Talk: New Auteurs in Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema: Hou Chi-Jan, Lin Shu-Yu, and Cheng Yu-Chieh
Examining those under-examined ‘new auteurs’ in the post-New Wave Taiwan Cinema
5 November, 2020 2:00 pm
FILMS /
Two teenage boys – who differ from each other like cat and dog in terms of temperament and ‘social standing’ in school – find themselves enmeshed in an ugly web of corruption and injustice that forces them to take a drastic decision.
Chen Hao Yuan is an honour student with a mellow personality. His best friend Hong Cheng Yi, on the other hand, is delinquent who did time in juvenile detention for bank robbery. Together they helped their classmate get off drug addiction, exposed their teacher’s dirty secrets, and even tried to find the bees that have gone missing because of the impending apocalypse in 2012. Their carefree attitude toward life turned to rage when they discovered that a corrupted politician was responsible for both of their families’ misfortunes. The boys got a gun and decided to ‘explode’ the day before their high school graduation.
Examining those under-examined ‘new auteurs’ in the post-New Wave Taiwan Cinema
5 November, 2020 2:00 pm
An overview of director Cheng Yu-chieh’s work, focusing on his feature films and television series
11 November, 2020 2:00 pm
To close the final series this special Q&A session will give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the director
13 November, 2020 2:00 pm
A gripping mystery that puts five strangers and their integrity to the test
9 November, 2020 10:00 am
College student Xiao Chi discovers that adventures can be found in his rural hometown
9 November, 2020 10:00 am