得獎影片

此單元除了收錄 TIDF正式競賽項目「國際競賽」、「亞州視野競賽」、「台灣競賽」的得獎作品外，也包括特別獎項：鼓勵華語地區紀錄片創作的「華人紀錄片獎」，由台灣紀錄片工作者組成評審團所頒給的「作者觀點獎」，以及由21位15至19歲的青少年，從他們的視角所評選出來的「新世代觀點獎」。

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The Lost Sea

In the waters around Kinmen Island, there is a curious creature which has existed for over 200 million years. People in Kinmen have made a living from the sea for over 300 years. They have survived the crossstrait conflicts between Taiwan and Mainland China. But in the era of peace, both now face a critical crisis - the misuse of the coast by commercial development.

Face to Face

They're ordinary men who are trying to join the dangerous and exciting sport, wrestling, to prove that they are still alive and unique in their own way, i.e. in pain. When the enemy attacks, they are not afraid at all. These men risk their lives to provide the audiences with excellent shows. Once they have gone down this path, they not only cannot turn back but have to face it on their own.

Civil Disobedience

This documentary, Civil Disobedience, records the events of civil unrest following the "Red Martial Law" in 2008. It tells the story of the abuses the civilians suffered in the hands of the authorities, of how the state power has rapidly advanced to undermine the civil rights, and it investigates the problems of being educated to be "obedient."

Yumen

Yumen combines ghost stories and the "ruin tourism" to form a celluloid psycho-collage of wandering souls, seeking connection to one another and a lost collective history among the frozen remnants of the abandoned oil town of Yumen in China's northwest Gansu Province.

Spark

Sparks of Fire is the only extant unofficial intellectual periodical from the time of the Great Famine. In the end, 43 people, including the Rightist teachers and students who were connected with the publication, the peasants and the rural cadres who sympathised with them, were arrested and given long prison terms. Among them, three key figures were executed during the Cultural Revolution.

Paldang

When Paldang Dam was built, many farmers lost their farms. Instead, they started organic farming in their land around Han River. In 2008, Korean government announced four River Plans including Paldang. The plan in Paldang organic town is to build bike lanes and a public park instead of farms. It causes serious conflicts among the farmers as they decide if they should fight against the government.

A Dream of Iron

A Dream of Iron looks back on South Korea's history of modernisation in the 1960s, when the nation underwent drastic economic changes under President PARK Jung Hee's rule after the Korean War. Artist PARK Kelvin Kyung-kun paints a portrait of what now remains of this time. Navigating the past and present of Korean heavy industries, the film embarks on a journey in search of a god for the present.

Stop-over

In Athens, Amir, an Iranian immigrant, has a modest flat which has become a place of transit for migrants who, like Amir himself, have chosen to leave their country.

National Diploma

National Diploma follows a group of young Congolese high school students who are about to sit the exam for their National Diploma, the equivalent of the French baccalaureate, in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Glowing Embers

On the banks of the Ucayali river, in the Peruvian rainforest, three generations of the same family struggle to survive through their handmade production of coal. After an accident that burned her feet, the grandmother leaves the family, with the hope of dying somewhere else, far away from the coal. Left alone with her juvenile son, Nancy keeps on struggling. Will she be able to hold her family together?

Award-winning Films

This section screens the award-winning films from TIDF official competition: International Competition, Asian Vision Competition and Taiwanese Competition. In addition films that won special awards like Chinese Documentary Award which encourages the documentaries from Chinese language religion, the Author’s POV Award is from the jury of Taiwanese documentary filmmakers, and the Next Generation Award is from a jury of young people 15 to 19 years old, are also included.