Kaohsiung Shorts（2019-2021）
Founded in 2012, the Kaohsiung Shorts grant program aims to establish Kaohsiung as Taiwan’s hub for short film production. The initiative encourages creators to break boundaries and clichés, unleash their creativity, and express local cultural identity through film. To date, the program has supported the production of over 100 short films, making it one of the most prominent and closely followed short film initiatives in Taiwan. This selection features 20 Kaohsiung Shorts completed between 2019 and 2021, spanning narrative, animation, and experimental genres. With a wide range of themes and distinct storytelling styles, these works showcase the rich creative energy of contemporary Taiwanese short filmmaking.
高雄市電影館為南台灣專責推廣電影的基地，近年以「高雄人」品牌投資電影長片、影集及製作原創短片，並以「高雄拍」、「高雄VR FILM LAB」扶植新銳短片及VR創作，每年定期舉辦之高雄電影節，現為台灣最大的國際短片影展。
20 films
Neko and Flies
Tilapia
A Cockerel’s Tale
Night Bus
The Child of Nowhere
The Night Without The Internet
Full Circle
Swingin’
A Hidden Trail
Undercurrent
A Long Goodbye to the Origin
Plain Sailing
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?