橋仔頭糖廠藝術村的幕後推手蔣耀賢，長期以橋仔頭作為文史、藝術、文創的平台基地，開創了南台灣文創的新頁。

 

自2000年起，於橋仔頭糖廠舉辦的金甘蔗影展則以「現地拍攝、現地製作、現地影展」的獨特方式，為電影文化與數位媒體時代注入新的想像力。影展希望藉由電影凝聚在地居民的心力，讓影像對觀者而言具有更多存在的意義，同時也將影像工作者帶到在地現場，讓居民與影像進行交流對話，透過區域自身所蘊含的人文記憶裡，共同討論當下所面對的各種境況。如此跨越行政界線的企圖，也將一些遙遠的、甚至被忽略、遺忘的地方，用電影語言再次相互串連起來。

 

 

As the founder of Kiatou Sugar Factory Art Space, Chang Yao Hsien has regarded Kiatou as a base of culture, history, art and creativity, opening up a new page in the cultural creative industry in southern Taiwan.

 

Since 2000, the Golden Sugarcane Film Festival, held in Kiatou, has expanded the imagination of movie and digital media by featuring “shooting, producing, and screening on the spot”. The film festival aimed to gather locals through movies, who would find the images meaningful on a personal level. Meanwhile it brought filmmakers to the scene, so that locals could interact with images. Through cultural memories of the region, they could discuss current issues together. Such a cross-boundary project also attempted to connected those remote, or even neglected, forgotten places by movies.