The Asian Art Centre in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius is currently presenting a free, weeklong film series introducing Taiwan and its people through the eyes of documentary filmmakers.

The exhibition, titled “Independent Taiwanese Documentary,” is being held Nov. 3-9 at Vilnius’ Skalvija Cinema Center, and features a lineup of nine films dating from the 1960s to the present.

The exhibition kicked off on Thursday with a screening of director Hung Chun-hsiu’s (洪淳修) new film “Remember Me,” (金門留念), which follows the stories of three people from various backgrounds on Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen islands.

Other films in the event’s lineup include the 1960s short documentaries “The Mountain” (上山) and “A Morning in Taipei” (台北之晨), as well as “Me and My Condemned Son,” (我的兒子是死刑犯), which centers on three death row prisoners, and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (拔一條河), regarding the aftermath of Kaohsiung’s Aug. 8, 2009 flood disaster.

Meanwhile, the exhibition also includes two recent documentaries on environmental topics — “Black Bear Forest” (黑熊森林) and “Whale Island” (男人與他的海), and two films about Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples: “Millets Back Home” (好久不見德拉奇) and “Hang in There, Kids!” (只要我長大).

In addition to films, the event will also feature lectures on Taiwanese history, politics and cinema by Vilnius University faculty members Balys Astrauskas and Konstantinas Andrijauskas, and by Chen Pin-chuan (陳斌全), head of the cultural division of Taiwan’s representative office in the U.K.

All film screenings have free admission and are presented with subtitles in English and Lithuanian.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel