“North America’s premiere showcase for Japanese film” (Firefox News), JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema is back! In its seventh season, with 10 days of screenings and over 20 titles, JAPAN CUTS 2013 presents the roughest, sharpest, and smoothest of today’s cutting-edge Japanese film scene, encompassing bigger-than-life blockbusters, high-concept art house titles, moving and provoking documentaries, delirious rom-coms, refined melodramas and a handful of UFOs—unidentified film objects. Taking place from July 11 to 21, JAPAN CUTS 2013 again dovetails with the New York Asian Film Festival (in its 12th edition, June 28-July 15), which co-presents 12 films from July 11-14. [Read More]

The much anticipated New York Asian Film Festival announced this year’s program, and Taiwan’s THE ROOFTOP is selected as Closing Night Presentation. Along with this Jay Chou film, acclaimed contemporary film titles from Taiwan including WHEN WOLF FALLS IN LOVE WITH A SHEEP (directed by Hou Chi-Jan) and FOREVER LOVE (by Aozaru Shiao, Kitamura Toyoharu ) will also feature the festival. Director Hou Chi-Jan and director Aozaru Shiao will attend the after-screening talks. [Read More]

The Ministry of Culture, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York proudly presents Horizon Realm: Contemporary Art from Taiwan, an exhibition held at Tenri Cultural Institute, 43a West 13th Street, NYC from July 11th through August 9th, 2013 with an Opening Reception on July 11th, 2013 from 6-8PM. [Read More]