Beyond Innocence: Giloo x TIFF 2023
Being misunderstood leaves wounds in people's hearts; sometimes these misunderstandings are cleared, while other times they heal with time. But to be misunderstood by the state, to be wrongfully convicted by the judiciary, means not only losing freedom and time but also all the myriad possibilities of embarking on different life paths. Coinciding with the physical screenings of the 2nd Taiwan Innocence Film Festival "Never" in 2023 (December 7th-10th, Spot Huashan Cinema), Giloo and the Taiwan Innocence Project Association jointly present "Beyond Innocence Online Film Festival." Through eight selected films related to wrongful convictions, justice, and incarceration, we invite you to explore judicial errors and prison life you may have never imagined before.
Author台灣冤獄平反協會被國家誤會、被錯誤判刑，在台灣還是進行式。2012年，平冤協會正式成立，是台灣唯一專做「冤案救援」的非營利組織，除了要為遭司法錯判的清白之人洗刷罪名、爭取平反，也致力於倡議改革，打造一個沒有冤案的正義社會。
8 films
The Man Who Cannot Be Excluded
Formosa Homicide Chronicle
Formosa Homicide Chronicle II
NCR: Not Criminally Responsible
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
See You, Sir
Goddamned Asura
The Big Hit
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.