《大佛普拉斯》獲金馬五大獎 阿堯導演:感謝台中市政府! Huang Hsin-yao, the director of the 5 Golden Horse-winning film The Great Buddha+, thanks Taichung City Government for support
台中之光!第54屆金馬獎國片《大佛普拉斯》不負眾望拿下最佳改編劇本、最佳新導演、最佳攝影、最佳原創電影音樂、最佳原創電影歌曲等5項大獎,導演黃信堯上台領取最佳改編劇本獎時說,擁有好的劇本也必須有資金拍攝,並特別感謝台中市政府補助,市府新聞局長卓冠廷說,台中是唯一支持該片的地方政府,歡迎國內外劇組到台中拍片。
市府新聞局指出,國片《大佛普拉斯》不僅在台北電影節獲得百萬首獎,更入圍金馬獎十個獎項,這部影片獲得台中市政府拍片輔導金的大力支持,在台中月眉糖廠、泰安火車站、沙鹿童綜合醫院、大甲分局、大安海水浴場、南屯區、西屯區、外埔區及后里區等地取景,在台中拍攝的比例占全片三分之一以上。
《大佛普拉斯》製片宋銘忠更為感謝新聞局熱忱的協拍服務,成為劇組最堅實的後盾,特別請導演在片尾字幕將新聞局同仁放入感謝名單;而導演黃信堯今晚在獲得最佳改編劇本獎時,在頒獎台上說,擁有好的劇本也必須有資金拍攝,他特別感謝台中市政府、文化部與華文創公司的投資與補助。
市府新聞局長卓冠廷指出,台中市政府是唯一補助《大佛普拉斯》的地方政府,而同樣獲台中輔導拍攝的《紅衣小女孩2》,也是今年唯一票房破億的國片,這些電影優秀的表現,再次肯定市府影視委員們的獨具慧眼。
他也說,新聞局將繼續爭取於明年度編列3,500萬元影視輔導金預算,結合台中市影視發展基金會單一協拍服務窗口,歡迎國內外劇組到台中拍片。
而目前在霧峰新建的「中台灣影視基地」,保留李安導演「少年PI的奇幻漂流」的人工造浪池,更規劃有2座全台最大室內攝影棚、1座中型攝影棚、拍攝專用深水池及工作坊等專業片廠設施,目前工程進度將達50%,預計能在107年中完工後,交由國內專業片場經營業者接手營運,為影視創作者提供友善拍片的環境,向「全台中都是你的攝影棚」努力邁進。
Winning five awards at the 54th Golden Horse, including “Best Adapted Screenplay“, “Best New Director”, “Best Cinematography“, “Best Original Film Score“, “Best Original Film Song“, Taiwanese film The Great Buddha+ does great honor to Taichung. When giving an acceptance speech for the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, director Huang specifically expressed his gratitude to Taichung City Government for the financial support and said that it takes not only a great screenplay but also sufficient funds to make a good film. The Director-General of Taichung City Information Bureau, Cho Kuan-Ting, pointed out that Taichung City is the only local government supporting The Great Buddha+, and he extended a sincere welcome to all filmmakers at home and abroad, inviting them to have their films made in Taichung.
According to Taichung City Information Bureau, The Great Buddha+ not only won the NT$1 million Grand Prize at the Taipei Film Awards but also scored 10 Golden Horse nominations. With substantial subsidies for film production from Taichung City Government, over a third of the film’s scenes were shot in Taichung. Examples include the Yuemei Tourism Sugar Factory, Tai-An Train Station, Shalu Campus of Tungs’ Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital, the Dajia Precinct of the Taichung Police Department, Da'an beach, and many more locations in the Nantun district, Xitun district, Waipu district, and Houli district.
To thank the Information Bureau for being a solid partner and giving strong backing to the crew, the film’s producer Sung Ming-Chung asked the director to list the Bureau’s staff in the film's closing credits. Besides, when receiving the Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the ceremony tonight, director Huang said on stage that it takes not only a great screenplay but also sufficient funds to make a good film, and he thanked Taichung City Government, the Ministry of Culture, and MandarinVision for the investment and subsidies.
The Bureau’s Director-General Cho Kuan-Ting pointed out that Taichung City is the only local government offering subsidies to The Great Buddha+, and that The Tag-Along 2, another film supported by Taichung City Government, is the only Taiwanese film that has hit over NT$100 million at the box office this year. The great success of these films proves again that members of the Taichung Film & TV commission are truly brilliant talent scouts.
Director-General Cho added that the Information Bureau aims to secure a total budget of NT$35 million for Film & TV production subsidies next year. And, with Taichung Film Development Foundation providing one-stop support services, the city government sincerely welcomes film crews in Taiwan and abroad to choose Taichung as their production base.
The Central Taiwan Film Studios in Wufeng District is currently under construction. The Studios will keep the wave-generating pool used by director Ang Lee while he filmed Life of Pi, along with a complete range of professional facilities, including two Taiwan’s largest indoor studios, one medium-sized studio, a deep-water pool specifically designed for film production, and workshops. The Studios is now 50% completed, and the construction is set to finish by mid-2018. Once completed, it will be run by professional studio management businesses in the country. Taichung City Government is committed to providing a conducive environment for filmmakers and turning the entire city into a grand studio for Film & TV productions.