INDO CINE APPRECIATION FOUNDATION in association with TAIPEI Economic and Cultural Centre, Chennai are organizing a Taiwanese Film Festival on 8, 9 and 10th October 2018 at Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Chennai – 600 018
Venue : Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Chennai Date : 08th to 10th, October 2018
Set in 1980s Taiwan, after the end of military dictatorship, Monga centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. The narrator of the story, Mosquito, is invited to be a part of the gang after a silly fight over a chicken leg. Mosquito soon discovers that in this violent world things aren’t always what they seem. When a group of mainlanders attempt to take over Monga, the fragile balance over the district’s turf is threatened, friendship is tested, and loyalty is questioned. Wins: 7, Nominations: 12
2. PARTNERS IN CRIME | Gong fan | 2014 | Dir.: Jung-chi Chang | 9 October 2018 | 6:00 pm
On his way to high school, Huang witnesses the death of Chia, a teenager in their high school, along with Lin and Yeh, the other 2 students from their high school, whom Huang has never known before. Because of all different reasons, Huang, Yeh, and Lin start their own investigations in order to find out the truth for Chia’s death! Nominations: 3
3. GIRLFRIEND BOYFRIEND | 2012 | Dir.: Ya-che Yang | 9 October 2018 | 7:30 pm
When three rebellious students leave their hometown to pursue their lifelong dreams in the big city, their relationships start to face the pressures of real life as the 1980s Taiwanese socio-political reformation movement unfolds in the background. Wins: 6, Nominations: 19
4. HONEY PUPU | Xiao shi da kan | 2011 | Dir.: Hung-i Chen | 10 October 2018 | 6:00 pm
Overwhelmed by loss after her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, overnight radio DJ, Vicky (Tseng Peiyu), drifts through her life like it’s a dream, fixated on stories of the missing and the lost-stories she shares with her audience between moody selections of classical music. She attempts to solve the mystery of her boyfriend’s disappearance and stumbles across an online community. Wins: 3, Nominations: 3
5. SOUL (horror) | Shi hun | 2013 | Dir.: Mong-Hong Chung | 10 October 2018 | 7:45 pm
Au-chuan, a worker in a restaurant, suddenly begins to behave erratically. His co-workers are ordered by their boss to drive him back home to his father who runs an orchid farm in the mountains of Taiwan. There Au-chuan lies in bed unspeaking. His father returns to the house to find that Au-chuan has killed his sister Hsiao Yun and no longer knows who he is. Wins: 5, Nominations: 6
Venue : Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Chennai Date : 08th to 10th, October 2018
