POW! WOW! Taiwan to host Art War Q&A

To make the film Art War, director Marco Wilms spent two years working closely with the graffiti artists of Cairo during the violence and uncertainty of the Arab Spring of 2011 and 2012. For Urban Nomad’s screening in Taipei on May 16, we’ve invited the organizer of the biggest local street art event Pow! Wow! Taiwan Larry Chen to host the Q&A.

Urban Nomad ranked as one of Taiwan’s Top 10 Film Festivals

Urban Nomad was recently ranked among Taiwan’s top 10 film festivals, according to data analysis of Internet sentiment as expressed by users on Facebook, PTT, and thousands of Taiwanese websites in a survey conducted by DailyView.tw. Urban Nomad made the list even though DailyView used the wrong Chinese characters in their search terms — possibly biasing the data. Hey, that’s OK! We still made the list and they gave us a really nice write-up:

Touring Schedule: Taichung (6/16 – 7/16)

2015 Touring Schedule: Taichung Special Rock n Roll Film Night: Lamb of God: As the Palaces Burn Time: 6/26 (Fri) 20:00 Place: TADA Ark Address: #362, Sec 3, Fuxing Rd, Taichung Ticket: $200 (limited to 400 tickets) — free entry for Heart Town Festival VIP ticket holders Purchase Tickets: 華娛售票系統 Location: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Address:…

2015 Urban Nomad in Photos

The Taipei leg of the Urban Nomad Film Fest came to a close on May 17, closing five weekends of events. So far, it has been Urban Nomad’s most successful year yet, with more than 20 international film directors, producers, festival organizers and musicians traveling to Taiwan for festival events and the festival’s strongest ever film…