Taiwanese have to wait a little longer to enjoy visa-free privileges entering the Schengen Area because the European Union (EU) is going through a transition period after the Lisbon Treaty took effect, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.”Hopefully, we can get it done before the end of this year to benefit Taiwan’s tourists, students and businessmen entering Europe,” said Chiu Jong-jen, director-general of the Department of European Affairs under the MOFA.
He said that the ministry had expected Taiwan’s nationals to be granted visa-free privileges at some point between April and June this year.
Charles Tannock, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), also said in Taiwan last October that he hoped Taiwanese people will be able to enter EU nations without a visa by early 2010.
台灣服裝設計師林鈺倫自創個人品牌「EVE LIN」後，在英國倫敦舉辦首展，推出秋冬女裝新品，極簡流暢的設計風格和細膩獨特的剪裁功力，深受各界好評，並且獲得買家下單，成功打出知名度。
中華民國駐英國代表張小月與台灣新銳設計師古又文應邀前往參觀，一致肯定林鈺倫的設計才華。張小月盛讚林鈺倫的設計簡單、大方、高雅，不會因為時間的流逝而退流行；目前在英國中央聖馬丁藝術大學攻讀碩士的古又文表示，林鈺倫的設計靈感很清楚，手縫的設計呈現了精緻感又不單調。
林鈺倫指出，她的設計走的是高級裁縫訂製路線，而捨棄傳統服裝走秀方式，選擇在倫敦市中心一家畫廊內靜態展示服裝新品，則是希望參觀者能仔細欣賞她的精緻手工及設計特色，參觀者也可藉此接觸衣服及設計師，這是很特別的經驗。
林鈺倫未來也將延續極簡、將男裝概念帶進女裝的風格，目前在台灣和中國大陸都已經申請品牌專利。
林鈺倫的首展中還有20件解構平面作品，由於設計風格特別，受到英國媒體矚目，包括英國時尚雜誌(Vogue)、ShowStudio、LeBook、金融時報、星期泰晤士報等，買家也熱烈詢問並且下單。
by: http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=234755
福爾摩沙 號召天下
Still Calling!!! FORMOSA繼續收件中。
FORMOSA Calling all UK based Taiwanese Artists and Designers.
如果你還沒有將作品寄給我們，請趕快下載表格，將作品email給我們！
積極尋找駐英相關台灣團體和族群一起來參予福爾摩沙盛世，不論你是埋頭苦幹的設計師；土生土長的BBC；絞盡腦汁的學生；創意無限的青年；才藝精湛的你；發展多年的公司；除了要挖掘出在英國的精銳設計師外，我們同時在尋找個人部落格寫手，和不同的論壇一起參予我們的Project，
歡迎各公司行號個人工作室一起加入，一同分享福爾摩沙的喜悅
展覽日期:五月底或六月初,優選作品將參加九月London Design Festival
展覽場地:倫敦市中心或西倫敦市中心
目前合作夥伴有：
Greenwich Taiwanese Society, Students’ Union of the Republic of China in the United Kingdom, University of Arts London Taiwanese Society 陸續增加中
積極尋找以下合作夥伴
n Location and venue 活動地點和場地
n Donation 公司行號/個人團體/工作室小額贊助
n Partnership 合作夥伴
n Sponsorship 贊助夥伴
n Supporter ship 指導夥伴,
n Media 中英媒體夥伴
u Newspaper 中英報紙夥伴
u Magazine 中英雜誌夥伴
u Online networking 微型網路社群夥伴
l Facebook-Group owner 臉書社群夥伴
l Blogger writer 中英部落格夥伴
l Forum owner 中英網路論壇夥伴
更多詳細內容和其他合作方式或交換宣傳方式！
歡迎有興趣的合作夥伴來信洽詢！
福爾摩沙希望藉由此次活動，每個人只需付出一些心思，貢獻一點心力，大家一起合作完成這個project，回逤十五世紀的美麗之島，現今二十一世紀的我們在此以福爾摩莎將台灣設計驚艷照亮在大不列顛島以及全世界，這只是一個開始，每年我們更希望有更多有心的人延續傳承下去。
福爾摩沙特此公告
２０１０年三月一日
UK premiere of “Exit No. 6” will held at the University of Cambridge
The Taipei Representative Office in the UK, in conjunction with the University of Cambridge, is pleased to invite you to the UK premiere of the film “Exit No. 6” at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at 2.00pm on Thursday the 18th of March 2010.
The premiere of “Exit No. 6” will be followed by a Q&A session with the director, Lin Yu-hsien. Director Lin has worked as an assistant director and production manager for commercial films and music video productions. “Exit No. 6” is his first feature film. It is a movie that serves as a voice for today’s youth. The 6th exit of Xi Men Ding tube station in Taipei is a place where anything can happen – it fuses culture, architecture and people, both old and new. The youth of Taiwan is under extreme social pressure. Where is their exit? Let us find it together.
In addition to this event, Director Lin will attend “Sorry! I Love you”, the opening night film of the Taiwan Cinefest 2010 at Riverside Studios on the 17th of March, as well as the film-makers workshop following director Lin’s popular documentary “Jump Boys” at Goldsmiths College on the 19th of March.
For screening information on “Exit No. 6”, please see the website www.ames.cam.ac.uk /news_events/exit6.htm. For more information and the latest updates on Taiwan Cinefest, please visit the following website: www.taiwancinefest.com . If you require any further information regarding the details of the screening of these films, please contact the relevant venue.
We look forward to seeing you there for what promises to be a captivating week of contemporary Taiwanese cinema!
To whom it may concern, I’m pleased to contact you on behalf of the Festival of Unknowns. We are interested in featuring your short films at our international festival of self-produced short films, organized by students at the University of Paris-Denis Diderot, from April 15-18, 2010. To insure fairness to all participants, all short films must: last less than 25 minutes. be subtitled in (at least) English if the original is in a language other than French. Please send your films to the following address: Association Cinesept, Université Paris-Diderot Paris 7, UFR LAC, case 7010, 16 rue Marguerite Duras, 75205 Paris Cedex France. Films should be either in DVD format or be submitted via a downloadable version, with a maximum size of 4 GB (please refer to our blog or contact us for more information). The films will be previewed by our members in order to make a pre-selection. It’s important that you have the right to screen all images and music present in your films. If any of your films are selected, you will be asked to sign a letter attesting to these rights. To get in contact with us, please visit our blog at http://inconnufestival.over-blog.com, or e-mail us inconnufestival@gmail.com Hope to see you at the festival, The Festival of Unknowns team