The Road Forward 4:45 – 6:25 pm | Sep 3rd ANNEX | Downtown Vancouver The Road Forward, a musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. The Road Forward’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed … Read more
Boluomi 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Sep 3rd Outdoor Stage | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Over the decades, the Malayan Communist Party fought a guerrilla war in the jungle for independence.When a baby was born during the war, they sent it out of the jungle to ensure its survival. Boluomi … Read more
《AriAri》&《Ita》 11:00 – 11:40 am | Sep 5th šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Watan Tusi, a choreographer from the Truku ethnic group in Taiwan, and Eko Supriyanto, an Indonesian choreographer, present a cultural exchange through two dance works, deconstructing different body languages and textures and examining contemporary diasporas and bonding. Eko … Read more
Squid Jigging Fishing Boat 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Sep 4th šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Every December to January, almost a hundred squid jigging fishing boats from Chienchen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to work at the Falkland Islands in the South … Read more
https://youtu.be/RKDU6trqlNAhttps://youtu.be/RKDU6trqlNA Insomniac Nights and an Aesthetics of Passivity: On Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker Series 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Sep 3rd Outdoor Stage | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Tsai Ming-liang’s eight-part Walker series (2012–2018) traverses performance art and film, internet video, and film festival-oriented cinema, held together by the itinerant figure … Read more
A Time To Swim 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Sep 3rd Outdoor Stage | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery In the suburbs of Montreal, Mutang Urud is a family man. But in Malaysia, he was a voice of resistance for the Indigenous peoples of Sarawak. A Time to Swim follows Mutang … Read more
Nothing But Culture 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Sep 5thšxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Economy and technology can improve the standard of living momentarily, but only culture and art can build up national identity and confidence—a distinct phenomenon especially observed in an immigrant society. When immigrants leave their home country for … Read more
Taste of Wild Tomato 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Sep 3rd Annex Kaohsiung served as an important military base under Japanese rule. The city suffered heavy casualties during the 228 Incident, in which civilians were violently suppressed by the government. The film shows how each individual is surviving and preserving their memories through the … Read more
Let Taiwan Be Taiwan 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Sep 3rd Outdoor Stage | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Activist Musician Illustration Artist Activist Musician Illustration Artist On the streets of Taipei, one lone Japanese man among a crowd of Taiwanese patriots proudly voices his support for Taiwan as a sovereign … Read more
Taiwanese Social Activism in Indonesia 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Sep 5thšxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk SquareNorth of the Vancouver Art Gallery In its history, the city of Semarang in Indonesia was visited by the famed mariner, diplomat, and court eunuch Zheng He during China’s early Ming dynasty. The city later became one of the most important colonial … Read more