光影如魅，流動間打破「放映」的框架，邀請聲音、樂音、噪音與無聲之影的加入，開啟一場實驗性的新興敘事。當代敘事影展一如既往不受限，今年開、閉幕片與特映會，邀請躁動時代抗爭的聲音、青年世代不可預測的噪音，古老創新的皮影與偶戲，為影像重組與再敘事，企圖突破觀影的既定經驗，躁動觀影人的視聽革命。

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Music and social change. Gender identity and youth. The traumas of living under a dictatorship. These themes are explored in the 2017 New Narratives Film Festival, not only in film, but also special performances and screenings. The festival kicks off with an opening event, “Birds on a Wire,” which features an evening of live music from four highly influential singer-songwriters in Asia. This year’s Special Screening is #BKKY, a documentary that looks at gender identity among youth in Bangkok, Thailand. Experimental theater and traditional puppetry come together for the closing performance, “Mwathirika / The Oppressor,”  a unique, one-off collaboration between the Papermoon Puppet Theatre of Indonesia and Taiwan’s own Flying Group Theatre. We hope all festival-goers will join us for this celebration of protest music, the unflagging spirit of youth and avant-garde expression that transcends pain and offers hope.   

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