2020
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale
德國電影觀點單元-指南針視角獎
德國電影觀點單元-指南針視角獎
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Film is one of the fastest ways to get to know a country. In just an hour or so, a movie can take you through its streets, speak its language, and tell its stories from the inside out. Don’t worry—we’re not here to dive into complex geopolitical debates. In this film program, you’ll meet a wild rock band raising chaos in North Korea, a group of Danish men who really love to drink, and witness the everyday madness of the Russian “warrior people” through dashcam footage. These films don’t aim to explain entire nations. Instead, they focus on the little things—the strange, funny, messy bits of daily life. And isn’t it exactly these small moments that, together, make up the kaleidoscope of a country?
This year, Giloo teams up with TIDF to curate a special selection of past TIDF nominees and award-winning films. While you're enjoying the festival in person, don’t forget to sneak in a little break and relive (or... redeem?) some of the unforgettable works from previous editions—now available online.
Martin Scorsese once said: "Cinema is about what’s in the frame and what’s out." The rectangular frame of the camera—and the screen—shapes the stories we tell, the history we remember, and even our very memories. We’ve grown accustomed to what lies within the frame, but if we take a step back, we might begin to reexamine both what’s inside and what’s outside—to rediscover forgotten stories, histories, emotions, and memories. From experimental films to documentaries; from black-and-white negatives, historical footage, to paintings and poetry; from continental Europe to Taiwan; from the history of war to literary legacies, to intimate family and personal memories— these five films lead us into one frame after another, where retrospection becomes reflection. And from there, perhaps, we may begin to move freely between the inside and outside of the frame, to remember again, to narrate anew— embarking on odysseys through memory and time.
For many, half of their family stories unfold at the dining table. Take Eat Drink Man Woman, where family storms brew and erupt between courses, or The Wedding Banquet, whose banquet scene captures what it means to live under “five thousand years of sexual repression.” The other half of those stories often lies beneath the table—hidden in secrets and silence. Like the cryptic relatives in The Walchensee Forever, or the adults in Yi Yi, each burdened with their own quiet thoughts. This Lunar New Year, after the family feast, gather once more—for a film. Let your family story play out on screen.
How does legendary actress Jane Birkin reveal her many faces under the lens of French New Wave icon Agnès Varda? Filmmaker Singing Chen holds intimate conversations with 30 women, listening as they share stories about their bodies—stories that are often unspeakable, unheard, or never before told. Director Huang Hui-chen turns the camera on her mother, capturing what seems to be an ordinary “conversation” between them. Another filmmaker begins with the passing of her aunt, and through interviews with her mother and grandmother, uncovers untold narratives of the women in her family. These films trace the hidden textures of female experience—tender, raw, and deeply human.