April 1-2
Harvard University
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
S010 & S030 Tsai Auditorium
S010 & S030 Tsai Auditorium
April 4-6
Taiwan Academy in New York
1 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212.697.6188 Web: www.tpecc.org
April 10-11
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures,
contact Professor Weijie Song
43 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
April 12-13
University of Pennsylvania,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Center for East Asian Studies
847 Williams Hall, 255 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Tel: 215.898.7466 Web: www.sas.upenn.edu/ealc
April 16-17
Duke University
Griffith Theatre (Bryan University Center)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
Program in the Arts of the Moving Image
2204 Erwin Road, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Tel: 919.668.2603 Web: asianmideast.duke.edu
Since taking on the biennial Taiwan International Documentary Festival(TIDF) in 2006, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts has been committed to promoting documentary films and presenting the film genre to the general public with excellent results and feedback. In 2012, Taipei Cultural Center collaborates with the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts to introduce and share outstanding documentaries by touring the winner and nominated films of Taiwanese directors at Harvard University, Rutgers, the state University of New Jersey, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, and Taiwan Academy. The goal is to display the diversity of Taiwan to the U.S. audience, encourage exchange of ideals, as well as initiate critical discussions about the issues raised in the films. A series of post-screening discussions with film directors have also been scheduled.
The 2012 Taiwan Documentary Film Screening Tour will feature a selection of films from 2008 and 2010's TIDF, including Hand in Hand (2010) by Yen Lan-chuan and Juang Yi-tzeng; Avoiding Vision (2010) by Chen Yuan-chen; Teletubbies in Taipei: Workers Against Privatisation (2010) by Kuo Ming-chu; My Fancy High Heels (2010) by Ho Chao-ti; Let The Wind Carry Me (2009) by Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Punleung; Hard Good Life 2 (2008) by Hsu Hui- Ju; They are flying (2008) by Huang Chia- Chun; An Exposure of Affected hospital(2007) by Chu Hsien-Che; and Somewhere over the Cloud (2007) by Hsiao Mei-Ling.