The presentation ceremony of the National 2010 European Union Short Film Competition was held recently, on the evening of Nov. 29. The winning film was a joint production by TKU Graduate Institute of European Studies student, Lin Pei-heng, and National Taiwan University of Arts student, Wang Wen-yi.The two students drew on their deep understanding of European culture and expert film production skills to design a vivid short film based on the theme of a postcard.

Lin Pei-heng said that in producing the film, she hoped to enhance Taiwanese people’s understanding of Europe. The film features her language exchange experience with a French student, which was the core motivation for her later trip to Europe to pursue further studies.

Students of the Department of Information and Communication, Zhang Jia-yu and Wu Shu-min, were also among the competition winners, with a third placing for their short film, which took the theme “the European Union and Taiwan”.

The Director of the TKU Center for European Union Studies, Dr. Kuo Chiu-chin, noted that Liu Pei-heng’s first placing reflected a team effort, whereby various classmates from the Graduate Institute of European Studies lent their support, providing voiceovers, guest appearances etc., in what was a rare and very well-coordinated group effort.