Archive for October, 2007

Taipei International Animation Festival - Part 3

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

I’ve been kinda slow, but I’ll be catching up with the review posts on the over 10 shows I went to during the Festival(!). My hope is that it may help somebody find more information about a film they’re going to see, or give people some titles of things to go look for.

Taipei Competition […]

Taiwan National Day Rehearsals

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Coming home on my scooter after watching an opposite-of-upbeat set of animations collectively titled “Abused“, I found that I was not able to take the usual roads home as a policeman was diverting eastbound traffic on Hankou St. to the north. There’s a lot of cops around and some military uniforms, so I get […]

Taipei International Animation Festival - Part 2

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Not in Taipei? Sucks to be you, but here is the chef lowdown on what was up on the screen. Chances are you may be able to find the stuff on YouTube or elsewhere depending on how the artist distributes the work.
Taipei Competition 2

The Ringmaster
This is the first of several films by […]

Taipei International Animation Festival - Part 1

Monday, October 1st, 2007

The Taipei International Animation Festival is in full swing, and right after work I zoomed down to the Shin Kong Cineplex (the map is a lie - it’s on the south side of that road) to catch 2 shows: Taiwan Competition 2 and Taiwan Competition 3. These are Taiwanese animations submitted for this year’s […]