Unforeseen Taiwan Films
“Unexpected Taiwanese Cinema” takes its title from a regular column by writer Zhang Yi-xuan, published in Fa: A Journal of Film Appreciation. Issue #190 of the magazine centers on films made with archival footage, opening a conversation on archival collage cinema. A special feature titled Private Films by Women explores how the idea that “the personal is political” is practiced through documentary. In her column of the same name, Zhang Yi-xuan also reflects on the film Looking for Chiang Ching-kuo, examining its unique place in the Taiwanese cinematic landscape—how it opens up the past instead of merely returning to it, and how such an approach keeps critical thinking through images alive. Both “archives” and “documentation” point us toward the past. But unless the past is re-examined and redefined, memory cannot truly exist. This collaborative program between Fa and Giloo invites viewers to engage with Taiwanese cinema that defies expectations—films that challenge, refract, and reimagine the nation's film history through both viewing and writing. Together, we hope to uncover new cinematic possibilities waiting within Taiwan’s ever-evolving image archive.
AuthorFa電影欣賞《Fa電影欣賞》自1983年發行以來即為國內最重要的電影期刊之一，提供國內外電影資料、影人訪談、電影評論和專題論述，為國內當下少數具歷史厚度與知識深度的電影刊物。
19 films
Chiang Ching-Kuo | Episode 1: Red Chiang Ching-Kuo
Chiang Ching-Kuo | Episode 2: I am Chiang Ching-Kuo
Chiang Ching-Kuo | Episode 3: Jagged Chiang Ching-Kuo
Chiang Ching-Kuo | Episode 4: Double-sided Chiang Ching-Kuo
Chiang Ching-Kuo | Episode 5: Finding Chiang Ching-Kuo
Le Moulin
Small Talk
The Horrible Thirty: Me, My Father and Richard the Tiger
The Elephant Dancer
Moment Within Time
The Last Documentary Fossil
