Hang In There, Kids!(HKAFF 2016)

In her 2011 debut Finding Sayun, aboriginal Taiwanese filmmaker Laha Mehow uncovered the legend and traditional village home of her Atayal ancestors. The big winner of the 18th Taipei Film Festival, her second film continues to depict the lives of Taiwan’s indigenous people, this time through the eyes of three young boys on a remote mountain reservation. The three mischievous, mouthy kids may be constantly running around and raising havoc, but each has family troubles of his own. They’re very fond of their teacher Miss Lawa, a disabled young woman who gave up singing, so when they find her old demo tape, they decide to bring it to Taipei.