Following its launch at the University of the Free State on 12 August, the Taiwanese Film Festival will run at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University from Tuesday, 16 August to Friday, 19 August.
The event, which launches on Monday 15 August at 5.30pm, is organised by the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa in conjunction with the Potchefstroom Campus of the North -West University.
Formalities will precede the viewing of the legendary and acclaimed director Ang Lee’s, Eat Drink, Man Woman. The film centres on a senior chef who lives with his three grown daughters. The middle daughter finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and life changes for the other household members. Lee’s film is an endearing family drama that examines food as not only physical sustenance but spiritual sustenance as well.
Other films to be screened during the festival are Gangster Rock, Zoom Hunting and Cape No. 7, a historical drama that tells the story of Japanese Colonisation and love, from a post colonial perspective. A documentary on woman in Taiwan coincides with South Africa’s Women’s Month.
The festival celebrates the resilience Taiwan’s film industry and the films reflect the ever dynamic but age old condition of what it is to be human – cutting across all barriers of race, class, culture and continents.
For further informaiton about the festival please contact Elaine at the Taipei Liaison Office Information Division at 011 325 4613 or email inftaiwan5@teklomsa.net
