In partnership with Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the British Film Institute (BFI) collaborate on a new season titled ‘Myriad Voices: Reframing Taiwan New Cinema.’ Opening on March 31, the season introduces the Taiwan New Cinema classics to the UK audiences, and directors Chen Kun-hou and Huang Yu-shan will attend the events in London.

The season curator Hyun Jin Cho expresses, ‘Finding presence somewhere between the unresolved past and the inescapable pull of the future, Taiwan New Cinema offers a blend of insight, candor, and delicate lightness.’ Even until today, these films not only resonate with the audiences but prompt them to reflect upon what they perceive in the films. Therefore, after the success of The Films of Edward Yang: Conversations with a Friend held earlier in February at BFI, another season is curated to show the UK audiences the works of other Taiwanese filmmakers who are contemporary with Edward Yang. 

The season, Myriad Voices: Reframing Taiwan New Cinema, will be held from March 31 to April 30 at BFI Southbank, showing 15 films in more than 30 screenings. These films include Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness, A Time to Live and a Time to Die, and The Boys from Fengkuei, Edward Yang’s The Terrorizers, Taipei Story, and Duckweed, Chen Kun-hou’s Out of the Blue and My Favorite Season, Chang Yi’s Kuei-mei, a Woman, and This Love of Mine, Huang Yu-shan’s Autumn Tempest, Wan Jen’s Ah Fei, and Wang Toon’s Strawman. In addition, there are In Our Time and The Sandwich Man, both co-directed by several renowned filmmakers. 

➤In partnership with Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the British Film Institute (BFI) collaborate on a new season titled ‘Myriad Voices: Reframing Taiwan New Cinema.’ (photo courtesy of the Ministry of Culture)

Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award winner Chen Kun-hou and director Huang Yu-shan are invited to the events in London to meet the UK audiences. Chen Kun-hou will do the introduction to The Boys from Fengkuei and attend the post-screening Q&A sessions on Out of the Blue and My Favorite Season. Huang Yu-shan will participate in the post-screening Q&A session on Autumn Tempest and deliver a speech on the development of the Taiwanese film industry in the 1980s from feminist perspectives at the Taiwan New Cinema Symposium on April 12. 

This season is supported by Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, which took part in film selection and screening licensing. It is anticipated that audiences in the UK will be able to experience and appreciate the unique narrative charm and cultural significance embodied in Taiwan New Cinema.

For more information on Myriad Voices: Reframing Taiwan New Cinema, please go to BFI website: Myriad Voices: Reframing Taiwan New Cinema | BFI Southbank