Wei’s 1999 feature debut About July (七月天) shows the director as an effective storyteller infused with a strong New Wave sensibility. The visuals are simple yet poignant and are able to convey the restless emotion in this coming-of-age story about a country boy.
Up-and-coming directors Lee Yun-chan (李芸嬋) and Cheng Hsiao-tse (程孝澤) will share their experiences in commercial moviemaking tomorrow at Eslite Xinyi Store. Experimental filmmaker and academic Tony Wu (吳俊輝) will examine the relationship between experimental filmmaking and contemporary art on May 12.
The festival runs until May 17, after which it will tour the rest of the country until the end of September.
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