Taiwan on Film : The Cultural Series of Taiwan

This collection of twelve short films from some of Taiwan’s most talented directors aims to bring to life the culture, traditions and lifestyles of the people living on the small island, which was fittingly called llha Formosa-or ‘beautiful island’ by early Portuguese explorers. They have been received well throughout the world, and have been awarded prizes at a variety of film festivals including the 2001 Houston Film Festival, the Columbus International Film Festival Award and the New York Questar International Film and Video Festival.

Through these award-winning films, we can explore the colourful history and practices of the Taiwan people. From rice-growing to tea-drinking, from modern attitudes towards women to ethnic festivities-these films give viewers an authentic flavour of today’s Taiwan whilst at the same time helping people to understand the origins of Taiwan ’s traditions. We believe that these films will prove to you that the millennia old Chinese culture is well preserved and flourishing on this often neglected island. You will also see how Taiwan has succeeded in engaging a variety of influences form the East and West and the old and modern.

The twelve films are:

• Food from the Heavens: Taiwan’s Rice Culture

• Tea: Taiwan’s Golden Treasure

• This Island Our Home: The Four Seasons of Taiwan

• Sounds of the Mountains, Dances of the Ocean: The Music and Dance of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples

• Juggling the Old and the New: Women in Modern Taiwan

• Taiwan’s Hakka People 

• West Meets East: The Story of Taiwan’s Foreign Residents

• Deep Love for the Native Soil

• A Dancing Feast: A Documentary on Taiwan Choreography

• Masters of the Snake Kilns: The Pottery Industry in Taiwan

• Wild Birds on Taiwan

• Treasures of the National Palace Museum: Embroidery and Tapestry

These films (in both English and Chinese) are available for loan on video tape. For more information please contact: Information Division of Taipei Representative Office on 020-7396-9152

	The aim of the "Invitation to Taiwan" project is to support a series of events related to Taiwan. It's purpose is to  increase the awareness of Taiwan and promote links with the U.K.. For further information, please contact the
Cultural Division, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. Suite 3, 73 / 75 Mortimer Street, London W1W 7SQ, U.K. b  Tel: 020 7436 5888   b   Fax: 020 7436 2605