- 11/13 - Three Times
- 11/14 - A City of Sadness
- 11/15 - Dust in the Wind
- Hou Hsiao-hsien Biography
- Maps & Parking
- Timeline of Taiwan History
Festival Info
FEATURED FILMMAKER
Hou Hsiao-hsien
This 2008 Taiwanese Film Exhibition at UT Austin is sponsored by the Austin Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office – Houston.
The Center for East Asian Studies, the Taiwanese Student Association, and the Department of Radio-Television-Film are co-sponsors for this event.
2008 Taiwanese Film Exhibition
NOVEMBER 13-15, 2008
The University of Texas at Austin
CMA Auditorium (CMA 2.320)
Three Times | City of Sadness | Dust in the Wind
Taiwan's New Wave Cinema, an exhibition featuring three films by award-winning director Hou Hsiao-Hsien (click here for biography), will open on Thursday, November 13th at 6:00 pm in the CMA Auditorium (CMA 2.320) with Three Times (2005). This film features three chronologically separate love stories - set in 1911, 1966, and 2005 - using the same lead actors. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The film exhibition will continue on Friday, November 14th at 6:00 pm in the CMA Auditorium with A City of Sadness (1989). This film follows a Taiwanese family from 1945 to 1949 as its members are caught up in violence and tragedy. The first piece of cinema to deal openly with the 228 Incident and government misdeeds on Taiwan after the island was returned to the Republic of China in 1945, A City of Sadness won the Golden Lion at the 1989 Venice Film Festival. A City of Sadness will be followed by a round-table discussion at 8:30 pm in the CMA Auditorium (CMA 2.320). The round-table will feature Mr. Kaiman Chang (UT-Austin), Dr. Lalitha Gopalan (UT-Austin), Dr. Peter Siegenthaler (Texas State University), and Dr. Jie Zhang (Trinity University). Dr. Tom Schatz (UT-Austin) will serve as moderator.
The film exhibition will conclude with Dust in the Wind (1986) on November 15th at 6:00 pm in the Auditorium (CMA 2.320). This film tells the story of two young lovers who move from their country town to Taipei…only to find that life in the big city is not what they thought it would be. Dust in the Wind won for “Best Camera” and “Best Music” at the Nantes Three Continents Festival.
For more information about Taiwan's New Wave Cinema, please contact Ms. Lishan Chang (Houston contact) at 713-961-9465 or lishanlorenzo@gmail.com.
