Paris, Feb. 3 (CNA) The annual Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France features Taiwan this year, screening a total of 67 productions, including virtual reality works and short films created by Taiwanese university students.
WHEN CONFRONTED by a Japanese journalist about the scandal that haunted the previous Aichi Triennale, artistic director Kataoka Mami responded with: “This has been asked too many times,” and “Let the [current] exhibition speak for itself.” Leaving us “outsiders” stunned, these statements seemed calibrated to banish from our minds that now-distant conflict, when outrage over a sculpture commemorating Korean women enlisted into sexual slavery by the Japanese military forced the closure an entire section of the exhibition (ironically titled “After Freedom of Expression?”), let alone the myriad
WHEN CONFRONTED by a Japanese journalist about the scandal that haunted the previous Aichi Triennale, artistic director Kataoka Mami responded with: “This has been asked too many times,” and “Let the [current] exhibition speak for itself.” Leaving us “outsiders” stunned, these statements seemed calibrated to banish from our minds that now-distant conflict, when outrage over a sculpture commemorating Korean women enlisted into sexual slavery by the Japanese military forced the closure an entire section of the exhibition (ironically titled “After Freedom of Expression?”), let alone the myriad
/ Staff writer, with CNAA Taiwanese virtual reality (VR) film has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival’s Venice Immersive event.
Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) "The Man Who Couldn't Leave (無法離開的人)," a virtual reality film exploring Taiwan's White Terror period in the 1950s, has won the top prize at the Venice Immersive event at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) announced Sunday.