2013
Taipei Film Festival
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The Taiwan Film Festival of Boston is dedicated to showcasing Taiwan’s diverse cultures and social landscapes through cinema while fostering meaningful exchange between Taiwanese filmmakers and North American audiences. Since 2011, the New Taipei City Documentary Film Award has supported documentary filmmaking and encouraged creators to engage with their times, capturing lived experiences and social realities through the moving image. Together, the two organizations present this virtual film festival, featuring outstanding works from past editions of the Taiwan Film Festival of Boston and the New Taipei City Documentary Film Award. By bringing Taiwanese stories of ecology, culture, identity, and coming of age beyond geographical boundaries, this collaboration invites audiences around the world to discover Taiwan through the lens of documentary filmmaking and engage in cross-cultural dialogue. Through the power of documentary cinema, the festival seeks to foster greater cross-cultural understanding, celebrate the creativity and vitality of Taiwan’s documentary tradition, and strengthen connections between New Taipei City, Taiwanese filmmakers, and international film communities. New Taipei City Documentary Award Section Title | Habitats of Life Envisioning a Sustainable Future Where People and the Environment Thrive Together From oceans and forests to where Indigenous communities and cities meet, life seeks ways to survive, grow, and belong. Where the Bees Belong, Hearing from the Dolphin, The Elimination, A Tayal, and Childhood In Between explore ecological conservation, wildlife conditions, cultural heritage, and identity, revealing complex relationships between people, nature, and society. As habitats shift and generations change, each story shows how life responds to environmental and social challenges while seeking new possibilities for coexistence. Echoing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this program invites audiences to reconsider habitat not only as a physical place, but also as an ecological, cultural, and emotional home—and to imagine a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable future.
No matter where you are, not just in Taiwan, international movie fans can easily watch too! The first wave of films from emerging creators are now live in our international section. Featuring top selections from prestigious film festivals like Golden Horse Awards and Golden Harvest Awards, as well as many highly anticipated emerging works for you to explore anytime, anywhere!
Why do we always feel a deep sense of resonance when reading family narratives or watching family films? What exactly have we exchanged through them? How can those trivial details expand into something universally human? And what about empathy in photography? When the lens stares directly at reality and confronts the pain of others, does it feel like part of your soul has also been taken? In staged photography, even if the photographer clearly doesn't care about souls and focuses only on the face, chest or legs, the subject and the viewer may still sense that the spirit has either been empowered or diminished. Between taking and being taken, seeing and being seen, what have we exchanged?
To feel indifferent to history is to feel indifferent to Taiwan. The year 2014 was a time of great upheaval in Taiwan—a year of radical change and explosive thought. For many, it was a moment to reexamine their relationship with this land and to delve deeper into the essence of what Taiwan truly is. It was also the year that Taiwan Bar and The Story were born. The right to speak for ourselves is something generations of Taiwanese people have long pursued. We hope to leave behind a work that is open to everyone—not just something for this generation, but a legacy passed from us to the next, and then on to many generations to come. Support the “New Taiwan History Movement” and help bear witness to Taiwan’s history!
I really love watching short narrative films at film festivals and graduation showcases. I take pride in being among the first to discover talented and passionate creators before they become widely known. Short films offer an incredible diversity of subjects and perspectives; while they might not always be perfectly executed, just a few captivating highlights are enough to deeply move me. When I find a short film I truly admire, I always hope it'll eventually be adapted into a feature film. And when those hopes come true, comparing the two versions is incredibly fascinating – it's like witnessing a creator's journey of growth, gains, and losses.
