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SUMMARY:On Happiness Road [幸福路上] Queens\, NY Screening with Q&A
DESCRIPTION:What is Happiness?  A Taiwanese-American woman comes to a crossroad in life when she returns home to attend her grandmother’s funeral. As she reconnects with family and childhood friends and reflects on her life so far\, the film recounts the recent history of Taiwan and that of New York City in the early 2000’s. Where will she find true Happiness? \nDeveloped from her short animated film “Happiness Road”\, this semi-autobiographical feature by first-time director Hsin-Yin Sung [宋欣穎] has achieved unexpected commercial success in Taiwan and has gone on to win accolades and awards globally: \nIn Competition:\n2018 Ottawa Interational Animation Festival\, Ottawa\, Canada \nFestival Selection At:\n2018 New York Asian Film Festival\, New York\, USA\n41st Annecy International Animation Film Festival\, Annecy\, France\n22nd Annual Busan International Film Festival\, Busan\, South Korea\n2018 Taiwan Film Festival in Brisbane\, Queensland\, Australia\n2018 Far East Film Festival 20\, Udine\, Italy\n2018 Future Film Festival\, Bologna\, Italy\n2018 Melbourne International Film Festival\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2018 Singapore Chinese Film Festival\, Singapore\n2018 Hong Kong International Film Festival\, Hong Kong\, China\n2017 Golden Horse Film Festival\, Taipei\, Taiwan \nAwards Won:\n2018 Tokyo Anime Award Festival: Grand Prize\n2018 Taipei Film Festival: Grand Prize\, Best Animation\, Audience Choice\n25th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film: AniMovie – Best Feature-Length Animated Film\n2018 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival\, Seoul\, Korea:  Grand Prize\, Feature Film \nFollowing the film\, we will have a Q&A with Taiwanese director Te-Shen Wei [魏德聖] who lent his voice to this project\, and the film director Hsin-Yin Sung [宋欣穎] who will be joining us via Skype from the Ottawa International Animation Festival. \nVIP Attendees will receive a souvenir T-Shirt and a Dinner Discussion with Director Wei on his past and future film projects. \nEvent Schedule: \n4:30-5:00pm  Doors Open\n5:00-7:00pm  Film Screening\n7:00-7:30pm  Q&A \n
URL:https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/event/on-happiness-road-%e5%b9%b8%e7%a6%8f%e8%b7%af%e4%b8%8a-queens-ny-screening-with-qa/
LOCATION:Taiwan Center\, 137-44 Northern Blvd\, Flushing\, NY\, 11354\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Coast
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