synopsis - After Championship

(Taiwan/2000/Director: Wen Chen TSENG/60min)

Language: Mandarin + English subtitle

It’s summer of 1998 in Monterey and the players’ last game.

The crowd thunders out applause.The young ball players on the field smile, yell in excitement, and run about.

The young ball players are met at the airport by all sorts of media, dazzling lights, and a showy welcome parade. People pack the streets to welcome them.

The teens count their fingers in earnest, counting out the hours that they’ve practiced each day. They have some complaints as to their life with no vacation, but it is all for the championship. They don’t need to be too serious about school, just focus on practicing their game. They neglect all their summer homework. After all they can just become coach if they don’t become national champions. If not that, then there is always framing houses.

Awards:

2000 The 23th Golden Harvest Awards for Short Film and Video

2001 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival

冠軍之後

(台灣/2000/導演: 曾文珍/60分鐘/紀錄片/曜眼)

普通話＋英文字幕

1+1+363=365

1=球賽終了，觀眾席歡聲雷動，場上的小球員們綻開笑容，興奮地吶喊、奔跑。這是少年們最後一場少棒賽了，1998年夏天，美國蒙特利市。

1=機場出口大批媒體，刺眼閃光燈，驕傲返鄉遊街，眾人夾道歡迎….

363=無止盡的訓練之外，還是訓練。這是棒球隊的生活，是「冠軍之後」。少年認真掰著手指頭，算著一天練球幾小時，對於沒有放假的生活有輕微的抱怨，但，為了冠軍嘛！少年不太需要認真上課，只要專心練球，暑假作業總是忘了帶，反正，不當國手也可以當教練，再不然，就去釘板模嘛！

自然不矯作的卑南族少年，擁有顛覆的狂想、清亮的雙眼，然而我們卻害怕這樣的美麗會消失。原本應該被喚作大海或海洋的名字，叫「冠軍」是否太沉重？導演最後問，十年後，再回來尋找中華隊，屆時，少年們會在哪裡？ 

「冠軍之後」是鎖在玻璃櫃裡的獎盃，是鎖在心底勝利的記憶，是對前途迷惘的抉擇，是身心難以負荷的重。「冠軍之後」是台灣許多原住民青少年成長歷程的投影。

所獲獎項:

2000 第23屆金穗獎優等錄影帶