The 2015 Taiwan Film Festival
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 18/03/2015

The first Chinese-language film to win the Venice Film Festival’s coveted Golden Lion is among nine films screening this weekend at the Australian Centre on China in the World.
 
The centre’s Taiwan Film Festival opens with A City of Sadness, a visually stunning account of the island’s transition from Japanese colonialism to Nationalist Chinese rule in the late 1940s.
 
Released in 1989 and directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, a rare screening of the original 35mm release will be shown on Friday night.
 
Other films include the Taiwanese gangster film Monga. Set in 1980s Taipei, the 2010 film which stars Ethan Juan and Mark Chao grossed more in its first weekend of release that the worldwide hit Avatar.
 
For details of other films visit the festival website, http://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/2015/tff
 
All screenings are free and open to the public, but places are limited so bookings are essential. All films have English subtitles and are unclassified (R18+) unless otherwise noted.