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Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh

18 September – 27 September 2020

A City Called Dragon
A City Called Dragon

The inaugural edition of the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh took place online because of the Covid-19 pandemic. All films were free to access and the festival also included live Q&A sessions with the director and producer of Out/Marriage, Nguyen Kim Hong and Tsai Tsung lung and the director of The Mountain, Su Hung-En, plus a panel discussion with three film curators sharing their expertise on Taiwanese cinema: Chris Berry, Wafa Ghermani, Wang Yi.

The festival took place from 18 to 27 September.

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Latest reviews

  • The Husband's Secret
    Review preview for The Husband's Secret

    Important those these themes are, they're presented in a manner so wildly over the top that in places it verges on comedy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Life becomes complicated when a woman tries to help her friend, a single mother, without realising that the friend had an affair with her husband before they were married.
  • Out/Marriage
    Review preview for Out/Marriage

    There's a lot of subtext here, especially around the sense of entitlement that accompanies Taiwanese masculinity and the habituated low self esteem of the women.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about women who have experienced immigration and failed marriage.
  • A City Called Dragon
    Review preview for A City Called Dragon

    In many respects it resembles a Cold War thriller, but set under the Manchu dynasty in the 17th Century with all the trappings of classic wuxia.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A woman undertakes a dangerous journey to join her comrade in Dragon City, a military base controlled by the Jin regime, to find a map showing the deployment of the resistance army against the northern invaders.
  • The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
    Review preview for The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell

    Jin makes a strong lead and the romance is nicely developed, feeling like something organic despite the short time in which it emerges.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young woman investigates the mysterious death of her sister.
  • Ice Poison
    Review preview for Ice Poison

    With the pacing so glacial, the predictable story is likely to prove fatal for all but the most patient viewers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A young farmer becomes a drugs courier in a bid to make ends meet.
  • God Man Dog
    Review preview for God Man Dog

    A charming and worthwhile festival film.

    Chris · 2.5 out of 5
    Multi-strand emotional drama.

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