The 2024 Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) kicked off on Feb. 15, featuring the Taiwanese film “Who’ll Stop the Rain (青春並不溫柔)” directed by Su I-hsuan (蘇奕瑄). The premiere took place at the Event Cinemas in Sydney City alongside the post-screening talk on Feb. 17.
Taiwan retained its ranking of first in Asia and 10th globally in the Democracy Index 2023 released Feb. 15 by London-based Economist Intelligence Unit.
Taiwan retains its top ranking for the fifth year in the Health Care Index 2024 recently released by international database firm Numbeo.
The Ministry of Environment (MOENV), together with 15 governmental units, 20 academic institutes, and more than 40 academics and specialists, will conduct a high-definition 3D air quality experiment starting on February 1, 2024, to investigate the relationships between air pollutants, atmospheric circulation, and topography, as well as conduct an international joint measurement campaign.
A video aimed at promoting the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning initiative to a new audience was launched by the Overseas Community Affairs Council Jan. 26.
Taiwan’s top male badminton player Chou Tien-chen (周天成) clinched his first title of the season by beating Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew (駱建佑) in the men’s singles final at the Thailand Masters on Sunday.
Taiwanese independent curator Fiona Hsu Yu-lun (許祐綸) was selected to join the Curatorial Intensive (CI) Indonesia 2024 program, an international art curators exchange and training program launched by the Independent Curators International (ICI). The program will take place from Feb. 26 to Mar. 6.
The 2024 International Youth Orchestra Camp organized by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) is scheduled to take place from Aug. 15 to 20. After the camp participants finish their intensive training, they will perform at four concerts, two of which will be staged in Taiwan on Aug. 21 and 23, and another two in Thailand on Aug. 25 and 26.
The Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India participated in the three-day 2023 Taiwan EXPO in Mumbai, India, from October 5 to October 7, 2023, with the theme Explore Taiwan in India. This is the first time that the Indo-Taiwan Educational Cooperation has participated in this B2B expo.
The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC) revealed the Lunar New Year’s Eve Concert “We Are (WE ARE我們的除夕夜)”, scheduled to broadcast on Feb. 9, has been successfully recorded with sparkling designs and performances.
