Queer East Festival 2024
17 — 28 April
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Days
Taiwan, 2020

Feature, Focus Taiwan,
Directed by
Tsai Ming-Liang
Running time
127 min mins

Kang lives alone in a big house, from which he looks out onto the treetops lashed by wind and rain. Non lives in a small apartment in Bangkok, where he methodically prepares traditional dishes from his native village. When Kang meets Non, gentle caresses soothe their pain and loneliness as they find consolation in each other. Acclaimed director Tsai Ming-Liang’s experimental feature extends the boundaries of abstract realism, distilling his subtle cinematic language into its purest form. Days won multiple awards at major film festivals internationally, including the Teddy Jury Award at the 70th Berlinale. Kang is played by the magnetic Lee Kang-Sheng, who once again allows us to engage with the passage of time in all its painstaking richness.

London: The screening is followed by an online Q&A with the director Tsai Ming-Liang.


Director Bio



Tsai Ming-Liang is a Malaysian-born Taiwanese filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. Narrative and dialogue are often absent in his films, which are composed of slow and long takes, focusing on desire, emptiness and loneliness. His films have won numerous awards including at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals.

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This screening is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.

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