Taiwan Cinefest

The Taiwan Cinefest was an annual Taiwanese film festival held in London over a three to five day period from 2009 to 2012. Associated events were held in Glasgow in 2010 and Paris in 2012. The screenings took place in rented cinemas and included feature-length films as well as short films and documentaries over a range of genres and subjects.

Cinefest was founded by British independent film producer, Steven Flynn. His aims were for the festival to be financially self-supporting but non profit-seeking, and independent of outside commercial and governmental influence. Costs were recouped largely through ticket sales and to a lesser extent by commercial sponsorship monies, along with some subsidy provided by the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom. Flynn had to financially support the venture personally in its initial year.^[1]

Festival Edition Summary[edit]

March 17–21 (London) & March 23–31 (Glasgow)[edit]

Sorry, I Love You (U premiere)
A Place of One's Own (UK premiere)
Island Etude
How Are You Dad? (UK premiere)
Yang Yang

April 15–19, 2009[edit]

Films screened:

Cape No. 7
Winds of September
What on Earth Have i Done!? (UK premiere)
Parking (Opening Night)
My So-Called Love (UK premiere)
The Most Distant Course (Closing Night) (UK premiere)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ Robinson, Luke (2017), Berry, Chris; Robinson, Luke (eds.), "Sole Traders, Cultural Brokers, and Chinese-Language Film Festivals in the United Kingdom: The London Taiwan Cinefest and the Chinese Visual Festival", Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of Translation, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 193–213, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-55016-3_10, ISBN 978-1-137-55016-3, retrieved 9 May 2023
^ "A Place of One's Own – Review | Jade Screen: The Asian Action Movie Magazine & Screen Power: Jackie Chan Magazine". Screen-power.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ "倫敦台灣電影節林育賢獲好評". YouTube. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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^ BBC英伦网子川. "BBC UKChina - 音视图片 - 视频：伦敦台湾电影节新锐导演访谈". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

External links[edit]

"A Place of One's Own – Review | Jade Screen: The Asian Action Movie Magazine & Screen Power: Jackie Chan Magazine". Screen-power.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
"倫敦台灣電影節林育賢獲好評". YouTube. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
[2]^{[dead link]}
BBC英伦网子川. "BBC UKChina - 音视图片 - 视频：伦敦台湾电影节新锐导演访谈". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[1] Robinson, Luke (2017), Berry, Chris; Robinson, Luke (eds.), "Sole Traders, Cultural Brokers, and Chinese-Language Film Festivals in the United Kingdom: The London Taiwan Cinefest and the Chinese Visual Festival", Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of Translation, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 193–213, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-55016-3_10, ISBN 978-1-137-55016-3, retrieved 9 May 2023

[2] "A Place of One's Own – Review | Jade Screen: The Asian Action Movie Magazine & Screen Power: Jackie Chan Magazine". Screen-power.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[3] "倫敦台灣電影節林育賢獲好評". YouTube. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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[5] BBC英伦网子川. "BBC UKChina - 音视图片 - 视频：伦敦台湾电影节新锐导演访谈". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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