Singapore, April 16 -- Second New Wave Taiwanese cinema will come under the spotlight at the annual Singapore Chinese Film Festival, which is returning this year with a line-up of 45 films.

The festival will revisit the feature debut of three Taiwanese directors who are part of the Second New Wave film movement, which started around 1990.

While still committed to the Taiwanese perspective of the New Wave Cinema of the 1980s, these works have been deemed to be more accessible to general audiences.

They are Tropical Fish (1995) by Chen Yu-hsun; Mirror Image (2000) by Hsiao Ya-chuan; and Let The Wind Carry Me (2009) by Chiang Hsiu-chiung. The three directors will be part of a free online panel discussion on May 9.

Due to the ongoing Co...