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
Kinda Loser-ish, But Kinda Nice
“Lu-se” (魯蛇, Taiwanese internet slang borrowed from the English word “loser”) seems to have become a dead word. You rarely hear anyone say it anymore, and I’m not sure why. I don’t think the term can be understood simply as the English “loser.” In the way it’s used in Taiwan, it seems to carry a touch of self-deprecating humor, and that’s a quality I really love. The films above are the ones that, to me, have that feeling.