Four original and captivating Taiwanese films will be screened by Ster-Kinekor Theatres Cinema Nouveau as part of the 5th Annual Taiwan Film Festival, hosted by the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa.
Titles such as the award winning Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale as well as Hear Me, Yang Yang and Orz Boys, promise to provide audiences with a unique cultural experience.
Screening to the public at no cost and launching on 31 August 2012, the Taiwan Film Festival will give Cinema Nouveau audiences an opportunity to experience the beauty of Taiwanese cinema. Free tickets for each film can be collected at the box office one hour before each screening – first come, first served.
“The Taiwan Film Festival solidifies our commitment to providing audiences with a diverse range of cinema entertainment. It is also very exciting that we can showcase the highly acclaimed Warriors of the Rainbows: Seediq Bale, which has won a number of awards including; winner of the 2011 Venice Film Festival Official Competition, Best Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Effect, Best Original Film Score, Audience Choice Awards at the 48th Golden Horse Awards (2011), as well as the Best Film Award at the 12th Chinese Film Media Awards (2011),’ commented Lola Gallant, Marketing Manager, Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau.
Directed by Te-Sheng Wei, Warriors of the Rainbows: Seediq Bale is the epic tale of two races that clashed to defend their faith in the mountains of Taiwan where one race (Seediq) believes in rainbows and the other (the Japanese) in the sun.
Set in the early 20th century, the film takes audiences on a historical venture as the Seediq tribes plot a rebellion against their Japanese colonial masters. When the revolution begins, the Japanese troops threaten to crush the Seediq but the tribesmen are sustained by their beliefs and myths. (An in-depth article on Seediq Bale, which screened at the recent Durban International Film Festival, will appear in the September issue of Screen Africa.)
Taiwan Film Festival screening details:
Johannesburg Rosebank Cinema Nouveau:
31 August:
20h15: Yang Yang
1 September:
14h30: Hear Me
17h30: Orz Boys
20h15: Yang Yang
2 September:
14h30: Orz Boys
17h30: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Pretoria Brooklyn Cinema Nouveau:
7 September:
20h15: Yang Yang
8 September:
14h30: Hear Me
17h30: Orz Boys
20h15: Yang Yang
9 September:
14h30: Orz Boys
17h30: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Cape Town Cavendish Square Nouveau:
14 September:
20h15: Yang Yang
15 September:
14h30: Hear Me
17h30: Orz Boys
20h15: Yang Yang
16 September:
14h30: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
17h30: Orz Boys
For information visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za or call Ticketline on 082 16789 or go to sterkinekor.mobi or Twitter @sktheatres or @nouveabuz or Facebook at Ster-Kinekor Theatres
