Communicating with the Spirits
In March, Xinfu Market hosted a community event themed "Communicating with Deities" focusing on the spiritual life and beliefs of Wanhua. From traditional incense crafting to modern fragrances, from drawing divinatory lots and seeking divine guidance to spiritual communication, from fortune-telling and divination to finding one's own energy spectrum—communicating with deities is also about communicating with oneself. Local shops, unique brands, and creators were invited to participate, collectively responding to a century-old culture of faith in new ways. Continuing the market's theme, the team has curated seven feature films and documentaries related to faith, inviting viewers to explore the diverse facets of belief through cinema.
新富市場原是建造於1935年的新富町食料品小賣市場,2006年被指定為臺北市市定古蹟,經空間修復後由忠泰基金會團隊進駐營運,2017年以「新富町文化市場U-mkt」為名重新開放,轉型為市場文化、庶民生活的研究基地,以及老城再生的公共平台。
7 films
The Face Reader
Grandma and Her Ghosts (Digital Restoration)
Rapito

Miracle
Jesus
Tiger Stripes

Fortune Teller
Popular
Those irreversible slices of life
Recently, in a novel I've come to love, I found myself grasping the weight of life's slices. In the story, there is a wicked sorcerer who freezes people in the instant just before tragedy strikes—suspending everything, sealing it into a crystal ball, and building an entire museum from these frozen moments. And isn't film, in its own way, just as cruel? As viewers, we are little more than instruments for collecting tissue slices—slipping into a character's world for a single fleeting moment, wandering through it in passing, only to return, in the blink of an eye, to the reality that is our own.