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Dance Umbrella Festival 2025

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A collection of short films programmed by international curators HSEIH I-Hsuan and Emily Shin-Jie Lee, drawing on their global perspective for Dance Umbrella Festival 2025.

Presented as a feast of short works, the programme has a particular focus on filmmakers from Taiwan whose work has movement at its heart, whether through directorial choices, editing processes or presence of the physical body on screen.

“At its heart, the programme is a constellation of memory, empathy and resilience with works that transcend temporal, spatial and bodily boundaries. It gestures toward art as a cosmos: a space where spirits are stirred and wounds begin to heal.” - HSEIH I-Hsuan and Emily Shin-Jie Lee

The programme will be followed by a Q&A with curator Emily Shin-Jie Lee and guests. Part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2025

Tagged with: Cinema Dance Umbrella
Film information
  • Release year  
  • Country   Netherlands/Taiwan
  • Director  
  • Runtime   1hr 10min + Q&A

Ticket prices

Standard
£13 *
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

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Biographies

HSIEH I-Hsuan (She/Her)

 

HSIEH I-Hsuan is a film curator, writer and researcher based in Amsterdam and Taipei with a background in anthropology.

She programmes for Women Make Waves Film Festival Taiwan and the Singapore Film Festival, and also works independently with a focus on East and Southeast Asian cinema.

She offers film festival strategy consultancy for short films and documentaries, helping filmmakers navigate the international circuit. She is editor-in-chief of Taiwan Documentary E-Paper and a member of the Taiwan Film Critics Society.

Her writing centres on non-fiction and artists’ films, highlighting underrepresented voices in Asian cinema and broader film discourse. 

Emily Shin-Jie Lee (She/Her)

 

Emily Shin-Jie Lee is a cultural practitioner based in Amsterdam, currently head of research at Framer Framed. Her work focuses on residencies, fellowships and cross-institutional collaborations shaped through discursive formats.

She studied anthropology at National Taiwan University and holds a research master’s in art studies from the University of Amsterdam. Since 2022, she has been pursuing a PhD at ASCA, exploring art residencies in relation to ecological, feminist and decolonial concerns.

Emily is a founding member of Lightbox in Taipei, and co-founder of Limestone Books in Maastricht and Hide & Seek Audiovisual Art, a collective for cultural mediation and alternative pedagogy.

Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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