London UK, 12/01/2009 Cinefest celebrates 2009 with Website launch
The Taiwan Cinefest London team has announced the launch of
the film festival’s 2009 website ahead of the festival’s opening on April 15th.
The new and improved website www.taiwancinefest.com,
will enable advance ticket bookings for paid screenings, festival programming
information and video feeds of director and actor interviews. There will also
be links to the official festival blog and other related social networking
sites.
The site will go live to the public on January 12th
2009.
One of the largest Taiwanese film festivals held in London in recent years,
the Cinefest will screen over 12 feature films, 2 documentaries and 6 short
films during its five day run. Additionally, there will be an opening and
closing VIP party, networking event and supplemental filmmaker panel
discussions. The festival will open on Wednesday April 15th and closing on
Sunday April 19th.
The Taiwan Cinefest is an independent non-profit
organization with a voluntary organizing team made up of practitioners from the
entertainment industry, academia and advertising who share an interest in
Taiwanese cinema and film industry.
For interested filmmakers, open submissions to the festival
will close on February 28th 2009.
Full festival schedule will be announced on March 4th with
tickets going on sale to the general public mid-March.
The Taiwan Cinefest is a new platform for up and coming Taiwanese filmmakers and to share and promote their work to an international audience. The five day festival which will kick off in April 2009 will include a UK feature premiere, several themed showcases, industry seminars and a gala VIP event.
The Taiwan Cinefest is a completely independent, editorially neutral, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to building support and appreciation for Taiwanese cinema here in the UK. The organising team are a group of volunteers made up of industry professionals, post-graduate students, academics and filmmakers.
Currently, the festival is working with several Taiwanese academic societies, UK based universities, members of the film industry and the private sector to help launch the Cinefest successfully in April.
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