TECO to screen TAIPEI EXCHANGES on October 29
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Film Institute, will present the Taiwanese feature film Taipei Exchanges on Wednesday, October 29th at 7 pm at the River Building Theatre, Carleton University (43 Campus Avenue). The movie, with English subtitles, is open to the general public free of charge.Taipei Exchanges (第36個故事), directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan (蕭雅全), is a movie set in Taipei that explores the theme of the intrinsic value of things. In a city where commercial activity dominates daily life, the movie imagines an alternative economy of barter, storytelling and dreaming.
Described by the Taipei Times as a "surprisingly sweet, romantic portrait of Taipei where capitalism is superseded by a barter economy", Taipei Exchanges won the Audience Award and Best Music at the 2010 Taipei Film Festival and Best Original Film Song at the 47th Golden Horse Awards.
Venue and transportation information:
Taipei Exchanges will be presented in the River Building Theatre, 43 Campus Avenue at Carleton University. Please see map here: http://carleton.ca/campus/map/#
Carleton University is easily accessible by many bus routes (#4, #7, and #117). If you are coming by the Transitway, take any O-Train south or north to the 'Carleton' stop, which puts you right on Campus Avenue. The O-Train stop is a mere 2 minute walk to the River Building.
There is paid parking both inside the River Building, as well as beside the building in Parking Lot P-2B. Please see parking map here: http://carleton.ca/parking/wp-content/uploads/parking-map.pdf
