Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival (4/1-4/10)

WHAT: The Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2011 (金馬奇幻影展)

WHEN AND WHERE: Today to April 10 at the Shin Kong Cineplex (新光影城), 4F, 36 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路36號4樓)

ADMISSION: NT$160 per screening (NT$699 for a book of five), available at the door or from 7-Eleven ibon kiosks

ON THE NET:http://www.ghfff.org.tw

From today’s Taipei Times:

[quote]Clapping, shouting out and singing along are usually frowned upon at art-house film festivals — but not at the Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival (金馬奇幻影展). Celebrating its second edition this year, the extension of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (台北金馬影展) embraces B movies, cult films and genre flicks in an attempt to “change the way people watch movies” and “emancipate audiences from the orthodox festival experience,” according to festival director Wen Tien-hsiang (聞天祥).[/quote] Read more here.


Also in Hsinchu from April 8 to April 17.