(Variety) The Taipei Film Festival has set "A Journey in Spring" as the Taiwan flagbearer in its international competition section. Directed by Peng Tzu-hui and Wang Ping-wen, the film was shot on Super 16 mm film stock and stars King Jieh-wen and Yang Kuei-mei. The festival runs June 21-July 6 at the Zhongshan Hall, Vieshow Cinema Xinyi and SPOT-Huashan Cinemas.
Its other competition titles include: "Beyond the Fog," by Murase Daichi; "Brief History of a Family," by Lin Jianjie; "Encounters," by Dmitry Moiseev; "The Featherweight," by Robert Kolodny; "Foremost by Night," by Víctor Iriarte; "Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person," by Ariane Louis-Seize; "My Sunshine," by Okuyama Hiroshi; "Scream," by Kenzhebek Shaikakov; and "Who Do I Belong To," by Meryam Joobeur.
The winners of the new talent competition will be decided by a jury that is headed by mainland Chinese director and multiple Berlinale Silver Bear winner Wang Xiaoshuai. Other jurors include Taiwan actor and director Kai Ko, festival selector, Lim Cheng-Sim, Laha Mebow, the director who won the 2016 Taipei Film Award Grand Prize for "Lokah Laqi" and Sadai Yuji, producer on "Drive My Car."
Source: Variety by By Patrick Frater May 27, 2024 4:00am PT
