Title: Taiwan Film Festival at Washington University – Free Admission!
Location: Washington University
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Description: Heartfelt stories of love and loss, of cultural dislocation and human connections beyond time and space, are brought together with hilari-ous humor, intriguing plots, and meticulous cinematography by a new generation of film artists from Taiwan.
February 18-20
Brown 100
Washington University in St. Louis
eastasian.artsci.wustl.edu/2011_Taiwan_Film_Festival
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All films with English subtitles
Free Admission
Feb 18 (Fri) 5:30pm Opening Address
“From the Taiwan New Cinema to the New Generation Cinema”
Professor Robert Ru-shou Chen, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Reception to Follow
Feb 18 (Fri) 7pm Pinoy Sunday 台北星期天
(2010/ 100 min/ comedy)
Q&A with Prof. Robert Chen
It’s Sunday—time to go to church, shopping, and looking for love if things had not turned topsy-turvy because of a couch on the sidewalk. An adventurous journey of two clumsy men carrying a couch through the hustle-bustle, surely it’s time to laugh.
Feb 19 (Sat) 3pm Parking 停車
(2008/ 112 min/ black comedy)
When the night comes and the street gets darker, a kind of creepiness rises to the surface: red panties on the sidewalk, a one-armed barber keeping a fish head in his restroom,….A chain of incidental encounters connects snapshots of absurd lives into an uncanny picture of the globalized Taipei.
Feb 19 (Sat) 5:30pm One Day 有一天
(2010/ 93 min/ drama)
Bridging islands, overcoming loneliness, beyond thought and feeling, “One Day” is a visionary meditation on the power of dreams both to connect people and to transcend everyday, human experiences.
Feb 20 (Sun) 3pm Yang Yang 陽陽
(2009/ 112 min/ drama)
“So, you speak French?” The irksome question
always forces Yang Yang, a French-Taiwanese beauty, to confront her ambiguous identity. A com-ing-of-age story with a twist of cultural critique, Yang Yang reveals the inner struggles of a teenager born to be different.
Feb 20 (Sun) 5:30pm Seven Days in Heaven
父後七日
(2010/ 93 min/ comedy)
Seven Days in Heaven investigates the turbulent spectrum of emotions associ-ated with the passing of a loved one and the vagaries of modern-day death with a humorous touch that is both direct and heartfelt. (San Francisco Film Society)
Sponsored by East Asian Studies; Film and Media Studies; Press Division, Taipei Eco-nomic and Cultural Office in Chicago; Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City; and Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
Contact: 314.935.4448
Start Date: 2011-02-18
End Date: 2011-02-20
YAPA and MAABA (Missouri Asian American Bar Association) invite you to warm up your inner American Idol and sing your hearts out at our first joint Lunar New Year professional social mixer! Warm up those vocal chords and dress to impress. No need to memorize the words since its Karaoke! Join us for food (heavy appetizer buffet), cash bar, fun games and a night of festive celebration as we welcome the Year of the Rabbit!
