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Tainan Film Center

Coordinates: 22°59′10.6″N 120°12′13.7″E / 22.986278°N 120.203806°E / 22.986278; 120.203806
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Tainan Film Center
臺南市南門電影書院
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LocationWest Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates22°59′10.6″N 120°12′13.7″E / 22.986278°N 120.203806°E / 22.986278; 120.203806
OwnerTainan National University of the Arts
OperatorTainan National University of the Arts
Typemovie theater
Construction
Built1932
Opened2002

The Tainan Film Center (traditional Chinese: 臺南市南門電影書院; simplified Chinese: 台南市南门电影书院; pinyin: Táinán Shì Nánmén Diànyǐng Shūyuàn) is a movie theater in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. The center is operated by the College of Sound and Image Arts of Tainan National University of the Arts.

History

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The building was originally constructed in 1932 as the Old Tainan Broadcasting Station as the southernmost radio station of Taiwan Hōsō Kyōkai during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. In 2001, the building was designated as historical monument by the Tainan City Government and converted into the Tainan Film Center in 2012.

Events

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The center regularly holds various cinema-related events such as film screenings, film exhibitions, conducting film-making courses and media literacy, film preservation promotions etc.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tainan Film Center". Tainan National University of the Arts. 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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