Chiang Wei Liang, a graduate student at TNUA's Filmmaking Department, has won the Audi Short Film Award at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.

His award-winning documentary, "Anchorage Prohibited," tells the story of migrant workers who find it difficult to settle down, which echoes the refugee problems facing Europe at the moment.

Chiang accepted the award in person at the festival on February 20.

"Anchorage Prohibited" was the result of an assignment in Prof. Tung Wang and Prof. Ching-Song Liao's filmmaking class during the second year of his graduate program.

He said it took two weeks to make preparations for the film and the actual shooting lasted only two and half days. But he said the story had long been conceived, inspired by own observations of the migrant workers at Taiwan's National Immigration Agency where he has often visited as an international student.

Chiang thanked his TNUA teachers, such as Filmmaking Department's Chair Prof. Daw-Ming Lee, Prof. Tung Wang, Prof. Ching-Song Liao and Prof. Peggy Chiao.

He said the award is a huge recognition for him and his production team.

Chiang, who completed his undergraduate studies in Singapore, came to TNUA in 2013.

The Singaporean director said he wants to make films about things happening in daily life, letting the audiences see what they would otherwise seldom notice.

He said he is keen to look for links and similarities between Taiwan and ASEAN while telling stories of this island.