Forever Love

Once upon a time, Taiwan had a Hollywood.

Taiwanese-minnan movies will be popular, if all the Taiwanese filmmakers make Taiwanese films in Taiwan.

During the golden age of Taiwanese-minnan cinema, the Beitou District was nicknamed “Taiwan’s Hollywood”. When grandpa recounts profoundly to Hsiao-Jie that he “was the most famous script writer of the time”, although Hsiao-Jie didn’t believe him but she couldn’t help but wonder about the past. Hsiao-Jie’s grandma is suffering from memory loss and cannot tell the difference between reality and dream. Grandma keeps confusing Hsiao-Jie to be Jin-Yue-Feng, a movie star during the golden age and the partner of famous actor, Wan-Bao-Long. Hsiao-Jie is puzzled by her grandma repeating stories about the old days? As she digs deeper through grandpa’s story, she finds an intricate story of love and dreams in Taiwan’s Hollywood during the golden 60’s.

Color / Mandarin & Taiwanese / Mandarin & English Subtitles / 124 min / 2014

Sept. 14 (Mon) 6:00 PM – Sept. 16 (Wed) 6:00 PM (PDT) (Canada only)

Director Biography

Toyoharu Kitamura

Born in Japan in 1974, Toyoharu Kitamura graduated from the Department of Motion Picture, National Taiwan University of Arts. He has settled in Taiwan with slash careers as director and actor. He is an expert in romantic comedies and a productive director in film and television. His film works include Love You 10,000 Years, Forever Love and more. In 2017, he was nominated for Best Director in the Golden Bell Awards with his Television Series Love of Sandstorm (Q series), Taiwan. Besides, he has been performing in the Taiwanese film and television industry for more than two decades. His cameo appearances in well-known Taiwanese films are Cape No. 7 and The Tenants Downstairs.

Aozaru Shiao

Aozaru Shiao studied at the Department of Motion Picture, National Taiwan University of Arts and graduated from the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts. His most well-known film is Wake Up, a dual winner in Golden Bell Awards of Best Mini-Series/TV Movie and Best Directing for a Mini-Series/TV Movie. His other works include Legion X, Forever Love, and Dream Flight, etc.