Titled A Moment of Eternity (短暫即是永恆), the newest installment of the regular POP Cinema mini-festival treats local audiences to a rare selection of short films from Europe and Taiwan. Experimental filmmaking is highlighted in two Crossing Borders programs that feature fictional, non-fictional and animated works from countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Lithuania and Ireland. Films in the European Short sections were selected by the influential film magazine Cahiers du Cinema, or Notebooks on Cinema.
The lineup also includes rarely seen shorts by film masters such as Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard as well as programs focusing on the themes of love, loneliness, memory and music, horror and womanhood.
The festival opens today at SPOT — Taipei Film House (台北光點), 18, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段18號), and runs until June 17. Tickets are NT$150 (NT$90 for SPOT members and NT$100 for students) each, and books of 10 tickets are available for NT$1,000 (NT$800 for SPOT members and NT$900 for students). Tickets can be bought at SPOT, through NTCH ticketing outlets or online at www.artsticket.com.tw. Full program details are available at www.twfilm.org/eternity.
Photo courtesy of SPOT
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