“Ice Poison” to represent Taiwan at next year’s Academy Awards
The Ministry of Culture has announced that Burmese-Taiwanese director Midi Z’s film “Ice Poison” will represent Taiwan to vie for Best Foreign Language Film at next year’s Academy Awards. The film, shot in Myanmar, charts the economic despair in the rural and developing parts of the South Asian country. It centers on a poor farmer...Continue reading
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Taipei
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra is set to visit Taiwan for the ninth time in October and will give two concerts in Taipei. Originally known as the “Imperial Music Choir”, the group performed only for the court of Alexander III of Russia. The orchestra will play at the National Concert Hall in Taipei Oct. 11th...Continue reading
2014 CNEX Taipei Documentary Film Festival
Movie goers and documentary aficionados, the CNEX Taipei Documentary Film Festival is coming soon! This year’s theme is titled “Dissolution & Restoration of Love” and many of the films featured show touching stories about hardship and love. Some of the films featured this year are: Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory – A...Continue reading
Taipei Fringe Festival Begins
The 7th Taipei Fringe Festival kicked off this past weekend, marking the beginning of more than 500 different performances taking place around the city through mid-September. The Taipei Culture Foundation, which organized the event, says a total of 130 groups from Taiwan and abroad will stage 543 performances including theater, dance, music, comedy and acrobatics....Continue reading
Google, Taiwan Tourism Bureau Launch Video Competition
Grab your camera and phone and start recording because the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and Google have launched a one of kind video competition! The contest, dubbed, “[Anytime for Taiwan] Film Taiwan, Action!”, is asking tourists and film enthusiasts to help promote travel in Taiwan by sharing their stories and the majestic beauty of Taiwan. The...Continue reading
French Director Luc Besson and Wife to Promote Lucy in Taiwan
#491792387 / gettyimages.com French Director Luc Besson and his producer wife Virginie Silla will arrive in Taiwan Sunday to promote Besson’s new action thriller “Lucy“, parts of which were shot in Taipei. The French couple will attend the film’s premiere at Vieshow Imax Cinemas in Taipei the following day. Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin, and...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Michael Cannings on Taiwan Focused e-Publisher Camphor Press
Listen Episode Description On this episode of Taiwan Talk we speak to one of the co- founders of Camphor Press, a new digital publishing house based in Taipei that specializes on English Language books about Taiwan and it’s surroundings. The publisher was launched earlier this year, but it’s already built up a collection of non-fiction...Continue reading
Japanese Voice Actors Greet Fans at Taipei 2014 Comic Exhibition
Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji met fans at the Taipei 2014 Comic Exhibition, for an autograph session for the popular anime series “Attack on Titan.” Kaji, who was the voice for the series’ protagonist, drew screams from over 500 fans at the Taipei World Trade Center. The anime series “Attack on Titan” was adapted from...Continue reading
Typhoon Morakot Documentary and Exhibition Opens Today
A documentary showing Taiwan’s reconstruction in the wake of 2009’s Typhoon Morakot will premiere on the National Geographic channel today in Taiwan. “Rebuilding Taiwan: Beyond the Storm” will air at 9 p.m. on the fifth anniversary of the date Morakot ripped through Taiwan, causing destruction that killed 681 and left 18 missing. An international film crew...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Brook Hall on performing and producing in Taiwan (8/4-5/2014)
Listen Episode Description In this interview we speak to an American expat who’s been working in Taiwan for more than ten years as a performer, director and producer; in the process he’s built up an impressive resume of film and stage work, and even launched his own production companies. Most recently he established the experimental...Continue reading
Taiwan Film Institute Launched
The Taiwan Film Institute, an expansion from the previous Film Data Library, has been officially launched. It will bring together the resources and the various budgets allocated for preserving and restoring valuable old films. It also aims to educate the general public about cinematic art. Culture Minister Lung Yingtai and New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu...Continue reading
Eslite Bookstore: Top Bookstore in Taipei
If you ask a Taipei resident to recommend a bookstore for you, the majority of them would probably say Eslite Bookstore, especially the one located on Dun-hua South Road, its original headquarters. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the big bookstore is a beacon of light for bibliophiles. They can find a...Continue reading
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