Tsai Ming-liang Articles

Face by Tsai Ming-liang With nine nominations, including best film and best director, Hong Kong filmmaker Clara Law’s romantic fantasy Like a Dream (right) leads the 2009 Golden Horse Awards. Starring Daniel Wu and Yolanda Yuan (aka Quan Yuan), both of whom are up for acting awards, Like a Dream chronicles a man's search for a woman who keeps popping up in his dreams. Two [...]

2005 Berlin Film Festival Awards 2005 Berlin Film Festival: February 10–20, 2005 Photos: Andreas Teich, Richad Hübner, Ali Ghandtachi © Berlinale 2005   Golden Bear: Carmen e-Khayelitsha / Carmen in Khayelitsha by Marc Dornford-May Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear: Kong que / Peacock by Gu Changwei Silver Bear for Best Director: Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – [...]

"The body always plays an important role in my films," says Malaysian-born filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang. "You could say the body is the most beautiful thing we have or you could say it's the ugliest thing we have. We can sell bodies, we can adore or worship bodies." Set in an urban apartment house in the midst of a summertime drought, Tsai's made-in-Taiwan (with additional French [...]