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(中文) 【座談紀錄】閉幕片《愛之船：台灣》
(中文) 國民黨政府於1967年開辦「海外青年暑期返國研習團」，一方面宣揚豐富的台灣文化，也希望吸引來自各地的年輕華人支持台灣。原本有政治意味的中文暑期班，卻誤打誤撞成為海外華僑情竇初開，認識另一半的好所在，也成了海外父母為子女牽紅線的媒介。《愛之船：台灣》為本年度閉幕片，導演Valarie Soe親至現場分享拍片幕後。
2019 Urban Nomad Awards: Grand Prize goes to ‘A Bread Factory’; ‘Love Boat: Taiwan’ wins audience choice!
The 18th annual Urban Nomad Awards were handed out on May 26, with the Grand Prize handed out to Taiwanese-American director Patrick Wang for his two-part feature film A Bread Factory Parts One and Two, which stars Taiwanese actor and TV host Janet Hsieh. The Audience Choice Award meanwhile went to the festival’s closing film, Love Boat: Taiwan, a documentary by Valerie Soe on soft power and shenanigans at Taiwan’s most famous study exchange program. In 2019, Urban Nomad received around 400 submissions in multiple categories and handed out seven awards worth TWD 80,000 in cash and post-production services. The ceremony took place at the Wonderful Theater in Ximen on the festival’s second-to-last day and put an exclamation on seven weeks of events from April 13 to May 27, which included around 50 screenings, 37 films making Taiwan or Asia premieres, visits by 10 international filmmakers, a 2000-person music festival…