Fu Yue (director)

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

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu.

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, 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]

References
  1. Lan, Tsu-wei; Hsiao, Sherry; William, Hetherington (11 March 2019). "INTERVIEW: Director outlines evolution of documentary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Yue Fu". Taiwan Film Institute. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Sunflower Occupation". University of Southern California. September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. 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. 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.
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