Cheng Wen-tang (b. 1958, Taiwan) grew up in a village in north-east Taiwan. At the age of nineteen he left to study drama at university, and later decided to become a filmmaker. He worked as an assistant director, producer and screenwriter, and since 1982 as a director as well. He is the author of a series of ethnographic documentaries about the life of the original Taiwanese natives, who are disregarded by Taiwanese society. In 1999 his short film Postcard won a special prize at the festival in Taipei and was screened and well-received at festivals in Korea, Singapore and Melbourne. His poetic feature film debut Somewhere over the Dreamland won the Golden Horse Prize for the best Taiwanese film of 2002 and was screened in the Critics' Week section at the Venice IFF and at the 38th Karlovy Vary IFF. Blue Cha Cha was also preceded by the film The Passage, which Cheng Wen-tang made in 2004.
MFF Karlovy Vary
