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The Aleph Festival of Arts and Science Premier The Cell by B.DANCE |
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The Cell, a short dance film produced by B.DANCE’s choreographer Po Cheng Tsai and filmmaker Meng Hsueh Ho, has been selected for the seventh edition of The Aleph Festival of Arts and Science. The film will have its Mexican premiere on May 19th and 20th, with both artists in attendance for a post-screening Q&A session, where they will discuss the concept behind their creative collaborations. In addition to the two film screening events, choreographer Po Cheng Tsai will also lead a master workshop for the dancers of Danza Juvenil Universitaria. For more information, please visit: https://festivalelaleph.com/
Event Information - May 19th, Friday at 7:00 PM (CST) at Espacio X, Centro Cultural de España en México https://festivalelaleph.com/programacion/evento/508/ - May 20th, Saturday at 4:30 PM (CST) at Sala Carlos Chávez (UNAM) https://festivalelaleph.com/programacion/evento/515/ |
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Taiwanese films Gaga, Coo-Coo 43, and Demigod: The Legend Begins are selected to screen in SIFF 2023 |
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The 2023 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will run from May 11th to 21st. The festival will showcase a variety of films, including the Golden Horse Award-winning Taiwanese movies Gaga and Coo-Coo 43, which received recognition for Best Director and Best Feature, respectively. Additionally, the festival will present Demigod: The Legend Begins, which was awarded Best Animation at the Taipei Film Festival. After the screening of Gaga, the director Laha Mebow will be present to participate in a Q&A session.
Gaga is a film that portrays the challenges faced by a multigenerational Atayal family's struggle with integrating modern values with their deeply rooted traditional Gaga beliefs. In contrast, Coo-Coo 43 is a somber drama that tells a compelling story of a family who makes a living through the Chinese pastime of pigeon racing. DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins is a thrilling fantasy film that employs captivating Taiwanese puppetry to depict the journey of Su Hua-Jen, a skilled martial artist, as he navigates through nefarious plots, perilous situations involving life and death, and inner conflicts. These three Taiwanese films have been selected to be part of several programs, including Asia Crossroads, cINeDIGENOUS, and WTF (Wild, Terrifying, Fantastic) this year, which highlights the various facets of Taiwanese film.
SIFF will screen 264 films from 74 countries, with online streaming to follow from May 22 to May 28. For more details, please visit: https://www.siff.net/festival/programs-2023. |
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Maybe Nothing to Do with Love by Yuan Chiung-Chiung Selected for the 2023 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program: Literature from Taiwan |
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Enshia Li was chosen as the mentee out of 18 applicants for the 2023 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for "Literature from Taiwan," which was initiated by ALTA's collaboration with the Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. She is from Toronto, Canada, and graduated from Stanford University in 2022 with an undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies and English Literature. She intends to work on the translation of Maybe Nothing to Do with Love (或許，與愛無關)by Taiwanese writer Yuan Chiung-Chiung. Enshia expresses her interest in the work because she “loves the way Yuan subverts narrative convention to arrive at a fresh look at romance in the contemporary world”. She especially appreciates how the author “foregrounds the everyday characters and experiences that are often trivialized and overlooked and treats them as illuminating subjects of human inquiry.”
Enshia will receive 9-month close working relationship with the American translator Steve Bradbury as her mentor. The mentorship will conclude with a presentation of her translation work at the annual ALTA conference in the fall of 2023.
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