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- Where: Taipei, Taoyuan, Hualien
When: May 23-26, 2013FILM FORWARD begins a program in Taiwan for the first year in collaboration with American Institute, Taiwan and CNEX, non-profit organization devoted to the production and promotion of documentaries related to the Chinese people. Filmmakers Jeff Orlowski of Chasing Ice and Patricia Riggen of Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) travel with FILM FORWARD to Taipei, Taoyuan, and Hualien providing screenings, workshops and Q&A sessions in each location.
Chasing Ice follows acclaimed photographer, James Balog, and reveals visually stunning time-lapse videos of vanishing glaciers, delivering fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet. Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) tells the story of the unbreakable bond between mother and child even across thousands of miles as little Carlitos embarks on an extraordinary journey to find his mother.
In addition to Chasing Ice and Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), the program will screen five other FILM FORWARD films including Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, The Light In Her Eyes, The Loving Story, Town of Runners, and Valley of Saints.
Schedule Of EventsWednesday, May 22
7:30pm: Town of Runners
Hosted by Sundance Channel Global
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
Thursday, May 23
7:30pm: Valley of Saints
Hosted by Sundance Channel Global
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
Friday, May 24
7:30pm: Chasing Ice
Director Jeff Orlowski will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
Saturday, May 25
10:00am: Sundance Forum
A conversation about independent film
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei11:00am: The Loving Story
Hualien Theater, Hualien
2:00pm: Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Director Patricia Riggen will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
2:00pm: The Loving Story
National Central University, Taoyuan
2:00pm: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Hualien Theater, Hualien
4:00pm: Chasing Ice
Director Jeff Orlowski will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
National Central University, Taoyuan
4:30pm: The Light In Her Eyes
Hualien Theater, Hualien
7:00pm: Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Director Patricia Riggen will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
National Central University, Taoyuan
7:00pm: The Loving Story
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
7:30pm: Valley of Saints
Hualien Theater, Hualien
Sunday, May 26
11:00am: Chasing Ice
Director Jeff Orlowski will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
Hualien Theater, Hualien
2:00pm: Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Director Patricia Riggen will be in attendance for Q&A following the film
Hualien Theater, Hualien
2:00pm: The Light In Her Eyes
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
2:00pm: Town of Runners
National Central University, Taoyuan
4:00pm: The Light In Her Eyes
National Central University, Taoyuan
7:00pm: Town of Runners
Hualien Theater, Hualien
7:00pm: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Taipei New Horizon Art House, Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei
7:00pm: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
National Central University, Taoyuan -
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Program Collaborators
CNEX
CNEX is the short form of “Chinese Next”. CNEX is a non-profit organization founded by a group of professionals, from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, who are passionate about Chinese culture. It is devoted to the production and promotion of documentaries related to the Chinese people. CNEX provides a platform of supports for and exchanges among Chinese documentary filmmakers by organizing and coordinating international cultural activities, both of independent initiatives or securing supports from governments. It aims to help more professionals in the effort of preserving cultures of Chinese communities, in the forms of visual and audio documents. CNEX hopes to establish and develop a library of global Chinese nonfiction work, and to enhance a sustainable strategy for the contemporary Chinese documentary making.The American Institute in Taiwan
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is a non-profit, private corporation established shortly after the United States Government changed its diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing on January 1, 1979. The Taiwan Relations Act of April 10, 1979, authorized the continuation of "commercial, cultural and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan." It also provided that "any programs, transactions, or other relations conducted or carried out by the President or any Agency of the United States Government with respect to Taiwan shall, in the manner and to the extent directed by the President, be conducted and carried out by or through the American Institute in Taiwan." The Department of State, through a contract with the Institute, provides a large part of AIT's funding and guidance in its operations. Congress, in passing the Taiwan Relations Act, also assumed an oversight role with respect to the Institute's operations.This program is generously supported by Sundance Channel Global.
