Taiwanese Films at the SF International Film Fest

The Festival is proud to present Secret, directed by Jay Chou. Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou makes his directorial debut with this engaging romance about a pair of young music students (Chou and Kwai Lun-mei). This musical romance is set in an arts college, the Tamkang Secondary School (the director's alma mater), where a piano prodigy falls for a mysterious woman whom no one else at the university can see. This film screens on April 30 at 6:15PM and May 2 at 1:30PM at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and then again on May 4 at 9:00PM at the Clay Theatre. For more information: http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=72 Orz Boyz is directed by Gillies Ya-che Yang. Two mischievous and highly imaginative boys spend a hot Taiwanese summer scheming to enter the seaside kingdom of Orz and escape their troubled home lives in this bittersweet, often hilarious tale. As it turns out, we learn that the children want to stop being kids because their respective family situations create many difficulties and challenges for them. This film screens on May 3 at 12:45PM and May 5 at 9:30PM at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and May 6 at 3:45PM and May 8 at 5:45PM at the Clay Theatre. For more information: http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=64