DECADE IN BLUE AND YELLOW: UKRAINIAN DOCUMENTARIES
This programme consists of six documentary films shot during the last decade in Ukraine. This journey started in 2014 during the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan. Rough Cut, 2014) and led us through...
MEMORIES LIBERATED: POSSIBILITIES AND DIVERSITY OF APPROPRIATION FILM
The last TIDF (its 13th edition in 2022) featured ‘Malleable Docu/Memory: Archival/Found Footage and More’, an archival footage-themed programme that explores approaches for representing reality and...
PRISM-LIKE REALITY AND MEMORY: HISTORY AND THE EVERYDAY CAPTURED ON SMALL-GAUGE FILMS
Film History before the Screens
MORE THAN TWO SIDES TO EACH MEMORY: PETER KEREKES and VIERA ČÁKANYOVÁ
The ‘Filmmaker in Focus’ functions as an axis of sorts for the festival: by highlighting the style of a single filmmaker, this choice serves to anchor and orient discussions related to documentary...
LANDSCAPE OF THE TIMES: REALITIES OF MYANMAR
I recall vividly the many days and nights we spent wrestling with coming up with the focus programme for the 2024 Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF). Despite a variety of themes and...