Tsai Ming-Liang: Temporal Landscapes, Scene I (12A) + Q&A

A collection of short films presented as part of Asia Triennial Manchester’s Temporal Landscapes programme, celebrating award-winning director Tsai Ming-Liang.

Films in this programme: 
It’s a Dream (2007) - Shot in an abandoned cinema in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-Liang's home country, It's a Dream evokes the filmmaker’s earliest encounters with cinema and recalls the golden age of Asian film culture.

Madame Butterfly (2008) - Baozhu, a middle-aged woman from a small town, travels to Kuala Lumpur for a secret date with a man. The next morning, he disappears, leaving her with a large unpaid hotel bill.

No Form (2012) - Set in Taipei, No Form follows the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, as he slowly moves past the Ay-Chung Rice-Flour Noodle shop through the crowds of Shilin Night Market and into a stark white space.

The Night (2021) - In 2019, on a night after the Umbrella Movement, the landscape of everyday life in Hong Kong was no longer the same. Wandering through the streets of Causeway Bay, Tsai Ming-Liang captured the city’s rhythms and ambience, along with the quiet presence of an overpass. 

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

This event will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers.