A New Year's Dance directed by Szu-Wei Chen - Indie-Clips Original Interview
"A New Year's Dance" is a short film directed by Szu-Wei Chen, based on his real experience as a Taiwanese living in New York. In this interview, Szu-Wei discusses the challenges of working with non-actors and offers advice for beginning filmmakers.
In this interview, we sit and have a chat with young independent filmmaker Szu-Wei Chen based in New York, USA.
For his thesis short film, Szu-Wei built a whole community of Chinese actors and non-actors by reaching out and networking around New York.
With his team, Szu-Wei faced challenges such as finding the right locations and managing his cast on set, all a great experience for him as a director.
When asked to share his best advice for beginning filmmakers making their first short film, Szu-Wei tells us that as a director, you must "stay authentic to yourself and your story.", a great piece of advice knowing that the short film A New Year's Dance is based on the director's real experience as a Taiwanese who has been living in New York for 5 years.
A New Year's Dance is not yet available to watch online, but this interview is a must-see for any directors who want to give a try working with non-actors and making down-to-earth, realistic short films.
Szu-Wei's Instagram : @sc4285
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Ambre Vanneste is the founder and creative director of Indie-Clips, a Belgian non-profit organisation and website that highlights the work of independent filmmakers. Ambre is the screenwriter and director of the short films "The Perfect Boyfriend List" and "Un Peu d'Audace", having received several nominations in European Festivals.
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