Film Taiwan announces the decision to split this year’s Taiwan Film Festival in London in two parts. The first part will run in March and will showcase a series of moving images works from Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-Jen at the Tate Modern. The second part, due to run in September, will focus on a trailblazing programme of films from some of Taiwan’s best filmmakers. This will be followed by the first edition of the Taiwan Film Festival in Norway.

The decision is due partly to the unavailability of some of the Festival’s participants and also means the Festival’s entire film programme can run consecutively, ensuring a strong lineup of talent for the screenings in London and Norway.

Chen Chieh-Jen’s Reverberations programme includes artist talks at the Royal College of Art and Slade School of Fine Art, as well as two days of screenings, Q&A’s and a masterclass at the Tate Modern. These events will take place from 2 – 7 March.

Specific dates for the London film programme at the Curzon will be announced shortly.

The Taiwan Film Festival is Film Taiwan’s effort to showcase the talented and distinct cinematic voice of Taiwan through a programme of classic and new independent films. It also aims to provide opportunities for Taiwanese filmmakers and producers to showcase their works to UK and Nordic distributors with the goal of creating interactions between the countries.