WorldFest awards. It is the only nomination from Taiwan this year. Along with the production coordinator,
Ho Shu-Hui (Atayal), and the leading
actor, Lin Sun Yu-Hao (Amis), the
CEO of IPCF, Yedda Palemeq (Paiwan), will attend the WorldFest at
Cinemark Memorial City, Houston, from April 25 to 30 and receive the
honor.
Pakeriran is the first TV film produced by IPCF
after the merge with Taiwan Indigenous TV and the most
recent brainchild of the rising Amis director Lekal. It deals with
the critical loss of indigenous traditions from the perspectives of
youth, ocean, and love. The premiere of the film garnered an
online streaming audience of
260,000 and was later nominated by the 2017 Hong Kong
International Film Festival. Yu-Hao Lin Sun and Hong-De (Amis) are two
young professionally trained indigenous actors. Their successful
performance in Pakeriran made both of them nominees for The
Best New Actor of Mini-Series in the 2017 Taiwan Golden Bell
Award.
Sponsored by the Houston Film Society since 1961, the
WorldFest-Houston is regarded as one of the three
major film festivals in North
America in addition to the San
Francisco International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. The categories of the
WorldFest-Houston include Best Feature Films,
Documentaries, Experimental Films, TV Commercials, Music Videos, TV
Screenplays, etc. Pakeriran is nominated for the Grand
REMI (for the Best Feature Film), a Special Jury Award, a Platinum
REMI, a Gold REMI, a Silver REMI, or a Bronze REMI. The organizer
therefore cordially invites IPCF and the production team to
participate in the screening, discussion, and the award
presentation gala.
"This nomination proves Taiwan's indigenous peoples are not only
unique, but the world also resonates with this uniqueness," expressed Yedda Palemeq, the CEO of IPCF.
By producing and promoting Pakeriran, she hopes both
Taiwan and the world may see the
soft power of Taiwan's indigenous
peoples and indigenous youth may be encouraged to reconnect with
themselves back in the village. This WorldFest-Houston
nomination makes the history for IPCF. Both to show
appreciation and to promote the work of IPCF, Yedda Palemeq will
lead the delegation to the U.S. for this occasion.
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