Chang Tso-chi
Renowned director CHANG Tso-chi (1961, Taiwan) studied film and drama at the Chinese Culture University and worked as assistant director for Hou Hsiao-hsien, who is a visible influence on his work. In 1993 he founded his own production company in Taipei. His feature Ah Chung was selected for the Tiger Awards Competition in 1997. His movies, like The Best of Times, When Love Comes and Thanatos, Drunk, were selected for international film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin. Synapses was the opening film of the Taiwanese Golden Horse Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection) Chung Tsai/Ah Chung (1996), Hei an zhi guang/Darkness and Light (1999), Mei li shi guang/The Best of Times (2002), Hu die/Soul of a Demon (2008), Ba… ni hao ma/How Are You, Dad? (2009), When Love Comes (2010), A Time in Quchi (2013), Thanatos, Drunk (2015), Synapses (2019)
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Chang Tso-chi op IFFR
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Darkness and Light
Chang Tso-chi | 102' | Taiwan | -
Kang-yi helps her blind father in his massage salon. She meets Ah Ping, the son of one of his customers and a member of a… -
The Best of Times
Chang Tso-chi | 111' | Taiwan | -
About the desire for status and power of Taiwanese teenagers in the fringe of the criminal underworld. Moving and poetic film makes dreams come true… -
Synapses
Chang Tso-chi | 119' | Taiwan | International premiere
Melancholy Taiwanese family drama about the meaning and function of memories and the indestructibility of family ties. -
When Love Comes
Chang Tso-chi | 107' | Taiwan | None
There are good reasons why women are the boss in this warmly observed film, widely regarded as his best, by Chang Tso-chi (in the Tiger… -
Chung Tsai
Chang Tso-chi | 97' | Taiwan | -
Ambitious low-budget film concentrates on the perils of the teenager Ah Cung and his family in the slums of Taipei.