A good documentary is urgent

最近閱讀 Pitching(國際提案) 和 Funding（國際補助）的訊息，讀到阿姆斯特丹影展(IDFA)網站上的一段文章，深深激動了起來，這和孢子囊電影院 的目標: 透過紀實電影，啟發觀念，增進知識，促發行動,是同一個方向的，感到無限共鳴。

以普通的英文能力，盡力翻譯，分享給支持我們的觀眾。若有謬誤，還請指正。

A good documentary is urgent. In the same way that art is by definition critical and cannot be seen separately from the society that produces it, creative documentaries also offer a probing, surprising window on the world. This is not simply a question of collating the most up-to-date images and the latest soundbites, such as those which constantly bombard us via the media.

Documentary-makers do not spend their time chasing after the latest story. Documentaries are not fleeting, but hold a mirror up to our times. They are able to stimulate the viewer and provoke thought, by approaching the news from a different angle; by placing different accents, applying a slower rhythm, an original point of view.

The social relevance of a documentary is of great importance to IDFA. A documentary festival is the place to identify and analyse the changes taking place in our society, far from the daily media storm and protected from the superficial circus of pundits and soundbites, but nevertheless firmly rooted in the world.

我們迫切需求好的紀錄片。同理，藝術必須被嚴肅對待，不能脫離於產生它的社會，重要的是，有創意的紀錄片提供了一個探索、令人視界大開的窗口。這些無法從那些透過媒體不斷轟擊我們的精美圖像獲得。

紀錄片並不是追逐最近發生的故事，也不是稍縱即逝，反映時代的一面鏡子。紀錄片是能夠激發觀眾視界，是能夠以不同的角度接近事件，而引發觀眾思考的作品－透過不同的語言，緩慢的節奏，誠實的觀點。

紀錄片的社會意義是IDFA重視。紀錄片影展是一個殿堂，識別和分析社會發生的變化，那些被日常沸沸揚揚的媒體所遠離，膚淺的權威人士構成的馬戲團所隔絕，而仍然牢牢地紮根在這個世界的那些真實的變化。

Good documentaries appeal to us. Documentaries stimulate the viewer to think further, to discuss, to ask questions. The best documentaries make maximum use of the opportunity to communicate with the audience, whether through a wake-up call, teasing, shocking or even pleasing.

The latter is not always necessary. The films that finish highest in audience polls - the crowd favourites - are not necessarily those most appreciated by authorities, fellow filmmakers and critics. Sometimes, it is precisely the films that fail to unite the audience in appreciation - but rather divide opinions - that are most interesting in terms of both content and style.

好的紀錄片向我們訴說，激發觀眾深入思考、討論、提問。最佳紀錄片儘可能的與觀眾溝通，無論是通過敲響警鐘、戲弄、驚悚，甚至賞心悅目。

後者並不總是必要的。觀眾調查中最受喜愛的電影，並不一定是最受到權威，電影工作好好先生和評論家的讚賞。有時，它恰恰是不受到觀眾一致地欣賞的電影，反而是引起觀眾鴻溝一樣兩極反應的作品，不論在形式或內容方面，通常這是最有趣的紀錄片。