A Song Within Us

The light was turned on. The elder, the art director, was running through in his full wing for the rehearsal. He was busy adjusting the head ornament of tribal clothes, carefully arranging the stagehands for property display, color, and timing of lighting, and fine-tuning the music so it is in harmony with the dancers’ movements. Before the rehearsal, The elder led all the dancers to pray to the ancestors, and told them the spirit of ritual dance and music of indigenous peoples, sincerely and earnestly: “Dance and music are the bridge between Vuvu (The spirits of ancestors) and us.

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Credits

Director:

Fangas Nayaw

Executive Producer:

Estela Valdivieso CHEN

Producer:

Estela Valdivieso CHEN, Hazel WU

Screenwriter:

Fangas Nayaw

Editor:

Maxime Beucher

Production Designer:

Yin Chiao LIAO

Music:

Kaˋti Karo

Principal Cast:

Faidaw Fagod

Additional Credits:

VR Supervisor: Thomas VILLEPOUX, Director of Photography: Wayne LO, Production Designer: Yin-Chiao LIAO, Sound Interactivity and Ambisonic Supervisor: Jin Yao LIN, Visual System Programming: Yu-Jie HUANG, Co-producer: Thomas VILLEPOUX, Co-producer: Jin Yao LIN, Co-producer: François KLEIN

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Hazel WU
Serendipity
hazelwu@sfilms.com.tw
+886-937587783

Publicity Contact:

Hazel Wu
hazelwu@sfilms.com.tw
0937587783

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2019
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Runtime:
14 mins