When Edward Yang passed away last year, aged 59, the world lost one of the great modernist filmmakers. In this tribute we present all seven features made by the Taiwanese New Wave director, including his masterpiece A Brighter Summer Day, presented in its rarely seen, definitive four-hour version. Read an essay on Edward Yang by Keeto Lam HERE.

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Feature Films

	A ONE AND A TWO (YI YI) (M) (Taiwan, Japan, 173 min) "As I watched... Yi Yi [A One and A Two] through bleary eyes, I struggled to identify the overpowering feeling that was making me tear up. Was it grief? Joy? Mirth? Yes, I decided, it was all of thes… More >
	BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, A (Taiwan, 240 min) "This film is so uncommonly good that Yang's other very impressive works pale beside it." - Chicago Reader… Often spoken of in terms of ‘genius' and even ‘one of the greatest films … More >
	CONFUCIAN CONFUSION, A (Taiwan, 125 min) "Sleek, chic and hysterical, the film owes more to Preston Sturges than Michelangelo Antonioni." - Cinematheque Ontario… Set over a couple of frenetic days in a Taipei entertainment corporation… More >
	MAHJONG (Taiwan, 121 min) “Yang’s angriest and most provocative film, and also probably the one that’s elicited the most anger from viewers, especially in the West.” – Chicago ReaderConsisting of… More >
	TAIPEI STORY (PG) (Taiwan, 117 min) “[A] quietly stunning drama which sees the various problems facing a rapidly modernised city reflected in the lives of a dozen or so subtly observed characters.” – Time OutStarring … More >
	TERRORIZER, THE (M) (Taiwan, 109 min) “The film suggests that we all have our ways of ‘terrorizing’ each other, and that we’d all like our lives to be as coherent and resolved as fiction. Yang reaches high, and hi… More >
	THAT DAY, ON THE BEACH (M) (Taiwan, 167 min) “The subtlety of Yang and [actress Sylvia] Chang merge together to form an irresistible emotional force.” – Toronto International Film FestivalThe award-winning debut feature of Aus… More >

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