[Reporter Li Shaoling/Reporting from Taipei] The shortlist of Golden Bell 61 was announced on the 15th. This time, a total of 122 companies, 824 works in the drama category, and 883 works in the program category competed for various awards. Aboriginal TV stations performed well in the program category, winning 8 award nominations with 5 high-quality programs, demonstrating their rich original energy and cultural vision.
"Hata La Another World" performed brilliantly and was shortlisted for the Animation Program Award, Program Innovation Award, Program Art Design Award, and Program Sound Design Award. (Original text will be provided)
Golden Bell 61 original viewing shortlisted works are in full bloom. "Taiwan" and "Art Kak'i'iyaeh" both won the "Lifestyle Program Award"; the passionate and lively "Talagay, I am the Strongest!" " won the "Children's Program Award"; the humanistic documentary "Musasuhis: A Hundred Years' Road" was shortlisted by Lin Chuankai for the "Program Sound Design Award". Among them, Original TV’s 21st anniversary flagship program “Hata La Another World” was even more unstoppable. It spanned program and individual technical awards and won a total of 4 nominations in one fell swoop: “Animation Program Award”, “Program Innovation Award”, “Program Art Design Award” and “Program Sound Design Award”, becoming the biggest highlight of this year.
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Shortlisted for the Life Style Program Award, "Riptide Taiwan" is directed by Xue Changhui. It stars Brazilian extreme sports adventurer Pedro Oliva, tribesmen, and canoeists. It records the scenery of mountains and seas such as Xiuguluan Creek, Linong Creek, and Sun Moon Lake. It is the first cross-border cooperation series between Taiwan and Brazil. (Original text will be provided)
"Ripwater Taiwan" competing for the "Lifestyle Program Award" is directed by Xue Changhui. It invites Brazilian extreme sports adventurer Pedro Oliva to work with local tribesmen and light boat experts to visit the magnificent waters such as Xiuguluan Creek, Linong Creek and Sun Moon Lake, creating a milestone for the first cross-border co-production between Taiwan and Brazil. The program takes hydrology as the axis, integrates outdoor sports, natural documentary and cultural tracing, leading the audience to re-see Taiwan in the rushing rapids and dialogue with the world.
“Art Kak’i’iyaeh”, which was shortlisted for the Life Style Program Award, interviews a number of indigenous artists and uses their creations and lives to lead the audience to re-understand the deep connection between humans and nature. On the left of the photo is host Luo Yuan, and on the right is Atayal artist Jiang Peishan. (Original text will be provided)
"Art Kak'i'iyaeh", which was also nominated for the "Lifestyle Program Award", is hosted by Luo Yuan. The program conducts in-depth interviews with a number of indigenous artists, using their life stories and creative textures to guide the audience to experience the profound connection between people and the earth. Half of art lies in the dedication of the creator, and the other half requires the resonance and interpretation of the audience to be complete. The "Art kak'i'iyaeh" in the title of the program comes from the Saisiyat language, conveying the shared philosophy that art is daily life, and that aesthetics and life are closely connected.
"Talagay I'm the Strongest!" was shortlisted for the Children's Program Award. ", co-hosted by Atayal youths Ali Batu Lin Tingli and Batu Yumin Dai Yasheng, they visited tribes in various places to find young aboriginal athletes who love sports and record their training and life. (Original text will be provided)
"Talagay I'm the Strongest!" advanced to the "Children's Program Award"! ", co-hosted by Atayal youth Lin Tingli and Dai Yasheng. The two went deep into native tribes across Taiwan to discover young athletes who loved sports and recorded their sweaty training routines. The Atayal language "talagay" means admiration and amazement. The program hopes to record the innocent and confident smiles of children and inject enthusiasm and vitality into children's sports in Taiwan through the exploration and promotion of various sports.
The humanistic documentary program "Musasuhis Centenary Road", which goes deep into the mountains, uses ancient mountain trails as a medium. "musasuhis" means "travel" in the Bunun language. The program invites experts and scholars to serve as guides to lead the audience on a walk along the ancient trails. While recording the rich ecological and historical relics, the program regains the memory and cultural heritage of the ethnic group sleeping deep in the mountains and forests. Sound designer Lin Chuankai used a highly layered environmental soundscape to meticulously reproduce the sounds of wind and footsteps in the mountains and forests, making the audience feel as if they were in the real world. He was successfully shortlisted for the "Program Sound Design Award".
The fantasy animated series "Hata La Another World", which received 4 nominations on the shortlist, continues the grand world view of "The Adventures of Tree People" in 2019. Through the adventure of a brother and sister embarking on a journey to find their father, they build a strange country between orcs, tree people and monsters. This work is the first animated series in the world to be "dubbed entirely in Atayal". From the script conception, world view structure to character setting, all are rigorously studied by cultural consultants. It perfectly translates ancient myths into contemporary fantasy epics and won the "Animation Program Award" and "Program Innovation Award" in one fell swoop. On the technical level, the team cleverly integrated traditional tattoos and ancestral totems into the character design, meticulously depicted tribal architecture, and intertwined ethnic chanting, harmonica, and natural environmental sounds to create a pure and shocking original aesthetic. The team won both the "Art Design Award" and the "Sound Design Award" as a double finalist.
In response to the excellent results of this year’s finalists, Enle, manager of the program department of the Aboriginal Cultural Foundation. Larusan said that the original video works showed profound narrative skills in both children and lifestyle aspects. She analyzed that "hata la different world" and "talagay I am the strongest!" "All implement the "child-centered" thinking, abandon the form of preaching, and instead use innovative, immersive and vivid film and television language to convey cultural spirit, allowing children to establish their own subjectivity and build cultural confidence through entertaining and entertaining. Life style programs adhere to the principle of "returning to the land and daily life, making culture a universal common experience": "Taiwan Rapids" transforms serious environmental ecology and ocean wisdom into a passionate extreme outdoor adventure; "Art Kak'i'iyaeh" allows the audience to touch the temperature of creation through the lens, allowing aboriginal aesthetics to naturally flow into daily life.
