Behind this year's stand-out Taiwanese film Island Etude is the story of a chance encounter between a director with a dream and a major American film company, which gave this labor of love a previously undreamed of chance to reach mainstream cinemas. This small film has since become the breakout domestic film of 2007 and spurred a growing fad for round-the-island cycle trips.
今年上半年度最耀眼的「國片之光」《練習曲》背後，是對人生有夢的中年導演，與美商影業巨擘的偶遇，讓原本連排院線檔期接受商業檢驗都打算缺席的一場造夢「練習」，竟衝出了國片票房奇蹟，同時帶動全台單車環島風。