The Diplomat
Under the title “Edward Yang. Four Taiwanese Stories”, the director of the Filmoteca de Catalunya, Esteve Riambau, the director of the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain, Augusta Chang, and the film specialist Pin-Chuan Chen inaugurated last Tuesday, 12 September, the cycle dedicated to the Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang, which will remain at the Filmoteca de Catalunya, in Barcelona, until 24 September.
The film “In Our Time”, from 1982, was presented with some moving words by Esteve Riambau, highlighting the historical and artistic value of the filmography of Edward Yang, a pioneer of the New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema movement.
The cycle will be completed by a selection of his most emblematic films. In addition to “In Our Time” (1982), “Taipei Story” (1985), “Terrorizers” (1986), and “Yi Yi” (2000) will be screened.
More information, times and tickets at: https://www.filmoteca.cat/web/ca/cicle/edward-yang-quatre-histories-taiwaneses.
