Friday, Sept. 18 at 6:00 pm (PDT); Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9:00 am (TW)
Languages spoken: English and Mandarin
Live Event with Q&A
“Foley artist” is the magician behind every sound in a movie. Foley artist is a very crucial role for films, however, they are the minority of the minority in the film industry. Whether it be the sound of stirring cooking oil in the frying wok, the footsteps of the actor chasing the bus, or the spooky knocks on the door in horror movies, these are all made by the foley artists from the tools that we would never imagine.
This year, we’ve invited remarkable foley artists from Taiwan, Canada and the United States. The first guest, Mr. Ding Yi Hu from Taiwan, a winner of Golden Horse Award for Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year in 2017, has been a foley artist for more than forty years and worked in hundreds of films. Throughout his career, Mr. Hu bears witness to the Taiwanese cinema history. The second guest, Goro Koyama, is a Japanese Canadian foley with thirty years of experience. Mr. Koyama has received the “Motion Picture Sound Editors Award” (MPSE) with his work on the movie Blade Runner 2049. He is always curious at trying to explore people’s desire to synchronize the sound and film frames. Our panel host, Joanna Fang is a young foley artist, yet has already won an Emmy Award on Outstanding Sound Editing. She is known for her work on the latest feature films such as The Farewell, Manchester by the Sea and Still Alice. The three distinctive foley artists will discuss the secrets of “producing sound effects”, and even demonstrate their techniques, revealing the trade secrets, and show us the true meaning behind the popular foley quote: “If we did our jobs just right, our existence will never be noticed.”
Special Guests
Ding Yi Hu, Taiwanese veteran foley artist
Hu joined the in-house film technician training program of the Central Motion Picture Corporation after finishing mandatory military service in 1975, and has since began his career as a film technician. During the 40 years working in the sound department, Hu has focused on serving as a Foley artist. Hu had witnessed different stages of the film development in Taiwan from the early patriotic and political propaganda, realistic films, melodrama films to the peak of New Taiwanese Cinema. He has also created sound effects for nearly 1,000 films and television productions. In 2017, Hu won the 54th Golden Horse Award for outstanding Taiwanese filmmaker of the year.
Goro Koyama, Japanese Canadian foley artist
A Toronto based foley artist and native of Japan. Immigrated to Canada when he was 18 in order to pursue his Hollywood dream. He studied film production at Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Since his debut as a foley artist, he’s been working in the industry for more than 26 years. He and his team have worked on near 300 projects from all over the world, including many Hollywood blockbusters. His achievement includes 1 Primetime Emmy Award winner, 6 Canadian Screen Awards, 2 Gemini Awards ，3 Genie Awards, 5 Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards. He was invited by Japan Society of New York to perform a live foley session in front of 450 people in 2018.
Host: Joanna Fang, Taiwanese American foley artist
As a Foley artist with 8 years of experience, she has already worked on more than 200 projects. She won Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) in 2016 for her work in Cartel Land, and she is the first openly transgender woman to win a Primetime Emmy.
English (Canada) 
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