‘Taxi Stories’ and ‘Small Talk’: Independent film screenings

Description

Taxi Stories (Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Netherlands, 2017) is a mosaic film set in three different Asian cities in which the paths of the rich and poor cross in and around taxis. A closeted Beijing taxi driver tries to seduce a rich passenger, a pregnant Hong Kong trophy wife starts to develop feelings for her new Indonesian maid and a Jakarta slum orphan becomes infatuated with a female backpacker from the west.

Small Talk (Taiwan, 2016) is an intimate documentary featuring director Huang Hui-chen and her estranged mother, a lesbian Taoist priestess, with whom she is living together. In this film, the two set off together on a challenging and painful journey into the past.