In the past days, the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) has announced the official line-up for its 14th edition. Launched in 1998, the TIDF has slowly but surely become one of the most important festivals dedicated to documentary cinema in Asia. Held in various venues in the capital city of Taipei, the event will take place from May 10 to the 19, and will showcase the best non-fiction cinema produced in recent years —with a special attention and focus towards Asia, but also other parts of the world— through its four sections: the Asian Vision Competition, International Competition, Taiwan Competition, and TIDF Visionary Award.
This year, the festival will also commemorate two key figures in the development of documentary in Taiwan, Chang Chao-tang, author of works that are widely considered the first poetic and experimental documentaries in the island (The Boat-Burning Festival, Homage to Chen-Da), and ethnographic filmmaker pioneer Hu Tai-li (Voices of Orchid Island), who passed away in 2022. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend, one day though, one day…anyway these are the sections and the films.
Taiwan Competition
A Holy Family
Elvis LU｜Taiwan, France
A Performance in the Church (World Premiere)
HSU Chia-wei｜Taiwan
All and Nothing (World Premiere)
LIAO I-ling, CHU Po-ying｜Taiwan
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
TSAI Tsung-lung｜Taiwan
Come Home, My Child (Asian Premiere)
Jasmine Chinghui LEE｜Taiwan
Diamond Marine World
HUANG Hsiu-yi｜Taiwan
From Island to Island (World Premiere)
LAU Kek-huat｜Taiwan
I Must Keep Singing
LIN Chih-wen, LIAO Ching-wen, CHUNG Hyeuh-ming｜Taiwan
Lauchabo
TSAI Yann-shan｜Taiwan
Parallel World
HSIAO Mei-ling｜Taiwan
Taman-taman (Park) (World Premiere)
SO Yo-hen｜Taiwan
Pongso no Tao〜 Island of People
TSAO Wen-chieh, LIN Wan-yu｜Taiwan
The Clinic
Midi Z｜Taiwan、Myanmar
When Airplanes Fly Across
LEE Li-shao｜Taiwan
Worn Away
CHEN Chieh-jen｜Taiwan
Asian Vision Competition
Atirkül in the Land of Real Men (Asian Premiere)
Janyl JUSUPJAN｜Czech Republic
Damnatio Memoriae
Thunska PANSITTIVORAKUL｜Thailand、Germany
Far From Michigan (Asian Premiere)
Silva KHNKANOSIAN｜Armenia、France
Flickering Lights
Anupama SRINIVASAN, Anirban DUTTA｜India
From Island to Island (World Premiere)
LAU Kek-huat｜Taiwan
I Look Into the Mirror and Repeat to Myself
Giselle LIN｜Singapore
K-Family Affairs
NAM Arum｜South Korea
Lost a Part Of (International Premiere)
CHAN Hau-chun｜Hong Kong
My Stolen Planet (Asian Premiere)
Farahnaz SHARIFI｜Iran、Germany
No Winter Holidays
Rajan KATHET , Sunir PANDEY｜Nepal
Saving a Dragonfly
HONG Daye｜South Korea
Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020
ZHANG Mengqi｜China
Song of Souls
Sai Naw Kham｜Myanmar
Taman-taman (Park) (World Premiere)
SO Yo-hen｜Taiwan
What Should We Have Done? (International Premiere)
FUJINO Tomoaki｜Japan
International Competition
Anhell69
Theo MONTOYA｜Colombia、Romania、Germany、France
Bye Bye Tiberias
Lina SOUALEM｜France
Canuto’s Transformation (Asian Premiere)
KUARAY ORTEGA, Ernesto DE CARVALHO｜Brazil
Crossing Voices
Raphaël GRISEY, Bouba TOURÉ｜France、Germany、Mali
Guapo’y (Asian Premiere)
Sofía PAOLI THORNE｜Paraguay、Argentina、Qatar
KIX (Asian Premiere)
Bálint RÉVÉSZ, Dávid MIKULÁN｜Hungary、France、Croatia
Knit’s Island
Ekiem BARBIER, Guilhem CAUSSE, Quentin L’HELGOUALC’H｜France
Light Falls Vertical (Asian Premiere)
Efthymia ZYMVRAGAKI｜Spain、Germany、Netherlands、Italy
My Worst Enemy
Mehran TAMADON｜France
Nowhere Near
Miko REVEREZA｜Philippines、United States
Parallel World
HSIAO Mei-ling｜Taiwan
Richland (Asian Premiere)
Irene LUSZTIG｜United States
The Trial (Asian Premiere)
Ulises DE LA ORDEN｜Argentina、Norway、Italy、France
Where Zebus Speak French (Asian Premiere)
Nantenaina LOVA｜France、Madagascar、Germany、Burkina Faso
Zinzindurrunkarratz
Oskar ALEGRIA｜Spain
TIDF Visionary Award
A Performance in the Church (World Premiere)
HSU Chia-wei｜Taiwan
Bitter Rice (World Premiere)
JIANG Chunhua｜China
The Clinic
Midi Z｜Taiwan、Myanmar
Diamond Marine World
HUANG Hsiu-yi｜Taiwan
From Island to Island (World Premiere)
LAU Kek-huat｜Taiwan
I Look Into the Mirror and Repeat to Myself
Giselle LIN｜Singapore
In Your Shoes (World Premiere)
Florence LAM, CHAN Tze Woon｜Hong Kong
Let’s Talk (Asian Premiere)
Simon LIU｜Hong Kong、 United States
Lost a Part Of (International Premiere)
CHAN Hau-chun｜Hong Kong
Obedience
WONG Siu-pong｜Hong Kong
Parallel World
HSIAO Mei-ling｜Taiwan
Resurrection (World Premiere)
HU Sanshou｜China
Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020
ZHANG Mengqi｜China
Taman-taman (Park) (World Premiere)
SO Yo-hen｜Taiwan
Asian Docs 