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Panay (film)
''Panay'' is a 2015 feature film directed by Taiwanese director Cheng Yu-Chieh and Lekal Sumi Cilangasan. It is inspired by a true story. Panay is a very common female name among the Taiwanese Indigenous tribe, it simply stands for the beautiful spike of rice. This is one of the few Taiwanese movies that filmed from an indigenous perspective. Through the cross ethnic cooperation between two directors, Cheng Yu-Chieh (Han) and Lekal Sumi (Pangcah). Actors are mostly new to the stage, they are fresh yet persuasive. The movie was being awarded the Audience Choice Award from the Taipei Film Festival. Panay's theme song "Aka Pisawad "Aka Pisawad" (Mandarin: 不要放棄) is a song written and sung by Suming, an Amis singer, and is the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film "Wawa No Cidal". The song won the Best Original Song for a Movie at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in ..." won the Best Original Film Song of the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. Plot Panay worked in the city as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng Yu-Chieh
Cheng Yu-Chieh (born November 27, 1977) is a Taiwanese director, a screenwriter and an actor. His first feature film ''Do Over'' (一年之初) in 2006 won the top price in Taipei Film Festival and was invited to various international film festivals and gained Cheng international attention. Besides being a screenwriter and director, Cheng is also known as an actor. In 2008 his portrayal of the police officer, Pan Shi-Yuan, in Wang Shau-Di's TV drama ''Police et vous'' (波麗士大人) was highly appreciated by the audience. Additionally, in 2009, he played Xu Fang-Guo in Chen Hui-Ling's TV drama ''Autumn's concerto'' (下一站，幸福) . Cheng Yu-Chieh's second feature film, '' Yang Yang'' (陽陽), was released on August 7, 2009, and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival. In 2010, Cheng Yu-Chieh wrote and directed a five-episode mini-series entitled ''They explode the day before graduation'' (他們在畢業的前一天爆炸)'','' which premiered on Public Television Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangcah
The Amis ( ami, Amis, Ami, Pangcah; ), also known as the Pangcah, are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak the Amis language (; ), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Taiwanese indigenous peoples. The traditional territory of the Amis includes the long, narrow valley between the Central Mountains and the Coastal Mountains ( Huadong Valley), the Pacific coastal plain eastern to the Coastal Mountains and the Hengchun Peninsula. In 2014, the Amis numbered 200,604. This was approximately 37.1% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the largest indigenous group. The Amis are primarily fishermen due to their coastal location. They traditionally had a matrilineal kinship system, by which inheritance and property pass through the maternal line, and children are considered born to the mother's people. Traditional Amis villages were relatively large for Taiwanese indigenous communities, typically h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Golden Melody Awards
The 27th Golden Melody Awards () was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 25 June. The award ceremony for the traditional music categories was held at the National Center for Traditional Arts on 13 August. Winners and nominees Below is the list of key nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold. Vocal category – Music publishing awards Song of the Year * "Pisawad" – Suming ** "Matriarchy" – AMIT ** "Twilight" – JJ Lin ** "Rainy Night" – Sodagreen ** "A Little Happiness" – Hebe Tien Best Mandarin Album * ''Winter Endless'' – Sodagreen ** ''Swing Inc.'' – Peggy Hsu ** ''Progress Reports'' – Eli Hsieh ** ''AMIT2'' – AMIT ** ''Aphasia'' – Tanya Chua ** ''Infinity'' – PoeTek Best Music Video * "When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice"(Sandee Chan) – Tan Tsung-fan ** "Eternal Summer" (Mayday) – Su Chien-i ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scmp
The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The ''SCMP'' prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website. The newspaper's circulation has been relatively stable for years—the average daily circulation stood at 100,000 in 2016. In a 2019 survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the ''SCMP'' was regarded relatively as the most credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong. The ''SCMP'' was owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation from 1986 until it was acquired by Malaysian real estate tycoon Robert Kuok in 1993. On 5 April 2016, Alibaba Group acquired the media properties of the SCMP Group, including the ''SCMP''. In January 2017, former D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South China Morning Post
The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The ''SCMP'' prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website. The newspaper's circulation has been relatively stable for years—the average daily circulation stood at 100,000 in 2016. In a 2019 survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the ''SCMP'' was regarded relatively as the most credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong. The ''SCMP'' was owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation from 1986 until it was acquired by Malaysian real estate tycoon Robert Kuok in 1993. On 5 April 2016, Alibaba Group acquired the media properties of the SCMP Group, including the ''SCMP''. In January 2017, former D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Times
The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the third established there. Online competitors include the state-owned ''Focus Taiwan'' and ''Taiwan News''; ''The China Post'' was formerly a competitor but today is mostly non-operational. Established on 15 June 1999, the ''Taipei Times'' is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes a Chinese-language newspaper, the '' Liberty Times'', Taiwan's biggest newspaper by circulation, with a pro– Taiwan independence editorial line. On 15 May 2017, ''The China Post ''The China Post'' () was an English-language newspapers published in Taiwan (officially the Republic of China), alongside the ''Taipei Times The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the thi ...'' was the ''Times''s last English-language competitor to go out of print and the ''Taipei Times'' is consequently offered at most points of sale, hotels and librar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aka Pisawad
"Aka Pisawad" (Mandarin: 不要放棄) is a song written and sung by Suming, an Amis singer, and is the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film "Wawa No Cidal". The song won the Best Original Song for a Movie at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in 2015, and the Best Song of the Year award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards in 2016, marking the first time a song in its native language has won the Best Song of the Year award at the Golden Melody Awards. Background Conceptualization "Wawa No Cidal" was co-written and directed by Zheng Youjie (鄭有傑) and Lekal Sumi, and Suming was invited to compose the title song. The title of the song "Aka Pisawad" is Suming's commentary on the entire movie, and is the centerpiece of the film, which depicts the story of the East Coast's virgin rice fields encountering tourism development. Song Versions In addition to the Amish version, there is also a Mandarin version of this song, both of which are included in the Wawa No Cidal Movie Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Taiwanese
Han Taiwanese, Taiwanese Han (), Taiwanese Han Chinese, or Han Chinese are Taiwanese people of full or partial ethnic Han descent. According to the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, they comprise 95 to 97 percent of the Taiwanese population, which also includes Austronesians and other non-Han people. Major waves of Han immigration occurred since the 17th century to the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949, with the exception of the Japanese colonial period (1895-1945). Han Taiwanese mainly speak three languages of Chinese: Mandarin, Hokkien and Hakka. Definition There is no simple uniform definition of Han Taiwanese,Hsieh, Shih-Chung. 1998. Three Definition of Hanren：Images of the Majority People in Taiwan. which are estimated to comprise 95 to 98 percent of the Taiwanese population. To determine if a Taiwanese is Han, common criteria include immigration background (from continental East Asia), using a Sinitic language as their mother tongue, and observance of traditional Han festivals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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