Featuring a pre-screening reception at 5:30 PM in the AFS Cinema lobby. The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng moderated by Austin King, Head of Submissions and Features Programmer at Fantastic Fest.

“The best film of the last 125 years.”
—Apichatpong Weerasethakul

On its final night, a fading Taipei movie theater screens the King Hu film DRAGON INN to a scattering of patrons, including two stars from the film, Miao Tien and Shih Chun, watching their younger selves. The theater’s manager (Chen Shiang-chyi) embarks on an almost mythical journey through its halls as Lee Kang-sheng lingers in its ghostly spaces.

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This program is made possible by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (Republic of China), with additional support provided by the Taiwan Academy of the Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Special thanks to our Airline Sponsor, EVA Airways.