Shuhua’s Acting Debut and Breaking Free From the ‘American Girl’ Label: Director Feng-i Fiona Roan on Toronto Title ‘Happily Ever After’
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Variety reports that Taiwanese director Feng-i Fiona Roan is returning to the festival circuit with "Happily Ever After," a Special Presentations selection at Toronto that follows her breakthrough debut "American Girl." That earlier film, which premiered in Tokyo's Asian Future section before collecting seven Golden Horse Awards, established Roan as a distinctive voice in contemporary Taiwanese cinema. Now she directs Shuhua in an acting role that the director frames as an opportunity to move beyond the "American Girl" label that has followed her since that success.
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Source: Variety, “Shuhua’s Acting Debut and Breaking Free From the ‘American Girl’ Label: Director Feng-i Fiona Roan on Toronto Title ‘Happily Ever After’”. Read the original →
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