Fu Yue (director)

Fu Yue (Chinese: 傅榆; pinyin: Fù Yú; Wade–Giles: Fu Yü; born 20 September 1982) is a Taiwanese film director.

Fu Yue was born to a Malaysian Chinese father and an Indonesian Chinese mother.[1] She enrolled at National Chengchi University within the Department of Radio and Television.[2][3] In 2008, Fu earned a master's degree from the Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies of the Tainan National University of the Arts.[2][3] She completed the film Mirror!, in which her parents discussed politics in Taiwan with another couple supportive of the Democratic Progressive Party, to finish her degree.[4]

In 2012, Fu produced the political documentary, Dialogue Between Blue & Green.[4] In 2015, Fu contributed the segment A Commander Made By Accident, which covered activist Chen Wei-ting [zh], to the anthology film Sunflower Occupation.[5][6]

Fu directed the documentary film Our Youth in Taiwan, about the events of the Sunflower Student Movement.[7] The film won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary at the 55th Golden Horse Awards.[8][9] During Fu's acceptance speech, she said "I really hope that one day, our country can be treated as a truly independent entity ... This is my greatest wish as a Taiwanese."[10] Following this reference to the political status of Taiwan, Chinese broadcasts of the award ceremony were censored,[11][12] and Fu's work was removed from listed award winners on several Chinese film databases.[13] Fu defended her comments in a subsequent post to Facebook: "You can’t avoid the topic by simply saying, ‘Let politics be politics; let art be art’... As a director, I had to speak up for my work... I didn't make my remarks 'on an impulse,' or 'instigated by the DPP government' as suggested by some Chinese netizens. I said what I had always wanted to say about the film. I am willing to accept whatever consequence brought to my career in the future."[14][15][16]

  1. ^ Lan, Tsu-wei; Hsiao, Sherry; William, Hetherington (11 March 2019). "INTERVIEW: Director outlines evolution of documentary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Yue Fu". Taiwan Film Institute. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Sunflower Occupation". University of Southern California. September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Guo, Li-xin (2 December 2018). "Conversation about Democratic Politics among the Yong Generation— Fu Yue: Dialogue Between Blue & Green (2012)". Film Taiwan. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ Tsui, Clarence (18 March 2015). "'Sunflower Occupation' ('Tai Yang, Bu Yuan'): Hong Kong Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ Hioe, Brian (13 April 2015). "Film notes: 太陽,不遠 Sunflower Occupation". New Bloom Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ Teixeira, Lauren (20 November 2018). "Taiwanese Filmmakers Can't Escape Beijing's Grip". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ^ Wang, Yanan (19 November 2019). "Taiwan president defends pro-independence film award winner". Associated Press News. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Golden Horse awards hit by controversy over Taiwan". BBC. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ Ko, Yu-hao; Chung, Chih-kai; Hsiao, Sherry (19 November 2018). "Winner's Golden Horse speech leads to protests, support". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  11. ^ Kilbride, Jack; Mo, Xiaoning (19 November 2018). "Golden Horse Awards: Controversy over Taiwan blows up after speech at 'Chinese Oscars'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  12. ^ Haas, Benjamin (19 November 2018). "Chinese Oscars: Beijing cuts live coverage after winner calls for independent Taiwan". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  13. ^ Wong, Alan (19 November 2018). "Taiwanese director does what Hollywood won't: defy China". Inkstone. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  14. ^ Davis, Rebecca (19 November 2019). "Golden Horse Awards Ceremony Sparks Political Firestorm in China and Taiwan". Variety. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  15. ^ Jiang, Steven (19 November 2018). "Chinese-language 'Oscars' overshadowed by political controversy". CNN. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  16. ^ Gan, Nectar; Chung, Lawrence (19 November 2018). "Film director at centre of Taiwan political storm stands by Golden Horse remarks". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 March 2019.