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Taiwanese Comics to be Featured at Comic-Con@Home 2020 Despite the Coronavirus Impact |
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not dampened the enthusiasm of comic book fans for the much-anticipated debut of Comic-Con@Home 2020, an online format of the world comics convention, Comic-Con International: San Diego. Scheduled on July 22-26, 2020, Comic-Con@Home not only features the Online Exhibit showcasing contents from a great cross-section of exhibitors, but also presents over 350 panels. As one of the exhibitors, Taiwan will display 10 original fantasy comic works from local artists. In addition, Taiwanese manga artist Ponjea will share his experiences about content creation and production at a Comic-Con@Home panel with the theme "Travel Through Time with Comics" at 18:00 PDT on July 24th 2020 (9:00 Taiwan Time on July 25th 2020). Viewers are invited to access the panel through the Comic-Con YouTube channel at https://www.comic-con.org/cciathome/2020/video/t0rsBYUw1HA. Be sure to stay tuned on time and don’t miss out any exciting content! For more information, please visit the official website of Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles: https://la.us.taiwan.culture.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=999&s=24798.
The Comic-Con@Home Online Exhibit Hall will go live on July 22. Please join us on time and find the Taiwan Exhibit (#Booth 5524) for various Taiwanese contents! For more exciting content and the latest updates from the Taiwan Exhibit (Booth# 5524), please visit https://www.comic-con.org/cci
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Seen and Heard: Filmmaking, Storytelling, and the Asian-American Identity |
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The 4th Annual Taiwanese American Film Festival (TAFF) launches its 2nd Outreach Event with webinar: “Seen and Heard: Filmmaking, Storytelling, and the Asian-American Identity” followed by its first outreach virtual talk show “So What Now?!” held in May. The webinar will be streaming on Facebook Live and YouTube at 2:00 PM PT on Saturday, July 25th, 2020. Moderated by Cindy Lu (executive director of TAFF), the webinar will explore the cultural history of Asian-American filmmakers past and present. The panelists will reflect on how we can encourage the Asian American community through filmmaking to value our unique origins and tell these authentic stories boldly. For more information regarding the webinar, please visit the official TAFF Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/tafilmfestival. The guest panelists will feature sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen, Taiwanese-American actor Kenny Leu, and film producer Jason C. Lin.
With support from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C) and Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, the 4th Annual Taiwanese American Film Festival (TAFF) is held by Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles (TAP-LA) this October. TAFF has proudly held three successful years of events, scouting top emerging talent and bridging generations and cultures, as a platform for diverse storytelling, serving as the only showcase in the U.S. of films and multimedia by Taiwanese and Taiwanese American filmmakers. |
2020 Cathay Arts Festival: Cloud Gate Online - LIN HWAI-MIN: A RETROSPECTIVE |
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Since 1996, with strong support from Cathay Financial Holdings, Cloud Gate has been hosting annual outdoor performances around Taiwan, attracting tens of thousands of audiences each year. This year, 2020, is its 25th anniversary and the event will be online show. Welcome to enjoy watching the first ever online broadcast of 2019 celebration of LIN HWAI-MIN: A RETROSPECTIVE! For more information: https://www.cloudgate.org.tw/en/cg/node/475
[Date and Time]
Available from July 19th Sun 05:00 am to July 25th Sat 05:00 am PDT
(July 19th 08:00 pm to July 25th 08:00 pm Taipei Time)
[Live Streaming Link]
Cloud Gate YouTube：http://cloudgate2020.piee.pw/RZ929
Cloud Gate Vimeo：https://cloudgate2020.pse.is/RQWLL |
Taiwan Season Online Symposium 2020: Connecting with Taiwan |
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Launched in 2014, the Taiwan Season has become a hot tip at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by showcasing a wealth of dance, theatre and live performance. This year, responding to the challenge of COVID-19, the organisers have cooked up a virtual programme of cultural close encounters. Spread across 16 sessions (including four repeats) from Tuesday 4 to Friday 28 August, the online symposium is a thrice-weekly series of scintillating artist interviews (Tuesdays, 5:00–5:45 am PDT / 1:00–1:45 pm UK Time) and in-depth webinars (Wednesdays and Fridays, 5:00–8:00 am PDT /1:00–3:00 pm UK Time). For more information, please visit https://sites.google.com/view/taiwanseason-edinfringe.
Each session will be recorded and made available as a video resource on the Taiwan Season youtube channels. |
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