SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies, University of London is set to launch the 2020 Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema Project on Oc. 26. Supported by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (R.O.C), this series of online events introduce 15 films by 3 important directors who emerge after New Wave Cinema in 1980s: Hou Chi-Jan, Lin Shu-Yu, and Cheng Yu-Chieh.
Drawing insight and expertise from across the UK, Europe and Taiwan, the project will bring together leading film scholars to critically examine the works of highly accomplished yet under-examined filmmakers who have followed Taiwanese cinema’s ‘auteurs’ of the late 1980s such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Ang Lee.
With the aim of promoting consideration of Taiwan’s cinematic development on its own terms, this landmark project offers audiences the opportunity to experience a season of director focused film series followed by live Q&A sessions and scholars’ talks. In doing so, the project seeks to broaden awareness and understanding of Taiwanese cinema among UK audiences.
The first series will focus on Director Hou Chi-Jan, running from Monday 26th October to Friday 30th October. This will be followed by Director Thomas Lin Shu-Yu from Monday 2nd November to Friday 6th November, and conclude with Director Cheng Yu-Chieh from Monday 9th to Friday 13th November.
The Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema Project is free to attend and open to all. Director Q&A sessions and Roundtable events will be held virtually through Blackboard Collaborate. Online screening links will be sent to those who have registered through each film's Eventbrite page.
For further information and registration, please visit: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/events/26oct2020-2020-taiwan-post-new-wave-cinema-project.html
