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2025-12-12
ISSUE #737
Ongoing
With support from the Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris, the Swiss Cinematheque is hosting the “Taiwanese New Waves” screening program from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. It features 21 films across 48 screenings.
With support from the Ministry of Culture (MOC) and the Taiwan Academy in Houston, the exhibition “Breaking Ground: Art and Activism in Indigenous Taiwan” opened on Aug. 16 at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe, U.S.
With the support of the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand, River City Bangkok is hosting the international graffiti exhibition “Graffiti Social Club.” Opened on Oct. 9, the exhibition will be on view through Jan. 4, 2026. 
Ministry Updates
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The National Human Rights Museum (NHRM) held the 2025 Human Rights Day event on Dec. 6 at the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in Taipei. President Lai Ching-te, Minister of Culture Li Yuan, and other distinguished guests attended the event.  
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The Ministry of Culture (MOC) launched the inaugural Youth Comic Awards this year as an extension of the Golden Comic Awards and announced the winners on Dec. 8. 
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The laureates of the 2025 National Award for Arts were announced on Dec. 9. This year, seven individuals will receive the award: writer Wu Ming-yi, artist Lee Zai-qian, Chinese orchestra composer Lo Leung-fai, choreographer Lin Wen-chung, Taiwanese opera artist Wang Jin-ying, architect Chien Hsueh-yi, and film director Yu Kan-ping.
Cultural Features
Founded in 2017, the Lei Dance Theater (LDT) is the only professional contemporary dance company in the Hsinchu area of Taiwan. Led by director Alison Wang, the troupe, comprising of young artists from Hsinchu, strives to create a new artistic landscape through creative experimentation. 
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Located in Duxingshi Village Cultural Park, Penghu Bookstore is an independent bookstore opened in 2022 in Magong City of Penghu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands. The bookstore is housed in what was once a military dependents’ village, which had gradually been abandoned over time. 
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