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‘Pierce’ Director Nelicia Low Talks Crystal Globe Win And Making Her First ‘American Film’
'Pierce' screened at the Golden Horse Film Festival ahead of its upcoming Taiwan theatrical run. The film is Singapore director Nelicia Low's debut.
Programmers want to see a certain kind of slow cinema, which is a big part of the reason why the next film, no matter what, I knew I had to do in the States, because I realized that this labeling is not something that I belong to,” said Low. Low said that selecting to work with Polish director of photography Michal Dymek — after talking to “20 to 30 DOPs” — was one of the best choices she made. As the script for Pierce developed with the love story and with Taiwan being the first place in Asia to recognize same-sex, if the film was shot anywhere else, it wouldn’t have worked.
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