Taiwan selects “Hang In There Kids!” as foreign Oscars contenderSeptember 23, 2016 - 12:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Taiwan has selected “Hang In There Kids!” (aka “Lokah Laqi!”) as its contender in the Academy Awards foreign-language category. The announcement was made by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, according to Variety. The film, directed by Laha Mebow, is the story of a group of indigenous rural children who discover that their teacher (Albee Huang) has a fantastic singing voice. They decide to travel to Taipei to kickstart the teacher’s music career. The film played at the Taipei Film Festival earlier this year and collected five awards including best narrative feature, the grand prize and best director. It had it commercial release in Taiwan in March. Laha Mebow is from one of Taiwan’s 16 officially recognized tribes. Her first feature, 2011’s “Finding Sayun” was a period drama about a schoolgirl who was killed during Japan’s occupation of the island. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |