🌟 TIDFF is Bringing a Taiwanese Horror Blockbuster to Lund! 🌟
🎬 Film is an art form that keeps stories alive and ensures they are not forgotten, all while being deeply tied to values of democracy, equality, social justice, empathy, and more.
📽️ We’re thrilled to kick off the year by screening the award-winning Taiwanese Psychological Horror Movie: “Detention” (返校)!
🌀 “Have you forgotten? Or are you scared of remembering?”
— Detention (2019)
Adapted from the popular horror video game of the same name, “Detention” is set in a high school during Taiwan’s White Terror period in 1962. A group of students and teachers secretly hold banned book-reading sessions in pursuit of freedom but face government persecution. As the main characters try to escape and search for their missing teacher, they gradually uncover the dark truths of their fate.
If you’re interested in Taiwan’s history and transitional justice, you’ll find this film deeply engaging. If you simply love horror films, you’ll enjoy it even more! 👻🎬
⚠️ Disclaimer: “Detention” contains scenes that may be disturbing for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.
📢 Post-Screening Discussion
Join us afterwards for a discussion with
Jinyan Zeng, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies
Fangru Lin, Cosmopolitan Culture Action Taichung
📅 Event Details:
🗓 When: 18:00 (Admission starts at 17:30), 28th February, 2025 (Duration ~3 hours)
📍 Where: H104 Hörsal, Lunds Universitet SOL (Finngatan 1, 223 62 Lund, Sweden)
🌐 Language: English (Film in Mandarin with English Subtitles)
📋 Sign up here: https://forms.gle/uoKbdYiash2p7En99
🎟 The event is free, and we’re treating you to delicious boba and crackers! 🧋🍪Please mark your attendance by clicking “Going” and fill out the registration form to help us plan better!
Let’s have a fantastic and unforgettable movie night together—see you there!
Co-organiser：Taipei Mission in Sweden、Centre for Languages and Literature, Taiwan Association in Sweden (瑞典台灣協會)