Taiwan Film Days
October 12–14
New People Cinema
This exciting series focuses on the best of contemporary Taiwanese cinema and provides Bay Area audiences with unique opportunities to view bold new Taiwanese films and engage with visionary filmmakers. Now in its fourth year, Taiwan Film Days is an essential part of the Film Society’s Fall Season and a cinematic highlight for the local Chinese-speaking community and bold cinephiles of all stripes.
Download a PDF of the full program
Taiwan Film Days Sponsors and Supporters
New People Cinema
This exciting series focuses on the best of contemporary Taiwanese cinema and provides Bay Area audiences with unique opportunities to view bold new Taiwanese films and engage with visionary filmmakers. Now in its fourth year, Taiwan Film Days is an essential part of the Film Society’s Fall Season and a cinematic highlight for the local Chinese-speaking community and bold cinephiles of all stripes.
Download a PDF of the full program
Taiwan Film Days Sponsors and Supporters
Jump! Ashin
Lin Yu-Hsien (Fan kun pa! A Hsin, Taiwan 2011)
A smash hit in Taiwan, this film tells the story of Ashin, who descends into thee rudderless world of street fighting and drugs when family and work responsibilities take him away from his love of gymnastic competition. Read more...
October 12, 3:00 pm and October 13, 6:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Din Tao: Leader of the Parade
Fung Kai (Chen Tao, Taiwan 2012)
OPENING NIGHT FILM A rock n' roll guitarist with dreams of stardom returns home to rural Taichung and instills his contemporary musical style on the traditional form of Din-Tao drumming. Read more...
October 12, 6:30 pm and October 12, 9:30 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Opening Night Party
Following the first screening of Din Tao: Leader of the Parade, join us for light appetizers and sponsored wine at Superfrog Gallery. Read more...
October 12, 8:30 pm
SuperFrog Gallery
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Joyful Reunion
Tsao Jui-Yuan (Yin shi nan nü - Hao yuan you hao jin, Taiwan 2011)
This humorous and thoughtful multigenerational tale tells a delicate story of social classes, careers and romance, while turning an especially attentive eye towards depicting the important (and joys) of cooking and eating. Read more...
October 13, 1:30 pm and October 14, 9:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Days We Stared at the Sun
Cheng Yu-Chieh (Ta Men Tsai Pi Yeh Te Chien Yi Tien Pao Tsa, Taiwan 2011)
This delicious melodrama, bursting with twists that are shocking, terrible and often incredible unlikely, is the feature-length version of the popular television series of the same name. Read more...
October 13, 4:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Ye Zai
Tseng Ying-Ting (Ye-zai, Taiwan 2012)
Scrappy and taut, this film infiltrates the underworld of illegal immigration and those who exploit it, portraying a bounty hunter who is suddenly thrust into the position of the illegal employers he tracks down. Read more...
October 13, 9:30 pm and October 14, 12:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
A Brighter Summer Day
Edward Yang (Ku Ling Chieh Shao Nien Sha Jen Shih Chien, Taiwan 1991)
Never before released in the United States and unavailable on DVD, Edward Yang's extraordinary memory film follows rebellious teenager Xiao Si'r as he comes of age amidst rival street gangs and the "White Terror" which hunts of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang government. Read more...
October 14, 2:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Blowfish
Lee Chi-Yuarn (Hetun, Taiwan 2011)
From director Lee Chi-Yuam (an acclaimed poet in Taiwan) comes the story of Xiao-Zhun, who, when she catches her boyfriend cheating on her, decides to find a better home for her pet blowfish by offering it in an online auction. Read more...
October 14, 7:00 pm
New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
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