Did you know regular filmmaking on Taiwan only started in the 1950s? With a Taiwanese-language film industry? 1,000-plus Taiwanese-language features were made up to the 1970s. But the budgets were miniscule, the companies short-lived, and there was no archive. They were quickly forgotten, and only 200-plus survive.
Now, Taiwan’s lost commercial cinema is being recovered and restored by the Taiwan Film Institute.
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Taiwan’s Lost Commerical Cinema: The History of Taiyupian 台語片
From Mon 22 Nov - Wed 1 Dec we will be screening three feature films made during Taiwan's film industry boom, spanning from the 1950s…
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Cinema
Tarzan and the Treasure
During World War Two, two Japanese army soldiers, Fan from Macau and Zheng from Taiwan, observe the Japanese hiding treasure in the mountains of Malaya.…
Cinema
Six Suspects
There are five suspects in the murder of a private detective, but all of them have alibis. Just when the police seem to have hit…
Cinema
Foolish Bride, Naïve Bridegroom
This zany 1960s romantic comedy is living proof that Taiwan was turning out films every bit as hilarious as Sorry That I Fell in Love…