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Open History

The New Rijksmuseum
Oeke HOOGENDIJK

Netherlands｜2014｜94 min｜Chinese/English Subtitles｜G

3/29 Sun. 19:30 ★Closing Film

 

The documentary is about the fascinating and complicated process of rebuilding the most famous museum in Holland, The Rijksmuseum. The film shows the people behind the  scenes  during  the  years  of  demolition,  restoration,  and  political  and  financial debate. Their efforts, joys and struggles have one goal in common: the love for art.

China Action

WEN Pulin

China｜1999｜57 min｜Chinese/English Subtitles｜R

3/28(Sat.) 13:00  ★ Taiwan Premiere

 

Beginning  WEN's  project  at  the  end  of  twentieth  century,  the  creation  represents  a comprehensive coverage of Chinese contemporary art. The film records the birth and development  of  performance  art  in  China  over  10  years,  as  well  as  its  impact  on contemporary art. It also reveals a reflection upon the artists themselves in addition to their  ideals  on  artistic  expression.  A  number  of  the  film  shots  and  sequences  have already become representative moments in the history of Chinese contemporary art.

Modeling Taiwan

HUANG Ting-Fu

Taiwan｜2000｜80 min｜Chinese Subtitles｜R

3/22(Sun.) 13:00  ☆Filmmaker in Attendance

 

This is a documentary of the lives and work of figure art models in Taiwan, recording 7 female figure models during work along with their true feelings. It shows their struggles to  shake  off  the  stereotype  of  how  they  are  looked  at  and  interpreted.  Despite  the pressures that they receive in a mainstream society, the models are searching for the rights to take back control of their own bodies and dignity.

Songs Way Back When

TSAO Wen-Jay

Taiwan｜1999｜56 min｜Chinese Subtitles｜G

3/20(Fri.) 19:00  ☆Filmmaker in Attendance

 

With  respect  to  the  earliest  pop  songs  in  Taiwan,  these  should  not  be  ignored:  Bāng Chhun-hong (Spring Breeze), Rainy Night Flower, and Moonlight Sorrow. This film races the 1930s in Taiwan, when a record label had been established by a Japanese, who employed  hot  singers  like  HONG  Yi-fong  and  WEN  Hsia.  The  interviews  contain the celebrities and broadcasting in good old days so that the audiences are able to follow up the history of Taiwanese pop songs over 80 years, and reflect on detailed ordinary lives in generations.

The Legend of Fat Mama

Rafeeq ELLIAS

India｜2005｜25 min｜Chinese/English Subtitles｜G

3/14(Sat.) 17:00   ★Taiwan Premiere  ☆Filmmaker in Attendance

 

The tragicomedy of the Chinese community in Calcutta begins with a nostalgic journey in search of a woman who once made the most delicious noodles in the Chinatown. A variety  of  scenes  are  interwoven  in  the  film:  thriving  street  food,  fading  family-run eateries, ahjong clubs in uproar, and the first female lion dance team preparing for the Chinese New Year. The Legend of Fat Mama had been broadcasted in over 200 countries and won multiple awards around the world.

Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn

Rafeeq ELLIAS

India｜2015｜30 min｜Chinese/English Subtitles｜G

3/14(Sat) 17:00  ★World Premiere  ☆Filmmaker in Attendance

 

History repeated itself after the war between India and China that occurred in 1962. Nearly 5,000 ethnic Chinese who had resided in Calcutta for centuries were rounded up  and  taken  to  northeastern  India,  the  camps  in  Deoli,  Rajasthan.  Years  after  the release, many Indian Chinese immigrated overseas to North America, Europe and the Far East ––principally to Canada. Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn is a film about the Chinese diasporic memoirs.

Beyond the Borderline

LEE Meng-Jer

Taiwan｜2000｜40 min｜Chinese Subtitles｜G

3/22(Sun.) 19:00 

 

This film shows the history of the Jingzhong 1st Military Dependents' Village shot in the year  1997  until  the  dismantlement  in  the  year  2000.  Seeking  the  locals  related  to director's classmates from elementary school, the film touches on the ordinary lives in transition,  such  as  work  and  marriage.  Under  the  lens,  an  inevitable  relocation arrangement would never take away countless nostalgic gazes from their lost streets.  

Foot Print

WU Ping-Hai

Taiwan｜2015｜38min｜Chinese/English Subtitles｜G

3/22(Sun.) 19:00  ★World Premiere  ☆Filmmaker in Attendance

 

Foot  Print  tells  the  story  of  fading  lives  in  Jian-guo  2nd  military  dependents'  village. Most of the Residents were from China, served military along with their families during WWII  and  civil  war  between  KMT  and  CCP  in  China.  Those  were  the  days  KMT 

defeated and longed to recover the lost territory in Mainland China. As time goes by, everything has changed. This documentary focuses on the veteran YEN Dingyuan and his  family.  Through  their  memories.  It  traces  back  to  Shandong  (China),  Chiayi (Taiwan), and the KMT's defeat by Chinese communists after WWII.

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