Battle at Penghu Bay –Standing in the Line of Fire at the Penghu Gambling Referendum （A part of the documentary film, completed film is 53 mins) Made in Taiwan, Feb 2010 Director & photographer／Sophie Seeing Independent production by Seeing Image Studio Copyright belong to the director 【Preface】 After being absent from Penghu for five years. I flew back to this piece of pure land on the eve of the “Gambling referendum”. Earlier, I had spent six years of my youth there. At that time, Penghu healed my tortured mind which was exhausted in Taipei. Today I come back, in the frame of mind of giving back. Just because she had given me so much, so much… 【Introduction】 The Penghu Islands are located in the west of Taiwan, where it is quiet, slow, stable, and beautiful. In the winter of 2009, because a referendum for casinos was proposed by the Legislature of Taiwan, a battle to decide the next hundred years of Penghu was beginning… 【End】 Would like this film, dedicate it to my dear Penghu. And also dedicate it to the people that have paid for this land. I also hope those people who still imagine they will get rich from the casinos, will think a lot… Special thanks to Rita Iao and Me Lei, the directors of Macau documentary film “The Rising City”, who offered this film to show in Penghu during the gambling referendum. Also thanks to Yang Hui-Ru, a curator of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, who helped bring it. In this film, I also recorded Penghu residents …
dir. Christopher Geitz, 2006, Spain, 72 min. Screening at 10th International Latino Film Festival – San Francisco Bay Area on 11/8/2006 @ 8:45 PM – @ Galería de la Raza (San Francisco) After a long, unrequited, silent embrace, Clara leaves longtime boyfriend Xavi standing alone in a city square. But breaking up is so hard to do – is it really over? What next? Clara and Xavi endeavor to answer these questions as they recover from their split. Set in a Spanish “any city”, the film follows Xavi, a young man mesmerized by television game shows, and Clara, unsure of her recent decision to leave the comfort of the relationship. Living with mom doesn’t make things easier as Clara finds out while on the phone in the bathroom. By moving on and using new experiences as the light at the end of the tunnel, both navigate through a sea of new potential – or is it a maze of crazies? Colorful characters abound in what tastes like a slice of life with a side of nuts. What will become of our young lovers? Stay tuned. This film was created by Cinemaroom, a film actor’s studio in Madrid, Spain.