In Light We Trust: Standing on the Shoulders of the South
Other than observation from the center, the South Taiwan Film Festival serves as reflections on social stereotypes, the perspectives of locality; of course, there are over two decades of expectation of avant-garde spirit. By a serious of recommendations of South-Award and panorama programs, along with Giloo, we feast you with the most vivid spirit of the South.
南方影展（英語譯名：South Taiwan Film Festival），是由社團法人台灣南方影像學會舉辦的影展，創始於2001年，為臺灣推廣非政府、非主流影視文化之獨立影展，亦為南台灣唯一之獨立電影節。其核心價值為 — 將影展視為一影像媒介，面對觀眾方，影展得以呈現具前衛、獨特或爭議的影像美學，或關注全球、在地環境與常民文化影像。對創作方，則鼓勵作品核心內涵，具有社會議題穿透性及電影語言開創性。
14 films
In Memory of The Chinatown
Le Moulin
Jump! Boys
Little Hilly
The Shepherds
Small Oyster Rock in Kezailiao
Lesbian Factory
The Edge of Night
The Age of Awakening
Campaign
Unfinished Progress
Shrouding The Clouds
Popular spotlights
Encore, Before the Goodbye
"My Bucket List" holds no grand dreams, only 100 little things yet undone, and a "see you tomorrow" that was never properly spoken. The same goes for "Encore: Before Saying Goodbye"—here, eternity is left unmentioned; there is only the desire to perform one last song for oneself before the lights go down. The scars of youth, the terror at the edge of the boxing ring, the wordless closeness between strangers, and the farewells quietly practiced in daily life—six films, each rehearsing the very same question: If only an encore remains, what sound do you wish to leave behind?