[Reporter Xu Shiying/Taipei Report] "Island of Melancholy", which was shortlisted for the Best Documentary at the 59th Golden Horse Awards, uses documentary viewpoints combined with real interviews and film reproduction methods to illustrate the June 7 riots in Hong Kong, the smuggling tide of the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square on June 4 The incident is the starting point. Through the three witnesses who have experienced this era, together with the young protesters who participated in the anti-extradition movement, they recreated their memories and pains at that time.

The film is directed by Chen Zihuan, who was shortlisted for the Best Documentary of the Golden Horse Awards, Memoirs in Troubled Times, and the 2020 Golden Horse Award-winning Best Documentary "Trek" producer Ren Yancong and Hong Kong film "Ten Years" producer Cai Lianming. It took 5 years to prepare for the production together, and it was completed after nearly 3,000 anonymous crowdfunding around the world during the period.

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"Isle of Melancholy" was a strong finalist for the best documentary at this year's Golden Horse Awards.

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Since its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival at the beginning of the year, the film has won numerous awards along the way. First, it won the Best Documentary at the largest Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in North America, and won the Oscar qualification for next year. It also won the "Goodbye Reality Award" at the Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival. "First Prize", "Asia Vision Competition" Jury Special Award and "Audience's Choice Award" and other three awards, since then it has been selected for nearly a dozen international film festivals in London, Zurich and Busan, South Korea. It can be regarded as the most important Chinese-language documentary this year. .

In the film, between the real and the false, it traces the struggle of Hong Kong after its return to China in 1997 to the anti-extradition movement. Instead of criticizing the current Hong Kong government in a fierce tone, it draws a series of unbearable historical scars.

Director Chen Zihuan said that this documentary is an unprecedented new attempt for him, mixing the methods of documentary and plot reenactment. In the five years from the filming in 2016 to the completion, Hong Kong has also undergone earth-shaking changes and struggles. I hope that through this film , which leads the audience into the modern history of Hong Kong.

"Island of Melancholy" director Chen Zihuan.

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At the same time, Chen Zihuan also hopes that the film can lead the audience to arouse some imaginations about the future, and hope that Taiwanese audiences and Hong Kong people in Taiwan can watch this film, and then cause everyone to connect, think and discuss.

The producer Ren Yancong further stated that the film believes that the audience in Taiwan will feel the same way. If we see today's Hong Kong people in this film, we will think of the road that Taiwan has gone through. If we see today's Hong Kong, It will make them think about the challenges that Taiwan will face in the future.

The film "Isle of Melancholy" will be released in Taiwan on December 16.

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