APUC Competition - This film is in the running for the APUC Grand Jury Feature Film Award
Special Guests: Director Chuang Ching-Shen, producer Tang Tsai-Yang and actress Chen Yan-fei are scheduled to appear in-person to introduce the film and participate in a post-film Q&A.
The Uniform (夜校女生)
A celebration of young female friendship and living free of labels
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Taiwan | Youth Drama | 2024 | 109 minutes
In Mandarin w/Chinese and English Subtitles
Director: Chuang Ching-Shen
Screenwriters: Hsu Hui-Fang, Wang Li-Wen
Starring: Chen Yan-fei, Chloe Xiang, Chiu Yi-tai, Chi Chin
Film Source: Sanling Chang
Director Chuang Ching-Shen, producer Tang Tsai-Yang and actress Chen Yan-fei are scheduled to appear in-person to introduce the film and participate in a post-film Q&A.
Additionally, Chen Yan-fei will will receive the APUC Bright Star Award.
SYNOPSIS:
The year is 1997. Ai is forced to enroll in the night school of an elite girls’ high school, but night students are often inferior by their day school counterparts. Nevertheless, Ai becomes close friends with her day school desk-mate, Min.
Chuang Ching-Shen’s coming-of-age drama explores the obsession with elitism and privilege in an education system riddled with inequalities while portraying a friendship between girls whose camaraderie transcend class. In addition to featuring two of Taiwan’s best up-and-coming young actresses in outstanding performances, Chi Chin also shines as a Ai’s single mother.
Chuang Ching-Shen, Director
Chuang Ching-Shen received his MFA from the Dept. of Filmmaking at Taipe iNational University of the Arts. His first feature film High Flash won three awards in the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP), and was co-produced by Sylvia Chang, Ma Tien-Tsung, and Liao Ching-Sung. It was also selected as the closing film of the 2018 Taipei Film Festival. Another movie The Magnificent Bobita was nominated for Best Makeup & Costume Design and Best Art Direction at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards. In recent years, he has also started making TV series such as The Summer Temple Fair and A Wonderful Journey, both of which achieved high ratings and garnered positive reviews.
Chen Yan-fei, Actress
Chen Yan-fei won the Best New Performer Award at the 57th Golden Horse Awards and the Best New Performer Award at the 2021 Taipei Film Awards with her role in the film The Silent Forest (2020). In 2023, she starred in the Netflix political thriller series Wave Makers, for which she was nominated for the ACA Rising Star and Best Supporting Actress Awards at the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards.
Screening Date:
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Showtime:
5:00 PM
Doors open 30 minutes before screening.
Location:
AMC NEWCITY14
1500 N. Clybourn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60610
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