Film on Shoushan macaques wins award in US festivalBy Chang Chung-i and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerA promotional film about Formosan rock macaques on Kaohsiung’s Shoushan (壽山) has won a Platinum Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in Houston, Texas, in the Short Subject Film and Video Productions-Documentary category, the Shoushan National Nature Park Management Office said on Thursday. Three Formosan rock macaque groom each other at the Shoushan National Nature Park in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei TimesThe Shoushan macaques have a peculiar relationship with humans, as they are often nearby and have learned to eat human food, the office said, adding that this has changed the animals’ foraging habits and generated conflict. The office said that it has therefore established a “three noes” policy to encourage visitors to refrain from feeding, provoking or touching the macaques. WorldFest is one of the US’ oldest film festivals and one of the three largest international film festivals in North America.

Source: Taipei Times September 18, 2020 15:56 UTC