DIALECT PICTURES
ABOUT US
"Through the continuous agitation of confronted ideas, real and moving images burst out." This is the expectation of Dialect Pictures for themselves. We are committed to creating high-quality feature films and television works. With our unique skills, aesthetics, and rhythm, we hope that the audience can feel the emotion in the story we tell.
The company was founded by filmmakers who returned home after studying abroad and hoped to develop their feature film works. And in the near future, Dialect Pictures hope to become the creative base of independent film production in Taiwan and work with more filmmakers to explore authentic Taiwanese emotions and try newer image styles. Also, let each frame contains the unique smell of every corner of Taiwan, attracting more audiences to appreciate the Taiwanese emotions on the big screen.
Art Director
Po-Yu Chen
After acquiring his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University Film Program, majoring in Directing and Screenwriting, Po Yu now is back home, settling in Taipei.
Most of his works tend to observe the subtle emotions of urbanites. In addition to being interested in the motifs of urban alienation and floating alienation, Po-Yu also likes to explore contemporary Taiwanese social and environmental issues in different regions, including the immigrants, the survival pressure of young people, the gap between urban and rural areas, and changes in the natural environment.
He is currently developing a feature film script "Sunken South ", which tells the story of new residents in a southwestern coastal fishing village, who face conflicts between their beliefs and local traditions.
His work "Paint Again", "Happy Birthday to Me", and "Something in the Water" was nominated in many film festivals and also screened in the museum. He also received the 2018 Ministry of Education Scholarship for Overseas Study.
In addition to screenwriting and directing, he is also working as a film editor, videographer, and producer.
Art Director
Hsing-Che Lin
Graduated from the Department of Drama and Theatre, National Taiwan University, majoring in acting. Hsing-Che went to the University of Los Angeles, California (UCLA Film&Television) to study film directing. After obtaining a master's degree, he returned to Taiwan to continue writing and filming.
Currently working as a script consultant and content developer in Shanghai Yunsong Culture Co., Ltd., focusing on the development of projects such as the sci-fi animation series "Holy Machine" and "Toward East". At the same time, he also founded Dialect Pictures Co., Ltd. with his friends as a screenwriter/director, and is currently developing scripts for feature films such as "Time Between Wolf and Dog" and "Everything in its Right Place". Most of the works start from daily life, using social and political metaphors, combined with the experience and aesthetics of the theater, extensive use of long shots, impromptu performances, etc. to create a magical and realistic image world.
Among recent works, "The State of Cats" was officially selected for the 16th Chinese-US Film Festival in Los Angeles, and officially selected for the 2021 Taiwan Biennale; after returning to Taiwan, the short film "Time Between Wolf and Dog" was shortlisted for Hualien Short Film Creation Award for Best Short Film; the recently developed work "Awakening from a Dream" won the 44th Ministry of Culture Short Film Guidance Fund. Hsing-Che also slashed many behind-the-scenes skills such as photography, editing, lighting adjustment, and so on.
Founder Member
Yi-Chien Lee
Yi-Chien is a freelance theater set designer currently based in San Diego, California. Originally born and raised in Taiwan, she received her BA from National Taiwan University and her MFA in Scenic Design at UC San Diego.
She believes that the synchronicity of theater is the most impactful medium in contemporary art. She has been working with Cygnet Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Moxie Theater, Sierre Madre Playhouse, Antaeous Theatre, Backyard Renaissance Theater Company, etc.
In 2022, she received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design for her work on the October Night of Johnny Zero in Backyard Reinassance Theatre Company. Her work forUn-Tongue was exhibited at The 28th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre in 2021. Her work for Moon Drunk has been selected for the Emerging Artist/Imagination Exhibit in the 2019 Prague Quadrennial.
Recent set design portfolio in Taiwan: the 13th Grassstraw Theater Festival "Turn Around", "How much do you know about Chiayi", "BURN" talk show season 1 by STR Entertainment.
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