Saturday, Apr 11, 2009 8:32PM / Members only

Cape No 7

Taiwan. Dir. Wei Te Sheng. 129 mins. Colour.
Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles

As entertaining and enjoyable as moviemaking gets, Cape No. 7 is Taiwan's reigning local box office champ, and is gaining much attention from neighboring Asian territories. First-time director Wei Te Sheng delivers an undeniable crowd pleaser, chockfull of humor, romance, nostalgia, and wonderfully quirky characters. Cape No. 7 was nominated for seven awards at the 45th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Featuring appearances by Taiwanese singers Shino Lin and Rachel Liang, and Japanese singer Atari Kosuke, in a special dual role.

Date: Thursday April 16th

Time: 3.30pm

Venue: The Coronet Cinema, Notting Hill

Box Office: http://www.taiwancinefest.co.uk/epages/es118129.sf

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Taiwan Cinefest Full Schedule Line Up for April 15th Launch/ 正式推出台灣電影節完整節目表

Saturday, Mar 21, 2009 10:24PM / Members only

London UK, 11/03/2009
Taiwan Cinefest Full Schedule Line Up for April 15th Launch

The London Taiwan Cinefest has announced the full film line up for the 2009 edition to be held in central London commencing on April 15th through to April 19th.The six feature films head lining the festival include “Parking”, which premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard section, steamy romance “My So-Called Love”, box office smash “Cape No 7”, multi-award winner “The Most Distant Course”, off-beat comedy “What on Earth Have I Done?!” and teen heart-throb drama “Winds of September”. Joining the film line-up will also be classic documentaries “Taipei Bohemians” tracking the lives of several struggling Taipei artists and “Jump Boys!” a popular favorite investigating the lives of five and six year old athletes in Taiwan.

Additionally, on Friday April 17th the festival will unveil 10 short film UK premieres at the inaugural Young Taiwanese Filmmaker Showcase.

The box office for advance ticket sales is now open at www.taiwancinefest.co.uk

“Parking” will be screened at the Coronet Cinema in Notting Hill with the remaining feature films being screened at Westbourne Studios.

Free entry is offered for the documentary and Young Filmmaker Showcase although advance reservation is recommended at [email protected]

For more information please contact

Cinefest media office

Festival director

Steven Flynn

Tel: 07932364665

Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong relations officer

Tracy Chau

Tel: 07794094522

Email: [email protected]

Media relations officer

Antony Fung

Tel: 07888663031

Email: [email protected]

Taiwan relations officer

Christine Yu Ting

Tel: 07735007177

Email: [email protected]

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正式推出台灣電影節完整節目表

英國倫敦－2009年3月11號

　　2009年台灣電影節將於四月十五號至四月十九號於倫敦舉行，而完整的活動節目表已正式推出。其中包含六部劇情片：曾在坎城影展「Un Certain Regard」單元中嶄露頭角的「停車」、愛情浪漫片「愛的發聲練習」、在台灣極賣座的「海角七號」、多項電影獎項得主「最遙遠的距離」、另類喜劇片「情非得已之生存之道」以及使年輕的心悸動的「九降風」。

　　除了以上六部劇情片，這次的電影節中還將播放兩部相當經典的記錄片，一部是記錄一群為生活奮鬥的台北藝術家的「台北波西米亞」，而另一部紀錄片則是關於一群五至六歲的小小運動家如何成長與練習的「翻滾吧！男孩」。

　　此外，在4月17號星期五的「年輕台灣電影製作人」放映單元中，還將在英國首映十部新生代導演的短片作品，歡迎對台灣新秀電影有興趣的觀眾朋友們前往觀賞。

　　欲在網上訂購電影票的觀眾朋友們可前往此網站購買預售票www.taiwancinefest.co.uk。您也可以與電影節工作人員連絡，並直接向他們進行購票程序。

　　記錄片以及年輕電影製作人短片開放免費入場，只需將您的姓名寄至此信箱[email protected]，我們將為您保留席次，歡迎大家共襄盛舉。

若您對我們的影展有任何指教或疑問，請與以下人員連絡：

影展總監 (英文)

Steven Flynn

電話 07932364665

e-mail: [email protected]

香港聯絡人 (中文)　　

Tracy Chau

電話 07794094522 　

e-mail: [email protected]

英國聯絡人 (英文)

Antony Fung

電話07888663031

e-mail: [email protected]

台灣聯絡人 (中文)

Christine Yu Ting

電話 07735007177

e-mail: [email protected]

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Cinefest Announces Opening Night Screening & London Premiere of “Parking”/ “停車”—影展開幕夜影片&英國首映

Friday, Mar 6, 2009 1:01AM / Members only

London, UK – 20^th February 2009

Mong-Hong Chung’s “Parking” has been selected to open the 1^st edition of the 2009 Taiwan Cinefest. A festival sensation in 2008 and a premiere for London, “Parking” first screened in Europe at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. It has since be a staple around the festival circuit gathering critical praise along the way.

Joining the festival line up will be Li Ding’s “My So Called Love”, a steamy and contemporary romance starring Barbie Hsu and produced by Hsu Li Kong, who partnered with Ang Lee in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". More films and the complete screening line-up will be announced at the end of February.

The Taiwan Cinefest is one of the largest independent and London-based, Taiwanese film festivals of recent years. During its five days it will screen a selection of hit contemporary feature films, documentaries, panel discussions and the Young Filmmaker Showcase bringing the best of up and coming new Taiwanese talent to an international audience.

Advance tickets will go on sale to the general public from March 5^th 2009, and can be bought online at www.taiwancinefest.com

The Taiwan Cinefest is an independent non-profit organization with a voluntary organizing team made up of practitioners from the entertainment industry, academia and advertising who share an interest in Taiwanese cinema and film industry. For further information their official website is available at www.taiwancinefest.com, additionally audience/ film makers can contact a member of the media office shown below.

For more information please contact

Cinefest media office

Festival director

Steven Flynn

Tel: 07932364665

Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong relations officer

Tracy Chau

Tel: 07794094522

Email: [email protected]

Media relations officer

Antony Fung

Tel: 07888663031

Email: [email protected]

Taiwan relations officer

Christine Yu Ting

Tel: 07735007177

Email: [email protected]

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英國倫敦- 2009年2月20號

　　由鍾孟宏導演執導的“停車”已被選為2009年倫敦台灣電影節的開幕電影。在2008年轟動數個電影展並且將在倫敦首映的“停車”，曾在歐洲坎城影展播出部分片段。於此之後更在電影界中聚焦了群眾的目光以及電影評論者高度的讚賞。

　　此外，在本次電影節精彩的節目安排中，我們還將播放“愛的發聲練習”。這部描述當代的浪漫愛情故事的電影是由李鼎導演執導及徐熙緩主演，而曾經在“臥虎藏龍”與李安導演合作過的徐立功則為本片的監製。

　　除了以上所述的兩部電影，我們還將播放許多精采絕倫的台灣電影，完整的影展節目表將於二月底正式發布。預售票的訂票服務將於3月5號開始公開發售﹐可在www.taiwancinefest.com進行網上訂購或直接與工作人員購買。

　　2009年倫敦台灣電影節為近年來最巨型的台灣電影節。在本次影展五日的節目安排中，我們將播出經過精心挑選的台灣熱門電影、紀錄片，前來欣賞電影的觀眾還可以參與專題討論會。另外，電影節還將播出由台灣新生代導演製作的短片，將台灣新秀電影製作人介紹給國際閱聽大眾認識。

　　本次的倫敦台灣電影節是一個獨立經營且非營利的自願性組織，由來自娛樂圈、學術界以及廣告界人士所組成，這些成員們都對台灣電影有著高度的興趣以及執著。歡迎前往電影節官方網站www.taiwancinefest.com。

若您對我們的影展有任何指教或疑問，請與以下人員連絡：

影展總監 (英文)

Steven Flynn

電話 07932364665

e-mail: [email protected]

香港聯絡人 (中文)　　

Tracy Chau

電話 07794094522 　

e-mail: [email protected]

英國聯絡人 (英文)

Antony Fung

電話07888663031

e-mail: [email protected]

台灣聯絡人 (中文)

Christine Yu Ting

電話 07735007177

e-mail: [email protected]

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Cinefest celebrates 2009 with Website Launch/ 倫敦台灣電影節發布新網站迎接2009年

Friday, Jan 23, 2009 1:23AM / Members only

London UK, 12/01/2009
Cinefest celebrates 2009 with Website launch

The Taiwan Cinefest London team has announced the launch of the film festival’s 2009 website ahead of the festival’s opening on April 15th. The new and improved website www.taiwancinefest.com, will enable advance ticket bookings for paid screenings, festival programming information and video feeds of director and actor interviews. There will also be links to the official festival blog and other related social networking sites.

The site will go live to the public on January 12th 2009.

One of the largest Taiwanese film festivals held in London in recent years, the Cinefest will screen over 12 feature films, 2 documentaries and 6 short films during its five day run. Additionally, there will be an opening and closing VIP party, networking event and supplemental filmmaker panel discussions. The festival will open on Wednesday April 15th and closing on Sunday April 19th.

For interested filmmakers, open submissions to the festival will close on February 28th 2009.

Full festival schedule will be announced on March 4th with tickets going on sale to the general public mid-March.

For more information please contact

Cinefest media office

Festival director

Steven Flynn

Tel: 07932364665

Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong relations officer

Tracy Chau

Tel: 07794094522

Email: [email protected]

Media relations officer

Antony Fung

Tel: 07888663031

Email: [email protected]

Taiwan relations officer

Christine Yu Ting

Tel: 07735007177

Email: [email protected]

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英國倫敦2009年1月12號

　　本次電影節將為近幾年來在倫敦最巨型的台灣電影節，影展訂於2009年4月15號 至19號舉行。而我們的官方網站於2009年1月12號正式重新發布，改版後的官方網站將陸續增加更多服務內容如：訂票服務、活動節目表查詢、導演及演員的訪問片段、影展的網誌以及其他相關連結等。.

　在這五日的公開活動中，我們將放映十二部影片，其中包含兩部紀錄片以及六部短片等。此外，在影展期間，我們將舉行開幕以及閉幕典禮招待VIP來賓，而其他活動還包含了電影製作人的專題討論會以及提供觀眾互動討論的節目。電影節詳細的活動流程將會在 2009年3月4號 公佈，而門票將在 3月中旬公開販售。

　　本次台灣電影節是一個獨立經營且非營利的自願性組織，由來自娛樂圈、學術界以及廣告界人士所組成，這些成員們都對台灣電影有著高度的興趣以及執著。為了將本次電影節籌辦得更成功更盛大，我們誠心邀請台灣的電影製作單位共襄盛舉，讓世界聽到台灣的聲音。有興趣的朋友們能在 2009年2月28號 前投片參展，我們希望藉由本次電影節，可以讓來自不同國度的閱聽人一起享受咱們的台灣電影。.

若您對我們的影展有任何指教或疑問，請與以下人員連絡：

影展總監 (英文)

Steven Flynn

電話 07932364665

e-mail: [email protected]

香港聯絡人 (中文)　　

Tracy Chau

電話 07794094522 　

e-mail: [email protected]

英國聯絡人 (英文)

Antony Fung

電話07888663031

e-mail: [email protected]

台灣聯絡人 (中文)

Christine Yu Ting

電話 07735007177

e-mail: [email protected]

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The Taiwan Cinefest is a new platform for up and coming Taiwanese filmmakers and to share and promote their work to an international audience...
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The Taiwan Cinefest is a new platform for up and coming Taiwanese filmmakers and to share and promote their work to an international audience. The five day festival which will kick off in April 2009 will include a UK feature premiere, several themed showcases, industry seminars and a gala VIP event.

The Taiwan Cinefest is a completely independent, editorially neutral, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to building support and appreciation for Taiwanese cinema here in the UK. The organising team are a group of volunteers made up of industry professionals, post-graduate students, academics and filmmakers.

Currently, the festival is working with several Taiwanese academic societies, UK based universities, members of the film industry and the private sector to help launch the Cinefest successfully in April.
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