Director
Directed by 吳皓
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CNEX Originals brings together documentaries produced by CNEX, telling stories from Taiwan, Asia, and beyond. From culture, history, and industry to society and individual lives, these films capture moments of change and offer distinctive perspectives on the world we share. Created from real stories and shaped by filmmakers with unique voices, this dedicated library is exclusively available to supporters of CNEX Foundation programs—inviting you to discover CNEX Originals and join us in supporting documentary filmmaking and the next generation of storytellers.
Every documentary begins with a pitch—a single sentence, a fragment of footage, an unfinished idea spoken aloud on a stage, met with both scrutiny and anticipation. CCDF (Chinese Doc Forum) is precisely such a starting point, a place where ideas are given the chance to be seen. This collection brings together works that were once presented on the CCDF stage, and which went on to complete the long journey of filming, editing, and finally reaching an audience. What began as a single pitch was shaped and refined over years, becoming images that could truly be watched, discussed, and remembered. Through this curation, we hope to look back at the long, often unseen distance each of these works traveled—from being pitched to being finished. That distance is, perhaps, the most honest and most difficult journey a documentary filmmaker undertakes.
In Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, dreams, work, and love intertwine. Life is a constant pursuit of purpose—despite the frustration, the failures, and the sense of helplessness that may await. Yet we keep struggling, relentlessly. Absurd? Perhaps. A comedy? Undeniably. And that, too, is life. The characters on stage may not be as mad as the world we live in, yet their stories mirror our own. In the illusion of theater, we often glimpse the truest reflections of ourselves