The Early films of Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director Hou established himself as a major figure in world cinema with a series of ground-breaking and award-winning films such as A City of Sadness (1989), The Puppetmaster (1993) Millennium Mambo (2001) and The Assassin (2015). With a growing interest in New Taiwan Cinema figures such as Hou and Edward Yang, this seems the perfect time to offer audiences the opportunity to see some of the works that established Hou Hsiao-hsien as a major figure in Taiwanese cinema.

Download the season programme notes written by Fraser Elliot here.

HOME’s Hou Hsiao-hsien season will also be touring across the UK, bringing Taiwanese cinema to other UK cinemas. The tour is available in September and October 2023, screening in esteemed venues such as the Showroom Workstation – Sheffield, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Queen’s Film Theatre – Belfast and Glasgow Film Theatre. For more information and times, visit the respective venues’ websites. 

Curated by Andy Willis, Senior Visiting Curator at HOME in Manchester and Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford.

Screening as part of Taiwan Films at HOME, a season across 2023. With thanks to the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C.).