Alumna Yeo Yann Yann receives top awards

Alumna Yeo Yann Yann ('03) won Best Leading Actress at the Golden Horse Awards and Best Actress at Pingyao International Film Festival for her performance in Anthony Chen's film Wet Season. She also received the Inspiring Woman in Film Award at the Singapore International Film Festival.

In her acceptance speech at the Golden Horse Awards, Yann Yann thanked ITI co-founder Kuo Pao Kun: ⁣⁣⁣
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“我记得我要放弃的时候，我的恩师郭宝崑他跟我说了一番话，他说：“你觉得我从来都没有想过放弃吗？我每天晚上都想要放弃，但是我每天早上都从新做一个决定，我要继续走下去。“我的老师还在天上看着我。我只想跟老师你说我会继续走下去，谢谢你。⁣⁣⁣
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I remember when I felt like giving up, my teacher Kuo Pao Kun said this to me, he said "Do you think I never thought of giving up? I feel like giving up every night, but I make a new resolution every morning—I want to go on. My teacher is watching me from the skies. I just want to tell him that I will go on. Thank you.”⁣⁣⁣

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