The opening film is HOU Hsiao Hsien’s final version of Three Times, which has been re-edited since its screening at the Cannes this year. Three Times introduces three exquisite tales of love weaved in consummate harmony that uses epochal moments in Taiwanese history as touchstone. HOU’s newest masterpiece follows a couple in love, as enacted by the same performers (SHU Qi, CHANG Chen), the two undertake different identities through poignant fragment of time named as “A Time for Love”, “A Time for Freedom” and “A Time for Youth”. This is the first time its final version of 135 min. RT will be screened.