“Taiwanese Cha Cha Cha” has beaten stiff competition to earn a coveted spot in the 16th Dam Short Film Festival running Feb. 13-16 in Boulder City, Nevada.
The 16-minute submission explores issues of disappearing dialects and generation gaps in Taiwan’s modern society using Director Yang Yu-hui’s signature humorous touch. It previously won Best Foreign Entertainment Narrative Film in Japan’s 2019 Kadoma International Film Festival.
Yang was awarded funding from U.S.-based Taiwanese United Fund to produce the short while she was completing her master of fine arts in cinema at San Francisco State University. As an arts and cultural foundation, TUF is dedicated to raising the profile of Taiwanese American heritage in the U.S. and Taiwan.
The festival, founded in 2003, was born of co-founders Lee and Anita Lanier’s love of short films. Over the years it has earned a reputation for bringing entertaining and distinctive works of cinematic art no longer than 40 minutes to the silver screen.
This year’s lineup will include 146 offerings spanning a range of genres such as animation, comedy, documentary, drama and horror. (TYT-E)
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