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當代敘事影展—鳥在弦上
New Narratives Film Festival: Bird on the Wire
2015年，以「邊界‧世界」主題開啟序幕的小型影展，由台北市客家文化基金會主辦，2015-2017由大大樹音樂圖像籌劃、策展。大大樹音樂圖像是台灣獨立音樂廠牌，成立逾20年，長年推動台灣獨立音樂與社會議題連結的策展、製作與出版。近年跨界影像拍攝、製作。
2016年，主題單元「島影・島歌」，以當代亞洲紀錄片與音樂場景，重新理解「島」的宿命與政治脈絡。
2017年，當代敘事影展繼續議題聚焦。主題單元「時代與歌」，向去年過世的詩人、唱作人、哲學家Leonard Cohen致敬，從Cohen所處時代的西方歌謠運動出發，透過影像走向世界，聆聽不同地域、語言的歌謠，如何引領人們走過這個躁動的時代。
本屆影展一如既往不設限，以泰國反水庫紀實劇情片《Tongpan》掀開序幕，邀請聲音、樂音、噪音與無聲的加入，開啟一場實驗性的新興敘事。躁動時代唱作人抗爭的歌謠與聲音、青年Y世代不可預測的噪音與衝撞速度，古老的皮影偶戲重組沉重的歷史並再敘事，光影流動間打破「放映」的框架，以聲音與影像即興，探問紀錄片的美學與政治議題。
過去影展回顧
The New Narratives Film Festival is devoted to presenting innovative documentaries that focus on contemporary social issues, with a program format that incorporates multi-media events such as music and theater performances.
This project was founded by the Taipei Hakka Affairs Commission in 2015, and since its inception, has been run and curated by Trees Music and Art, an independent music label in Taipei. Trees is best known for nurturing Taiwanese music artists concerned about social issues, and in recent years has expanded into film projects such as the NNFF.
Each year of NNFF focuses on a particular theme. In 2015, the film program was entitled “Borders and Beyond,” looking at global issues that resonate with a Hakka Chinese perspective. 2016’s “Island Elegies” examined the modern legacy of colonialist rule in Asia, in places such as Okinawa, Cambodia, and Laos.
For 2017, “Bird on the Wire” honors the work of singer-songwriters that came of age in the 1960s and 70s such as Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, with film screenings and events that highlight the role of music in social change. This year’s festival opens with the film “Tongpan,” a 1970s docu-drama from Thailand that depicts grassroots opposition to the construction of the Mekong Dam in the northeastern part of the country, which fed into a larger movement against the ruling military dictatorship. One of the filmmakers is legendary Thai folk-rock singer and activist Surachai “Nga Caravan,” who will attend the screening and perform his songs. This event is also part of NNFF’s mission to experiment with “new narratives,” with special performances and events that combine live music, film and other multimedia.
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