Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Taiwan theatrical poster of Beyond Beauty
Directed by	Chi Po-lin
Produced by	Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by	Tsui Chi-chuan
Narrated by	Wu Nien-jen
Music by	Ricky Ho and Nolay Piho
Cinematography	Chi Po-lin
Distributed by	Activator Marketing
Release dates	November 1, 2013
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin Chinese
Budget	NT 90 million

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (Chinese: 看見台灣) is a 2013 documentary film which documents Taiwan completely in aerial photography. It is directed by aerial photographer Chi Po-lin and produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, with narration by Wu Nien-jen. The music is composed by Ricky Ho, with three songs written and performed by Nolay Piho (Lin Ching-tai). The film opened on November 1, 2013 at 44 theaters in Taiwan, with Chinese and English subtitles. The film broke the Taiwan box office records for the largest opening weekend and the highest total gross of a locally produced documentary. The film was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Original Film Score at the 50th Golden Horse Awards, winning the best documentary category.

References

• 'Beyond Beauty' aerial documentary has Taipei premiere
• 'Beyond Beauty' soars to break local box office record
• Beyond Beauty soars at Taiwan B.O.
• 'Beyond Beauty' becomes highest grossing documentary in Taiwan

External links

• Official website
• Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above at IMDb