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2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma
Opening filmBootlegger by Caroline Monnet
Closing filmArchipelago (Archipel) by Félix Dufour-Laperrière
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded1971
Festival dateOctober 6–17, 2021
Websitenouveaucinema.ca/en
Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2021 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 50th edition in the event's history, took place from October 6 to 17, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, it was staged as a hybrid event, with a mixture of in-person and online screenings; although the festival officially concluded on October 17, the online platform remained open until October 31.[2]

The festival opened with the film Bootlegger by Caroline Monnet, and closed with Félix Dufour-Laperrière's film Archipelago (Archipel).[3] Marking the 50th anniversary of the festival, Bootlegger was also paired with 50 temps, a short documentary film about the festival by Luc Bourdon.[4]

Awards

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Award winners were announced on October 18 at the conclusion of the festival.[2]

Award Film Filmmaker
National Competition, Grand Prize Night Raiders Danis Goulet
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) Philippe Grégoire
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Honorable Mention The White Fortress (Tabija) Igor Drljaca
International Competition, Grand Prize Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) Sebastian Meise [de]
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois The Crossing (La Traversée) Florence Miailhe
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois Honorable Mention Taste (Vi) Lê Bào
International Competition, Best Acting Performance Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis) Sofia Kokkali
FIPRESCI International Critics Prize Damascus Dreams Émilie Serri
Eurimages Audentia Award The Crossing (La Traversée) Florence Miailhe
New Alchemists Prize Esqui Manque La Banca
New Alchemists Prize Honorable Mention The Child of Plomo (El Niño del Plomo) Daniel Dávila
Panorama Prize Gallant Indies (Les Indes Galantes) Philippe Béziat
Temps 0 Public Prize Some Like It Rare (Barbaque) Fabrice Éboué
Vortex Gaspar Noé
P'tits Loups Dans la nature Marcel Barelli
FNC Explore Panorama Prize In the Mist Chou Tung-Yen
FNC Explore Horizon Prize Marco and Polo Go Round Benjamin Steiger Levine
FNC Explore Horizon Prize Honorable Mention Goliath: Playing with Reality Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
National Competition, Short Film In the Jam Jar Colin Nixon
National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
International Competition, Short Film A Present Light (Luz de Presença) Diogo Costa Amarante
International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention My Uncle Tudor (Nanu Tudor) Olga Lucovnicova
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film Love, Dad (Mily tati) Diana Cam Van Nguyen
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize Boobs (Lolos) Marie Valade
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Happy Valley Simon Liu
RPCÉ Grand Prize Roots Home Audrey Rainville
RCPÉ Honorable Mentions Project Human Revival Yuqian Zhang
Université de Sisyphe Étienne Pouy
Pitch Première Oeuvre Adieu Minette Sarra El Abed
Pitch Première Oeuvre Special Mention Home of the Flying Moons Victoria Catherine Chan
Nouveau Marché Bells of Kabul Chabname Zariab
Nouveau Marché Special Mentions Mexico 1986 César Diaz
Motherhood Meryam Joobeur
Jury Prize, Virtual Reality Fight Back VR Céline Tricart
Future Rites Sandra Rodriguez, Alexander Whitley

Official selections

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International Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Crossing La Traversée Florence Miailhe France, Germany, Czech Republic
District Terminal Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini Iran, Germany
Great Freedom Große Freiheit Sebastian Meise [de] Austria, Germany
In the Mirror Spogulis Laila Pakalnina Latvia, Lithuania
Miguel's War Eliane Raheb Germany, Lebanon, Spain
Moon, 66 Questions Selini, 66 erotiseis Jacqueline Lentzou France, Greece
Passion Maja Borg Sweden, Spain
The Pink Cloud A Nuvem Rosa Iuli Gerbase Brazil
Taste VỊ Lê Bảo Vietnam, Singapore, France, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Alexandre Koberidze Germany, Georgia

National Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
La Contemplation du mystère Albéric Aurtenèche Canada
Damascus Dreams Émilie Serri
Darkroom Lukas Maier
Night Raiders Danis Goulet
The Noise of Engines La Bruit des moteurs Philippe Grégoire
Nouveau Québec Sarah Fortin
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette
The White Fortress Tabija Igor Drljaca
Wildhood Bretten Hannam

International Panorama

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1970 Tomasz Wolski Poland
Bliss Glück Henrika Kull Germany
Celts Kelti Milica Tomović Serbia
Compartment No. 6 Hytti nro 6 Juho Kuosmanen Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia
The Fam La Mif Fred Baillif Switzerland
Faya Dayi Jessica Beshir United States, Ethiopia, Qatar
Gagarine Gagarin Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh France
Gallant Indies Les Indes Galantes Philippe Béziat France
The Girl and the Spider Das Mädchen und die Spinne Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher Switzerland
Hit the Road Jadde Khaki Panah Panahi Iran
Mr. Bachmann and His Class Herr Bachmann und Seine Classe Maria Speth Germany
Unclenching the Fists Razzhimaya kulaki Kira Kovalenko Russia
The Velvet Queen La Panthère des neiges Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier France
Venus by Water Shui Bian Wei Na Si Lin Wang China
Wood and Water Jonas Bak Germany, France

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Child of Plomo El Niño del Plomo Daniel Dávila Chile
Come Here Anocha Suwichakornpong Thailand
The Edge of Daybreak Phayasohk phiyohkyam Taiki Sakpisit Thailand, Australia
The Fisherman's Daughter Tzarevna Scaling Uldus Bakhtiozina Russia
Letters to a Young Traveller Lettres à un jeune voyageur Federico Hidalgo Canada
The Penultimate Den Næstsidste Jonas Kærup Hjort Denmark
Ski Esquí Manque La Banca Argentina, Brazil
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette Canada
Virgin Blue Bu yao zai jian a, Yu hua tang Niu Xiaoyu China

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ahed's Knee Haberek Nadav Lapid Israel, France, Germany
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc Radu Jude Romania
Days Rìzi Tsai Ming-Liang Taiwan
Dune Denis Villeneuve United States
Earwig Lucile Hadžihalilović United Kingdom, Belgium, France
The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino Italy
A Hero Qahremaan Asghar Farhadi Iran, France
In Front of Your Face dangsin eolgul ap-eseo Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Introduction Inteurodeoksyeon Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
Parallel Mothers Madres paralelas Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades Jacques Audiard France
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
Red Rocket Sean Baker United States
Reflection Vidblysk Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine
The Star Nadav Lapid Israel, United States
Tralala Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu France
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Gūzen to Sōzō Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden

Temps 0

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After Blue Paradis sale Bertrand Mandico France
The Amusement Park George A. Romero United States
Asmodeus Éric Falardeau Canada
Bloody Oranges Oranges sanguines Jean-Christophe Meurisse France
Bound Jean-Armand Bougrelle Japan
Dead Flash Bertrand Mandico France
Extraneous Matter Kenichi Ugana Japan
For a Fistful of Fries Poulet frites Yves Hinant, Jean Libon France, Belgium
Fou de Bassan Yann Gonzalez France
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. Philipp Reichenheim Germany, United States
Hiruko the Goblin Yōkai Hantā: Hiruko Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
Irréversible Gaspar Noé France
The Last Temptation of the Belgians La Dernière tentation des Belges Jan Bucquoy Belgium
Lux Æterna Gaspar Noé France
Music Hole David Mutzenmacher, Gaetan Liekens Belgium
North Shinjuku 2055 Daisuke Miyazaki Japan
Saloum Jean Luc Herbulot Senegal, France
Some Like It Rare Barbaque Fabrice Éboué France
Taxidermize Me Taxidermisez-moi Marie Losier France
Those Who Care Debout les femmes ! François Ruffin, Gilles Perret France
Vortex Gaspar Noé France
Zeria Harry Cleven Belgium

Special Presentations

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Zacharias Kunuk Canada
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ Zacharias Kunuk Canada
Dream Life La vie rêvée Mireille Dansereau Canada
Drunken Birds Les Oiseaux ivres Ivan Grbovic Canada
The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge La moitié gauche du frigo Philippe Falardeau Canada
Mulholland Drive David Lynch United States
Possession Andrzej Żuławski France, Germany
Ville Neuve Félix Dufour-Laperrière Canada
West of Pluto À l'ouest de Pluton Myriam Verreault, Henry Bernadet Canada

International Competition for Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After a Room Naomi Pacifique United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland
Atér Marie Fages France
Dihya Lucia Martinez Garcia Switzerland
Fata Morgana Nitzan Rozen Israel
Hotel Royal Salomé Lamas Portugal
How to Die Young in Manila Petersen Vargas Philippines
Inherent Nicolai G.H. Johansen France
Jesus Egon Christus Saša Vajda, David Vajda Germany
Lemongrass Girl Pom Bunsermvicha Thailand
Let's Do This Again Sometime Petrus van Staden South Africa, Spain
The Men Who Wait Les Attendants Truong Minh Quý France, Singapore
Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit Into His Suit Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje Gabriel Herrera Mexico
My Uncle Tudor Nanu Tudor Olga Lucovnicova Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Moldova
Neon Phantom Fantasma Neon Leonardo Martinelli Brazil
New Abnormal Pid Pokati Mai Sorayos Prapapan Thailand, South Korea, Singapore
On Solid Ground Über Wasser Jela Hasler Switzerland
The Parents' Room Diego Marcon Italy
Potted Palm Trees Topfpalmen Rosa Friedrich Germany
A Present Light Luz de Presença Diogo Costa Amarante Portugal
Sandstorm Mulaqat Seemab Gul Pakistan, United Kingdom
Sunrise in My Mind Tngaireah knong chet Danech San Cambodia
Sycorax Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro Spain, Portugal
Techno, Mama Saulius Baradinskas Lithuania
Widow & Orphan Hurenkind und Schusterjunge Niklas Pollmann Austria

National Competition for Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Province
Abuela Rebeca Ortiz Ontario
BàBà Dorothy Sing Zhang Ontario
Between Realities Along the Edge of Time Jessica Huras Ontario
Big Brother Grand frère Rémi St-Michel Quebec
Bump Maziyar Khatam Ontario
Celle qui reste Alex B. Martin Quebec
Defund Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha Ontario
Dear Mr. Dudley Morgan Tams British Columbia
Deep Blue Fond bleu Franie-Éléonore Bernier Quebec
Fanmi Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour Quebec
Fuckin' Coffin Cercueil, tabarnak! Loïc Darses Quebec
The Horses Liz Cairns British Columbia
In the Jam Jar Colin Nixon Quebec
Joutel Alexa-Jeanne Dubé Quebec
Louise from 9 to 5 Louise de 9 à 5 Julien G. Marcotte Quebec
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams Newfoundland and Labrador
OK Virginie Nolin Quebec
Ousmane Jorge Camarotti Quebec
Perfecting the Art of Longing Kitra Cahana Quebec
Personals Sasha Argirov British Columbia
Resonance Résonance Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer Quebec
River Boy Blues Jerome Yoo British Columbia
See You Garbage! Au plaisir les ordures! Romain Dumont Quebec
Tibbits Hill Édith Jorisch Quebec
Tigress Maya Bastian Ontario
Together Albert Shin Ontario
Twelve Hours Paul Shkordoff Ontario
A Void Dominique van Olm Ontario

Special Presentations Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Country
Ataguttaaluk: A Life to Live Carol Kunnuk Canada
Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum Louise Bourque Canada
Barcelona Burning Barcelona de Foc Theodore Ushev Canada
Benjamin, Benny, Ben Paul Shkordoff Canada
A Blue Room Une chambre bleue Tomasz Siwinski France
La Cage Marc Paradis Canada
Délivre-nous du mal Marc Paradis Canada
Foam Écume Omar Elhamy Canada
From Roots to Leaves Melissa Simon Canada
Hitchhiking Frank Vitale Canada
L'Incident Jones Marc Paradis Canada
Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century Ulivia Uviluk Canada
Islands Les Îles Yann Gonzalez France
Kuujjuaq Sammy Gadbois Canada
Letter to a Lover Lettre à un amant Marc Paradis Canada
Little Brother Petit frère Rémi St-Michel Canada
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling François Jaros Canada
Réminiscences Carnivores Marc Paradis Canada
Selva Sofía Quirós Ubeda Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile
Shooting Star Comme une comète Ariane Louis-Seize Canada
Le soleil brille pour tout le monde mais les hommes préfèrent les blondes Sylvie Laliberté Canada
Système des beaux-arts Daniel Dion Canada
The Tesla World Light Matthew Rankin Canada
Vice, vertu et vice-versa Manon Labrecque Canada
A Way of Life Dorothy Mesher Canada

The New Alchemists, Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
3XShapes of Home Elisabeth Brun Norway
An Accumulation of Our Aftermaths Solomon Nagler Canada
Anxious Body Yoriko Mizushiri Japan
Anthologie 2020 Michael Yaroshevsky, Glauco Bermudez, Erin Weisgerber, Olivier Godin, Simran Dewan, Isabelle Stachtchenko, Matthew Wolkow, Miryam Charles, Jessica Lee Gagné, Van Royko Canada
Boobs Lolos Marie Valade Canada
The Capacity for Adequate Anger Vika Kirchenbauer Germany
The Coast Sohrab Hura India
Constrain Contraindre Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury France
The Detection of Faint Companions Sandro Aguilar Portugal
Dust Bath Seth A. Smith Canada
earthearthearth Daïchi Saïto Canada
Eidolon Mike Rollo Canada
First Time (The Time for All But Sunset: Violet) Nicolaas Schmidt Germany
Fleeting: Here & There Gilnaz Arzpeyma Canada
The Guy on the Bed Mike Hoolboom Canada
The Hangman at Home Le Bourreau chez lui Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot Denmark, France, Canada
Happy Valley Simon Liu Hong Kong
Heat Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger Austria
Los Huesos Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña Chile
I Am Not Julien Bouthillier Canada
I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse Ayce Kartal France
A Lack of Clarity Stefan Kruse Jørgensen Denmark
Love, Dad Mily tati Diana Cam Van Nguyen France
Moon River Misha Horacek Canada
Notes from the Periphery Tulapop Saenjaroen Thailand, United Kingdom
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean Yuyan Wang France
Portage Place Mall (With Love) Ryan Steel Canada
Scum Mutation Ov . France
Skinned Mike Hoolboom Canada
Sometimes a Little Sin Is Good for the Soul Alex Beriault Canada, Germany
Song for the New World Chanson pour le nouveau monde Miryam Charles Canada
The Sunset Special Nicolas Gebbe Germany
There Is, Indeed, the Unspeakable Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches Marzieh Emadi, Sina Sadaat Austria
They Dance With Their Heads Ils dansent avec leurs têtes Thomas Corriveau Canada
Thinner Than Two Ten-Thousandths of a Millimetre Dünner als zwei Zehntausendstel eines Millimeters Gregor Eldarb Austria
Train Again Peter Tscherkassky Austria
Tunable Mimoid Vladimir Todorovic Australia
Vadim on a Walk Sasha Svirsky Russia
La Vie Heureuse Amélie Hardy Canada
We'll Find You When the Sun Goes Black Anouk De Clercq Belgium, Norway

RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Province
All I Am Is Now Patrick Custo-Blanch Quebec
The Architect L'Architecte Mathieu Lorain Dignard Quebec
The Awakening of the Ape L'Éveil du singe Philippe Besner Quebec
A Chaos Filled with Poetry Un chaos rempli de poésie Daphné Cambronne Quebec
Dors-tu? Nadia Louis-Desmarchais Quebec
Father Like Son Anna Kuelken Alberta
Life on the Move La Vie sur la route Jack Belhumeur Alberta
Lifetime Loser Perdant à vie Yan Olivier Quebec
The Morlock A.P. Bergeron Quebec
Nature morte Julia Martel Quebec
Paris, Ontario Arnaud Weissenburger Ontario
Project Human Revival Yuqian Zhang British Columbia
Roots Home Audrey Rainville Quebec
Souvenirs fragmentés David Bianchetti Quebec
Starting Out Bruno Vompean Ontario
The Static in My Skin Emily Pickering Alberta
L'Université de Sisyphe Étienne Pouy Quebec
Utopia Jean-Félix Rioux Quebec
La Ville fantôme Marc-André Côté Quebec

Student Short Films Not in Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Province
20:12 Kevin Champagne-Lessard Canada
La Cour des mirages Zoé Pelchat Canada
Cousins Michal Haggiag Israel
Empty Spaces Ben Ziv Israel
La Femme nue Francis Lacelle Canada
Le Froid Natalia Duguay Canada
Her Dance Bar Cohen Israel
Motel Paradise Virgina Tangvald Canada
Ouverture Philippe Rioux Canada
Wood Max Dufaud Canada

P'tits loups

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Short film program of animation for children.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Altaï François Lagorce, Jean Lagorce France
Bemol Oana Lacroix Switzerland
Cat and Bird Saka sy vorona Franka Sachse Germany
Colin Pané Paul Bouchart, Stéphanie Hu, Clément Opinel, Juliette Danesi, Camille Fruit France
Colza Victor Chagniot, Camille Broutin, Matthieu Daures, Victoria de Millo Gregory, Maxime Jouniot, Jade Khoo France
Comment j'ai vaincu ma peur des humains Hélène Ducrocq France
Croc Marmottes Benjamin Botella France
The Displeasure La Grogne Alisi Telengut Canada
Épreuves du matin Masa Avramovic France
The Finger of Death Le Doigt de la mort Mazarine Miloudi, Mélanie Levaux, Pauline Mahieu, Oriane Gros, Sébastien Pagès France
The Frolic Jhao Yi Han Taiwan
House of Memory Sofia Rosales Arreola Mexico
Humanatee Sea Jin Park South Korea, United States
I Am a Pebble Je suis un caillou Melanie Berteraut Platon, Yasmine Bresson, Leo Coulombier, Nicolas Grondin, Maxime Le Chapelain, Louise Massé France
In Nature Dans la nature Marcel Barelli Switzerland
Itchy the Camel: Tennis Ball Anders Beer, Pierre-Hughes Dallaire Canada
Jean-Michel et les histoire interdites Mathieu Auvray France
Just for the Record Vojin Vasovic Canada, Serbia
Kiko and the Animals Kiko et les animaux Yawen Zheng France, Switzerland
Lazare fait bien les choses Thomas Appelman France
Marguerite Jasmine Dubé Canada
Mega Mega Mega Mega Fête Collective Belgium
Mum Is Pouring Rain Maman pleut des cordes Hugo de Faucompret France
Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic Paul Bush Denmark, United Kingdom
Patouille and the Parachute Seeds Patouille, des graines en parachute Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos France
Le Rire Capucine Gougelet France
A Splash in a Mud Temps de cochon Emmanuelle Gorgiard France
A Stone in the Shoe Un caillou dans la chaussure Éric Montchaud France, Switzerland
Trona Pinnacles Mathilde Parquet France
Vanille Guillaume Lorin France

FNC Explore

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Virtual reality projects.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Bystanding: The Feingold Syndrome Nim Shapira, Roi Lev Israel, Canada, Germany
End of Night David Adler Denmark, France
Far Away from Far Away Bruce Alcock, Jeremy Mendes Canada
Goliath: Playing with Reality May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy United Kingdom, France
Icarus Michel Lemieux Canada
In the Mist Chou Tung-Yen Taiwan
Marco & Polo Go Round Benjamin Steiger Levine Canada, Belgium
Madrid Noir James A. Castillo France, United Kingdom
Mindfield Vincent Ladouceur Canada
Myriad, Where We Connect Michael Grotenhoff, Christian Zipfel Germany, Austria
Once Upon a Sea Adi Lavy Israel, Canada
Otherly Jessica Murwin, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Mirusha Yogarajah Canada
Our Common Home Notre habitat commun Daniel Iregui Canada
The Sick Rose Huang Yun-Hsien, Tang Zhi-Zhong Taiwan

References

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