2014/07/22 – Taiwan Today

“Weather Boy,” a sci-fi animation feature by award-winning Taiwan director Chiu Li-wei, is taking viewers around the globe to witness the effects of climate change.

Broadcast on Taiwan Public Television Service from July 9, the film looks at this pressing issue through the eyes of a boy named Jamie. He travels to Switzerland to visit his father, who works at a meteorological observatory, and finds himself caught in a whirlwind journey through space and time in which the results of climate change are laid bare.

Based in Tainan City, Chiu and his Studio2 Animation Lab spent over NT$30 million (US$1 million) and close to two years making the feature. 在此過程中，他花了八個月的時間向國立成功大學的地球科學系學習氣象知識,,en,“動畫故事可以富有創造力和想像力,,en,但事實必須是,,en,正確百分比,,en,因為它們是孩子們思考的食物,,en,既寓教於樂,,en,Chiu的故事片已被全球多個電影節選中,,en,首爾九老國際兒童電影節和第十屆中國國際卡通動漫節在杭州舉行,,en,借鑒他在此類事件中的成功經驗,,en,他呼籲同胞們參加台灣文化遺產的全球競賽,,en,“我最後的動畫片”貓巴克利,,en.

“Animated stories can be creative and imaginative, but the facts have to be 100 percent correct, for they are the children’s food for thought,” he said.

Both edifying and entertaining, Chiu’s feature has been selected for various film festivals around the globe, including the 2014 Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival and the 10th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival in Hangzhou.

Drawing on his successful experiences in such events, Chiu urged his fellow artists to take on the global competition leveraging Taiwan’s cultural heritage.

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“Never be afraid to show who you really are. As long as the issue you address is universal, it will resonate around the world.” (YHC-JSM)

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