Fifth annual Taiwan film festival - Delaware Art Museum

Hanlin Chinese Culture Association is pleased to present the fifth annual Taiwan Film Festival, co-sponsored by the Delaware Art Museum, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, and Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, Taiwan. The festival, scheduled for Sunday, September 8, 15, and 22, will include four exciting feature films and an enlightening documentary (all movies include English subtitles). All films are free to the public and will be shown in the DuPont Auditorium at the Delaware Art Museum.

Film ScheduleSeptember 8:

1:00 p.m. -- Opening remarks by Taini Hsu, Executive Director, Hanlin Chinese Culture Association
1:15 p.m. -- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011, 150 minutes). Director: Wei Te-Sheng.

This epic film offers a unique retelling of an extraordinary and little-known episode from 20th-century history. Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a Japanese colony inhabited by both Han Chinese immigrants and the remnants of the aboriginal tribes who first settled the land. In 1930 Mouna Rudo, the leader of one of these Seediq tribes, forged a coalition with other Seediq tribal heads and plotted a rebellion against their Japanese colonial masters.

September 15:

1:00 p.m. -- Money and Honey (2011, 96 minutes). Director: Jasmine Lee Ching Hui.

Money and Honey intimately portrays the lives of Filipino migrant workers and the elders in a nursing home in Taipei. On this foreign island, the female caregivers look after the aging residents. In the flow of life, stories of joy and sorrow take place. What's the price they pay for love and bread? Will their dreams ever come true?

2:45 p.m. -- Taiwanese Opera Maestro in Taiwan: Liao Chiung chih (2011, 45 min). Director: Fu Chi Chung.

This documentary tells the story of the famous opera actress Liao, who won the National Cultural Award of the ROC (Taiwan)--the highest award given to those who have made extraordinary contributions in arts and cultural fields.

September 22:

1:00 p.m. -- A Year in the Clouds (2011, 90 minutes). Directors: Dean Johnson and Frank Smith.

High in the mountains of Taiwan is the remote village of Smangus. Inhabited by a unique group of indigenous people called the Tayal, Smangus is the only place in Taiwan that now practices common ownership of land and property. This is a place where nature and man have found balance. The film, directed by British directors Dean Johnson and Frank Smith, shows the different kinds of dignity and attitude toward life displayed by traditional indigenous people when they encounter modern civilization.

2:45 p.m. -- Ebb and Flow (2011, 60 minutes). Director: Ke Chin-Yuan.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) once considered the expansive tidal flats connecting the Dadu and Zhuoshui River estuaries in southeastern Taiwan as one of Asia's most significant wetland areas. This area was once one of Taiwan's most important bird habitats but the passage of time has increasingly distanced local fishing villages from the sea and its sustenance.

About HanlinHanlin Chinese Culture Association (HCCA) is a non-profit organization serving the communities in the Delaware Valley Area. The mission of the Hanlin Chinese Culture Association is to promote Chinese art and culture to the public. For more information, visit hanlincca.org

Organizers and SponsorsCo-Sponsors include the Delaware Art Museum, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, and Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, Taiwan.

This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

About the Delaware Art MuseumFounded in 1912, the Delaware Art Museum is best known for its large collection of works by Wilmington native Howard Pyle and fellow American illustrators, a major collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, and urban landscapes by John Sloan and his circle. Visitors can also enjoy the outdoor Copeland Sculpture Garden and a number of special exhibitions throughout the year.

The Delaware Art Museum, located at 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806, is open Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday noon - 4:00 p.m. Admission fees are charged as follows: Adults (19-59) $12, Seniors (60+) $10, Students (with valid ID) $6, Youth (7-18) $6, and Children (6 and under) free. Admission fees are waived every Sunday thanks to support from generous individuals. For more information, call 302-571-9590 or 866-232-3714 (toll free), or visit the website at delart.org.

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