''Panay'' is a 2015 feature film directed by Taiwanese director
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 festival ...
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
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
) and Lekal Sumi (
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 Tai ...
). 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 journalist. One day, she found her tribe has been overdeveloped and changed by tourism. They were losing their land and their culture, so she decided to return home to bring back the abandon terrace. In the process, she found it's not only about the land, but also about who she really is.
Cast
Productions
Production Credits
Reception
Three general comments from three media about the movie are as follow:
and
and the movie also received a number of accolades.
Awards
References
External links
* {{Official website, filmosa.com.tw/main/%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81
2015 films