The producers of Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh and Queer East Film Festival are delighted to announce their first ever collaboration, TFFE x QEFF. The project sees 2 UK premieres -Nobody (2020), a debut feature film from director Lin Chun-hua which reveals the story of an elderly transsexual character, rarely explored in LGBTQ+ cinema, and The Shepherds (2018), a documentary by Elvis Lu charting the struggles of LGBTQ+ Christians in Taiwan, and the challenges they face in making their voices heard.
The 3 short films presented earlier this year by Taiwan FFE are brought back and presented alongside the two features. These are: Towards the Sun (2016), directed by Wang Yi-Ling, a moving story of an unlikely friendship, Chen He-Yu's The Busy Young Psychic (2013) focusing on a teenage girl with a special gift and A Taxi Driver (2018), directed by Chen Yen-Hong, a thrilling story of a man finally deciding to take control of his own life.
2020 saw the first Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh taking place digitally in September, attracting hundreds of film buffs from across the UK thanks to an ambitious programme, half of which were UK premieres, showcasing the fascinating story of Taiwanese cinema from the 60s up until now. Also in its first year, Queer East Film Festival takes place in a hybrid form of online and physical screenings between October 2020 and January 2021. QEFF is devoted to showcasing rarely seen LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia and it presents dozens of feature, short and documentary films.
All 5 titles are available to watch digitally between 30 October and 5 November at the link above.
