中文Urban Nomad Closing Party
Films vs. DJs! Come party!
Panels & Special Events
Music Video Directors’ Forum
Can a great video save a crappy song? A discussion of recent Taiwan indie music videos across the genre spectrum.
Panel: Taiwan Film Funding
A discussion about community art centers departing from the work of Patrick Wang, including the relationship between art, community, politics and economics.
Panel: Art & Community
A discussion about community art centers departing from the work of Patrick Wang, including the relationship between art, community, politics and economics.
Panel: 50 Years After Woodstock
On the legacy of the 1960s, as applied to three continents! WIth John Head (dir. Jimi Hendrix), Fermin Muguruza and others.
Fermin Muguruza: Ska Night!
Legendary ska punk singer from the Basque Countries of Spain performs with Balkazar. Bring your Urban Nomad ticket or ticket stub for FREE ENTRY!
In Character
A cast of Chinese millennial actors are forced by an eccentric film director to relive the Cultural Revolution
Milford Graves Full Mantis
A “jazz movie” about a founding pioneer of early 1960s of avant-garde jazz
Films & Program Sections
Shorts 3: Until the Chongqing Building Collapses
7 short films from Urban Nomad’s 2019 competition.
Shorts 4: Minstrels of the South
Films about Taiwan’s classic songs and contemporary music festivals
Punks From Afar
A punk band from Jinan travels thousands of kilometers through China and Taiwan
Black Mother
A spiritual journey through Jamaica’s history, identity and above all its people
Breaking Habits
A group of self-declared nuns endure gunfights, gangs, and cops to grow weed in California’s Central Valley
Under the Wire
The last dispatches of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, and why she risked her life to tell the truth
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place
Ken Kesey’s legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip of 1964
Stammering Ballad
A folk singer from China’s Gansu Province confronts fame and the disappearance of country life
In Character
A cast of Chinese millennial actors are forced by an eccentric film director to relive the Cultural Revolution
Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale
Outside of time, a teen hooker, lo-fi cowboy and mute drifter cross a white desert to experience the final gig of their mysterious rockstar hero.
A Bread Factory, Part Two
An art community center is invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers.
A Bread Factory, Part One
A community art center must fight for survival after celebrity artists from China move into their neighborhood
Milford Graves Full Mantis
A “jazz movie” about a founding pioneer of early 1960s of avant-garde jazz
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
The story of most important label in the history of reggae and ska
Mapplethorpe
Biopic on the provocateur photographer who captured New York’s hardcore gay scene in the 1980s
Black is Beltza
Adult anime offers a trippy voyage through the late 1960s American counterculture, including politics, sex and psychedelic drugs. Director Q&A.
Jimi Hendrix (1973)
The classic 1973 doc on Jimi Hendrix, followed by Q&A with director John Head
People’s Republic of Desire
This SXSW grand jury prize winning documentary goes deep inside China’s live streaming industry
Desolation Center
The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella.
Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World
A true story of a couple who hitchhiked nearly 100,000 km during three and a half years of life on the road.