
礦客飾物所 Miners’
Jewelry
Tokyo band playing post-hardcore, techno and contemporary jazz
Mathrock, digital beats, heavy metal. Japanese digital rock duo Metalchicks was formed in 2000, by indie rock band Buffalo Daughter’s guitarist suGar Yoshinaga and OOIOO/ DMBQ’s drummer Yuka Yoshimura, aiming to play aggressive heavy rock with only women in the band.
Go Go Rise plays a sort of Taiwanese version of J-Rock (Japanese rock), fusing what they consider to be pop punk and modern rock sensibilities for hot blooded tunes that packs a punch live.
Canadian roots & soul singer-bandleader with a crazy smooth voice and eternally positive vibe.
“No one can deny the absolute power of rock trio Pakk … these guys have found a way to fill even the biggest venues with more sound than they can possibly contain.” – Rock ‘N Seoul
Two-time Red Bull 3style Taiwan finalist with the amazing ability to forever fold the past into the present. Playing DJ with and the Taiwan Twerk Team.
Born in 1986 in Chiayi, Taiwan, Betty Apple comes from a younger generation of avant-garde artists in Taiwan, and is equally at home in contemporary art spaces and underground techno clubs, where she regularly DJs.
U.TA, a dim flare glows enigmatically from afar a mist, hazing over a dreamy state under musical variations glitter here and there, emanates sounds that explore life and death with ceremonial-like compositions.
Vinyl DJ for 60s garage punk, psychedelic rock, fuzz tunes, Japanese garage
A range of funk and soul styles featuring 4-part harmonies that take inspiration from George Clinton, Marvin Gaye, and Steely Dan
DJ, producer of 4 solo albums, music activist, teacher, vinyl collector, Red Bull Academy Bass Camp alumnus
Esoteric, mathematical, athletic, noisy and brutal, spearheaded by Upsilon Acrux guitarist Paul Lai
OPENING FILM: Founded in London by four teen girls in 1976, the Slits were the world’s first all girl punk rock group. They toured with The Clash and made the Sex Pistols look like “choir boys.” (William Badgley / 2017 / UK / Taiwan premier / Q&A)
CLOSING FILM: Taiwanese performance artist Yang Chin-chih has built an exceptional career in New York over the last three decades, playing the part of victim of environmental catastrophe in large public performances. (Huang Ming-chuan / 2017 / Taiwan / Taipei premier / Q&A)
Lead singer for the heavy metal band Chthonic, Freddy Lim, was recently elected to Taiwan’s legislature. This documentary follows his transformation from rock star to politician. (Marco Wilms / 2018 / Germany, Taiwan / Q&A)
A surf board by Peter Way, New Zealand’s first national champion in 1963, washes up on a beach. Thus begins a quest to learn about Kiwi surfing and the man who shaped this piece of surfing history. (Luke Cameron / 2017 / Taiwan / Asia Premier / Q&A)
A video mix-tape that journeys across the American indie music landscape, paying homage to the DIY spirit and asking basic questions about the nature of independence and music. (Nicole Wegner / 2017 / Germany / Taiwan premier / Q&A)
The “original goth girl”, Nico lived a second life after Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground. Hers is the story of a fallen star, and a quest for redemption. (Susanna Nicchiarelli / 2017 / Italy, Belgium / Taiwan premier)
A weird and savage journey into the heart of underground Tokyo rock and roll scene and the DIY ethic that keeps it thriving. (Mario Cuzic / 2016 / Japan)
British punk duo Sleaford Mods have been called “the voice of Britain” by their fans, “Britain’s angriest band” by the Guardian and “The world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band” by Iggy Pop. (Christine Franz / 2017 / Germany)
A Slovenian protest turns to revolt, and the audience is invited into the decision making process. Do you peacefully occupy? Or storm the barricades? (Milton Guillen, Maple Razsa / 2017 / USA, Slovenia / Special interactive screening)
Former French porn star Ovidie investigates the new “Monsanto of porn” and how technology has completely transformed the porn industry. (Ovidie / 2017 / France)
What is radicalism in the digital age? This documentary embeds itself with a new breed of anarchists who use digital technologies, from the 3D-printed gun to Dark Wallet. (Adam Bhala Lough / 2017 / USA)
A critically acclaimed experimental film of the absurd and frightening, all shot from dashboard cameras in Russia. (Dmitrii Kalashnikov / 2016 / Belarus)
A multi-award winning personal video memoire of the Arab Spring in Syria from 2011 to 2013, beginning with hopeful protest and spiraling into civil war and death. (Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon / 2016 / Denmark)
One of the biggest surf films in recent years, this doc tracks the remarkable life and legendary career of big wave surfer and oddball athlete Laird Hamilton. (Rory Kennedy/2017/US)
When Iggy Pop narrates read Michel Houellebecq’s essay “To Stay Alive”, he realized it was his own life story. Here they collaborate to adapt the essay into a movie. (Arno Hagers, et al / 2016 / The Netherlands, Belgium)
Andres Veiel / 2017 / Germany
Joseph Beuys, arguably the most important post-WWII European artist of the 20th century, shown in his full confrontational glory.
This is the story of graffiti, before graffiti was art. A look into wall tagging as the origin of an art form. (Roger Gastman / 2016 / US / with POW!WOW! Taiwan)
She ignited the UK punk movement with Sex Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren, then continued to redefine British fashion for more than 40 years. (Lorna Tucker / 2018 / UK)
A cold-blooded love affair between two Warsaw artists, in which not only their lives become intertwined, but their art as well. (Lukasz Ronduda / 2017 / Poland)
A beautifully animated and very modern coming of age story of a girl in South America, adapted from the highly popular graphic novel by Power Paola. (Santiago Caicedo / 2017 / Colombia)
A quirky lesbian relationship comedy and a millennial satire on wannabe artists and identity politics starring Korean-American comedienne Vivien Bang. (Daryl Wein / 2018 / US)
4 short films were produced as a team effort by local filmmakers especially for this program at 2018 Urban Nomad.