The Ministry of Culture & French Festival des 3 continents promotes Taiwan films internationally

The Centre Culturel de Taïwan à Paris (臺灣文化中心) collaborated with Festival des 3 continents to show three Taiwanese films, including “Days (日子)” directed by Tsai Ming-liang (蔡明亮), “The Teacher (我的靈魂是愛做的)” directed by Chen Ming-lang (陳敏郎), and the classic movie “A Summer at Grandpa's (冬冬的假期)” directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (侯孝賢).

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“A Summer at Grandpa's” directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. (Photo / Provided by the Three Continents Festival)

Three Taiwanese films will be screened according to different units. “Days” is in a special screening unit. In 2020, “Day” was nominated for the Best Feature Film at the Golden Horse Award and the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival. The film won the Teddy Award, this screening will be a premiere in France.

“The Teacher”, which was nominated for the Golden Horse Awards for Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress in 2019, is one of the highlights of this year's film festival. The film festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with the Produit au Sud and invited Director Chen Ming-lang to France for a post-screening seminar.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien's “A Summer at Grandpa's” was included in the classic & retrospective unit. It is expected that the three films will be screened 6 times.

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“The Teacher” directed by Chen Ming-lang. (Photo / Provided by the Swallow Wings Films Co., Ltd.)

Centre Culturel de Taïwan à Paris pointed out that because the Pandemic is still going strong worldwide, many film professionals are still unable to travel and participate in film festival activities.

The Centre Culturel de Taïwan à Paris and Festival des 3 continents specially invited Taiwanese director Chen Ming-lang to participate in the physical event of the film screening. It is hoped that through the film festival platform, the international visibility of Taiwanese directors and excellent Taiwan films will be increased.

Besides, Taiwanese producers and directors will be able to communicate with French professionals, learn from each other, and establish a network of potential cooperation.