Contemporary Short Films from Taiwan in London, Apr 11, 2006

Mark Harrison of the great blog Bourdieu Boy passed this along to me....for those of you in the UK:

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Contemporary Short Films from Taiwan
Tuesday April 11, 7pm,
Goethe Institute, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH,

The Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster and the Pacific and Asian Cultural Studies Network (Goldsmiths College) are hosting a screening of contemporary short films from Taiwan on Tuesday April 11 at 7pm. Covering experimental, documentary and animation, this collection showcases some of the newest Taiwanese filmmaking talent in works dealing with love, birth, death and modern life through striking and beautiful image-making.

This event is made possible with the generous support of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK.

The event is being held at the Goethe Institute, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH, with thanks to the Goethe Institute for making their venue available.

The screening will be followed by a wine reception.

The event is free, but please RSVP Dr Mark Harrison, University of Westminster at M.Harrison03@westminster.ac.uk

Dr Mark Harrison, University of Westminster
Professor Chris Berry, Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Films:
Wendy Chiao - Deterioration - 9'22"
Hou Chi-jan - Stardust 15749001 - 11'43" (Grand Prix in Taipei Film Festival, 2003)
Allen Chang and Chen Da-Yu - Travel - 19'10" (Best Short Film, Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan, 2002)
Ching Yi-liu and Nell Wang - Birthday - 11'29"
Lin Tay-jou - Chichi, the Monster - 9'44" (Generation Next Award, Taipei International Documentary Festival, 2004)
Wu Chun-hui - More Intimacy - 11'11"
Charlene Shih - Papa Blue - 12'31"
Charlene Shih - Women - 5'18"

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