In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.
Direction
Yang Li-chou finds poetry in ticket stubs and projection booths.
Editing
50 years of footage woven into something deeply personal.
Writing
Gwei Lun-mei's narration treats audiences as the real stars.
Director
Yang Li-chou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Golden Horse is the Chinese-speaking world's oldest film awards, predating even Hong Kong's.
Yang spent three years interviewing non-celebrities specifically to challenge 'great man' documentary conventions.
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