TKU Feminist Literature Office

The Women’s Literature Research Center at Tamkang University, which is dedicated to reflecting on and exploring issues related to gender, women, and sexuality, presents a special program themed “Women and Everyday Life.” This program spotlights three Taiwanese documentaries—The Lucky Woman?, LOVE Talk, and Small Talk—to explore the struggles of single women navigating between societal norms and personal expectations, the evolving definitions of gender roles within marriage and family, and how a woman who identifies as both a lesbian and a mother reclaims her identity and reaches reconciliation.

Author淡江大學女性文學研究室

由林偉淑老師、侯如綺主持。是淡江大學中文系第一個專業研究室，典藏華人世界女性文學及現當代文學理論書籍數千冊，本研究室着力於反思與建構傳統兩性、女性、性別等議題。定期舉行女性文學論壇及「群流會講」讀書會，並延聘國內外相關女性研究領域之專家學者專題講座。

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3 films

TIDF | Taiwan Competition Grand Prize

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Small Talk

Marriage: Deeper Than Love, More Fun Than Family

Expired

LOVE Talk

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My Leftover Ladies

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.

TKU Feminist Literature Office

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