SPOT – Taipei Film House

Taipei


This excellent art-house cinema is housed in a beautiful white colonial building that was once home to the US ambassador, and which dates back to 1925. The leafy garden has a cafe (open 10am to 9pm), a perfect place for a prefilm glass of chilled white wine in summer.

There is also a branch of SPOT at Huashan 1914 Creative Park.


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