Dance Umbrella Film Series: Sunday Shorts is a public film screening programmed by international curators HSEIH I-Hsuan and Emily Shin-Jie Lee who will draw on their global perspective for Dance Umbrella Festival 2025.
Presented as a feast of short works, the films will be shown at the iconic Barbican Cinema on a Sunday afternoon. The event will have 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.”
The programme will be followed by a Q&A with curator Emily Shin-Jie Lee and guests.
i-hsuan and Emily have also curated a selection of films until the title Between Breath & Lens, which will be available via the Digital Pass.
£10 tickets
At Dance Umbrella we understand that cost can be a barrier, so we’ve made a limited number of £10 tickets available for every Dance Umbrella show.
To access £10 tickets, click here.
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HSIEH I-Hsuan
Film Curator, Writer & Researcher
HSIEH I-Hsuan (she/her)
Film Curator, Writer & Researcher
Amsterdam (Netherlands) / Taipei (Taiwan)
HSIEH I-Hsuan is a film curator, writer and researcher based in Amsterdam and Taipei with an anthropological background. She currently works as a programmer for the Women Make Waves Film Festival Taiwan and the Singapore Film Festival. Alongside her work in festivals, she is active as an independent curator, with a focus on cinema from East and Southeast Asia.
HSIEH I-Hsuan is a film curator, writer and researcher based in Amsterdam and Taipei with an anthropological background. She currently works as a programmer for the Women Make Waves Film Festival Taiwan and the Singapore Film Festival. Alongside her work in festivals, she is active as an independent curator, with a focus on cinema from East and Southeast Asia.
She also provides film festival strategy consultancy for short films and documentaries, supporting filmmakers in navigating the international festival circuit. In addition, she serves as the editor-in-chief of Taiwan Documentary E-Paper and is a member of the Taiwan Film Critics Society. Her writing focuses on non-fiction and artists’ films, particularly within the context of Asian cinema and underrepresented perspectives in mainstream discourse.
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Emily Shin-Jie Lee
Cultural Practitioner
Emily Shin-Jie Lee (she/her)
Cultural Practitioner
Amsterdam (Netherlands), Taipei (Taiwan)
Emily Shin-Jie Lee is a cultural practitioner based in Amsterdam. She currently works at Framer Framed as head of research with a focus on residencies, fellowship programmes and cross-institutional collaborations often realised through discursive formats involving multiple interlocutors. She studied anthropology at National Taiwan University and obtained her research master’s degree in art studies from the University of Amsterdam.
Emily Shin-Jie Lee is a cultural practitioner based in Amsterdam. She currently works at Framer Framed as head of research with a focus on residencies, fellowship programmes and cross-institutional collaborations often realised through discursive formats involving multiple interlocutors. She studied anthropology at National Taiwan University and obtained her research master’s degree in art studies from the University of Amsterdam. Since 2022, she has been working on a PhD project at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the University of Amsterdam, in which she studies art residency and its critical engagement with ecological, feminist and decolonial enquiries.
Emily is one of the founding members of Lightbox, a public photo library and centre for contemporary photography in Taipei; co-founder of Limestone Books, an art book store in Maastricht; and co-founder of Hide & Seek Audiovisual Art, a multidisciplinary collective focusing on cultural mediation and alternative pedagogy.
Credits +
Supported by Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Presented by Dance Umbrella and Barbican
Venue & Access +
Venue
Address
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Access information
For more access information, please visit the Barbican’s Accessibility section.
Access
Cinemas 2 & 3 are located at Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican Centre’s main Silk Street entrance. There are a couple of steep, dropped kerbs and an incline to negotiate between the two sites. Level access from Beech Street.
Mobility
Each auditorium has three permanent wheelchair spaces (two in the third row and one in the front row) and 153 fixed seats with capacity for a further three spaces in the front row. Access to each auditorium is up a ramp. There are also a number of seats with step-free access.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs may be taken into the cinema – please tell the Barbican when booking to ensure your seat has enough space. If you prefer, you may leave your dog with a member of the foyer staff during the performance.
Hearing facility
An infrared system for hard of hearing customers is provided in each auditorium; headsets or neck loops can be collected from foyer staff. The ticket desk counter is fitted with an induction loop.
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