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For the 9th year in a row, the San Diego Asian Film Festival presents the Taiwan Film Showcase, the largest annual presentation of Taiwanese cinema outside of Asia. Every year, the Showcase highlights the diversity of perspectives, languages, stories, and genres by filmmakers in Taiwan today.

TAIWAN SHOWCASE

After Life

ARCHIVING TIME

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Film ARCHIVING TIME Directed by Lu Yuan-chi Film restorationists at the Taiwan Film Institute walk us through the process of re-discovering and re-juvenating a national…
Masters

DAYS

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Film DAYS Directed by Tsai Ming-liang One man encounters another in Thailand. Tsai Ming-liang’s wordless meditation to the fleeting beauty of everyday details and…
Asia Pop!

SDAFF Drive-In! presents GET THE HELL OUT

Film SDAFF Drive-In! presents GET THE HELL OUT Directed by Wang I-Fan In this horror comedy, a zombie outbreak unleashes mayhem on the Taiwan parliament and unlikely heroes emerge, as…
After Life

THE HUSBAND’S SECRET

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Film THE HUSBAND’S SECRET Directed by Lin Tuan-chiu A husband can't tell his wife that her old classmate is his ex-lover, in this fiery Taiwanese-language melodrama.
Masters

LOVE AND DEATH IN MONTMARTRE

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Film LOVE AND DEATH IN MONTMARTRE Directed by Evans Chan This fantasy romance/real-life documentary reveals the story, secrets, and longings of Qiu Miaojin, a lesbian Taiwanese writer who…
Invisible Waves

NOBODY

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Film NOBODY Directed by Lin Chun-Hua A strange, elderly tailor with secrets befriends a young girl intent on exposing her unfaithful father in this…
Invisible Waves

THE REASON WHY I’M HOME.

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Film THE REASON WHY I’M HOME. Directed by Chang Ming Yu Chen-yun returns home for the first time in five years to deal with the fallout of her estranged…
Shorts

SHORTS: TAIWAN <‐> AMERICA

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Program SHORTS: TAIWAN <‐> AMERICA Americans in Taiwan, Taiwanese in America, and all the messy, awkward, and sentimental combinations of familial and cinematic…

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