2020 Taipei Film Festival Kicks Off|台北電影節開幕 "無聲"改編特教學校性平事件
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The Taipei Film Festival kicked off on June 25. It is the only large-scale and physical film festival that has been held since COVID-19 broke out. The opening film was "The Silent Forest."
2020 Taipei Film Festival opening film "The Silent Forest" is about a "game" that takes place at a school for the hearing-impaired. This "game" holds many secrets. The story is adapted from real events involving sexual assault at a special education school. Director Ko Chen-nien wants audiences to try to relate to the protagonists in the movie and to understand their feelings of powerlessness and terror.
What we wanted to express was trying to understand these children. For example, what they need is more empathy from us and to be viewed calmly. I hope everyone who watches the film will be able to better understand and acknowledge these people.
The lead actors spent two to three months learning sign language for this film.
We also had to use more lively facial expressions and movements. You really have to understand what it's like to be deaf to play a deaf person.
He put in a lot of effort for this film and play the role of a deaf child. He also made many deaf friends. You can't just only learn sign language if you want to really understand them.
"The Silent Forest" director Ko Chen-nien is a new director. The subject matter she chose is very incisive. I also believe she sustained a lot of pressure to create this film. We watched the film after it was completed and thought it was very accurate and well-executed, without the haste of new directors. It was very steady.
"The Silent Forest" is scheduled to premiere in the fall. On June 26, the festival screened "The Painting of Evil," which stars hearing-impaired actor Tung Ming-hsiang. He plays the role of a struggling painter. His co-star is River Huang, a former Best Actor winner at the Taipei Film Festival. The festival is the only large-scale, physical film festival to be held since the outbreak of COVID-19. Festival chairperson Li Ping-pin says disease prevention measures are being taken so that the world can see Taiwan's films.
以發生在啟聰學校一場孩子之間的「遊戲」為背景，然而遊戲的背後卻有一些不為人知的秘密。台北電影節開幕片"無聲"改編自特教學校性平事件。導演柯貞年想要讓觀眾試著去理解事件中，渴望認同，與不知如何是好的不安。
"無聲"導演 柯貞年表示：「其實我們還是要去講的，就是說，關於去理解這些孩子，譬如說，他們其實需要的，是我們更同理心，一種平視的目光。也希望說看了這部片，大家對這些人，有更多的理解跟認同。」
主要演員們為了這部片，花了2.3個月的時間去學手語。
"無聲"男主角 劉子銓表示：「必須要用更多生動的表情、動作，再加上很多...聾人需要就是，真的要當一個聾人，才能夠演得好。」
"無聲"導演 柯貞年表示：「他也為了這部片，下了很多的功夫，包含去從一個…演一個聾人的孩子，而且他還甚至認識了很多聾人朋友，因為你要真的去理解他們，而不是說我們只是學會比手語而已。」
台北電影節總監 李亞梅表示：「無聲的導演柯貞年，是一個新導演，她選擇的題材，其實非常的犀利，而且我相信，她也承受了非常高的壓力，來拍攝這部片子。片子拍完，我們看過，覺得精準、俐落，而且沒有新導演的毛躁，非常的沉穩。」
"無聲"預計在預計今年秋天上映，而台北電影節26號接力登場的是另外一部，以聽障演員東明相為主角的"惡之畫"，飾演一名創作陷入瓶頸的畫家，與獲得台北電影獎影帝的黃河共同主演。在武漢肺炎疫情的籠罩下，台北電影節克服萬難，是世界唯一舉辦的大型實體影展。"電影節主席李屏賓表示會做好防疫，讓世界看到台灣電影。
