Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale at Filmfest DC April 14, 2012

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Taiwan's most expensive cinematic production ever, will show at the 26th annual Filmfest DC.

Seediq Bale was Taiwan's submission to the 84th Academy Awards and made the nomination short-list for the Best Foreign Film category. It played at the 64th Venice Film Festival and at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival in September last year. The film has been well received by critics both in Taiwan and abroad, who have praised its historical accuracy, realistic action sequences and authentic depiction of the horrors of war.

The epic 276-minute original version of Seediq Bale has been abridged to 150 minutes, but the cuts do not diminish the narrative skills of Director Wei Te-Sheng. The story follows the events of the 1930 Wushe Rebellion, in which chieftain Mouna Rudo led the aboriginal Seediq tribe of Taiwan against Japanese colonialists on the island. According to Director Wei, the film portrays “the encounter between a people who believe in rainbows and a nation which believes in the sun” and addresses “larger questions of human dignity and self-fulfillment.” For more information about the film please visit the English website at: http://www.warriorsoftherainbow.wellgomovies.com/press.php

For more information about the festival and the April 14th or April 21st showings, please visit the Filmfest DC website at: http://www.filmfestdc.org/.

Official Website: http://www.filmfestdc.org/filmView.cfm?passID=85