Taiwan Film Festival Iceland 2019
Ofur Búdda + (The Great Buddha Plus)
Director: Huang Hsin-Yao
Iceland premiere ＋ Q&A
A story about some forgotten place or people in the southern Taiwan.
Aðeins Hafið Veit (Long Time No Sea)
Director: Heather Tsui
Iceland premiere
An impressive debut tells an uplifting, family-friendly tale from the indigenous Tao community of Taiwan
Guð Maður Hundur (God Man Dog)
Director: Chen Singing
Iceland premiere
The city-country conflict between the western part and the eastern part of the island appears as the “BOT Invasion” of the eastern coast led by real-state capitalists, and the farmers’ daily drive carrying the fruits from the rural east to urban markets in the west.
Hermenn Regnbogans : Seediq Bale (Warriors of Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
Director: Wei Te-Sheng
Iceland premiere + PreScreening drinks + Q&A with writer-director Wei Te-Sheng
Wei’s epic film reclaims an extraordinary episode about two races clashing in defense of their faiths, from 20th-century history which is little-known even in Taiwan.
Stuttmyndir frá Tævan (Taiwanese Short Films)
Director: various
A selection of Taiwanese experimental short films
Cape No. 7
Director: Wei Te-Sheng
Iceland premiere ＋ Q&A
Wei’s debut film is a big-hearted comedy and one of the most successful Taiwanese films ever.
KANO
Director: Wei Te-Sheng
Iceland premiere ＋ Q&A
Baseball is beloved and treasured by Taiwanese people. Kano tells the story about the first truly multiethnic baseball team in Taiwan under the colonial rule. It marked the starting point of baseball talent cultivation and local sport promotion.
Pusu Qhuni + Storytelling Workshop with Producer Wei Te-Sheng
Director: Tang Hsiang-Chu
Iceland premiere + Storytelling Workshop with producer Wei Te-Sheng + Bubble Tea served
Free, RSVP required
Featuring a wealth of documentation and narrative accounts by the descendants of the rebels, this film takes a rare look into the dark corners of the Wushe Incident: the Seediq people rising up against the oppressive rule of the Japanese government eighty years ago.