共有187件作品參賽,最終選出了15部入圍作品。首次入圍的導演們皆展現強悍而驚人的創作能量,其餘則持續關注台灣的各個角落。本單元可看作是近年台灣傑出作品的重要精選。

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Time Splits in the River

Four directors invited their fathers to star in a film adapted from the life story of White Terror era writer SHIH Ming-cheng. The fathers are asked to take on the roles of dissidents in the 1980s. They began with acting and imitating the dissidents of their own imagination, but as the plot advances they became entangled in their own past, and the film captured the reflection and introspection of their lives.

Black Bear Forest

Dafen, the heart of Yushan National Park, is a place abundant in wildlife and indigenous culture. With the assistance of an indigenous hunter, a female ecologist started her journey searching for Formosan Black Bears in 1998. In the midst of this wilderness, they gradually developed a deep and sincere companionship. Together with copious research, the secret of the Taiwan Black Bear is thus revealed.

Spectrum of Nostalgia

T. S. ELIOT: ‘What might have been is an abstraction remaining a perpetual possibility only in a world of speculation.’ About the past, my memories are fading and my past self is also vanishing. This film explores the relation between ‘I’ and its image, body, memory and death.

Wayfinding to the Sea

The loneliness of the ocean and various legal restrictions have made the islanders of Taiwan think twice about getting close to the water. This film follows an ordinary citizen who builds a vessel on his own and hopes to sail in the surrounding waters of his country. It not only depicts the dreams and perspectives of seafarers, but also talks about Taiwan’s and other Austronesian nations’ effort in reviving navigation.

Condemned Practice Mode

HSU Tzu-chiang was pronounced guilty and sentenced to death in a 1995 kidnapping and murder case despite the lack of forensic evidence. After a 16-year effort by NGOs, HSU was released with a life sentence in 2016. Now out of prison, he continues the fight to prove his innocence. Director CHI began documenting HSU’s story in 2012 and was brought face-to-face with the shortcomings of society.

The Silent Teacher

In Taiwan, a dead body used for medical dissection is called ‘a silent teacher’. This film tells the story of Mrs LIN, whose body will be dissected the next year. In the dissection class, Mrs LIN, the ‘silent teacher’ will definitely teach the medical students and her family more about the meaning of life.

Stranger in the Mountains

During the Chinese Civil War, some KMT forces retreated over the borders of Thailand and Myanmar. Under international pressure, most of these troops were evacuated to Taiwan in 1961, yet some remained. In northern Thailand and in central Taiwan, the two groups shared similar destiny. Now, over 50 years later, their differences emerge and their next generation struggles with their identity.

Funeral Video

My youngest granduncle is the photographer in my extended family. On every special occasion, we always see him moving about with a camera. Switching from analogue to digital compact cameras, he documents the happiness and sorrow, life and death of family members. One day he asked me to make a ‘retrospective film’ to be played at his funeral. I took on this assignment and began a journey with him.

Blood Amber

Somewhere in northern Myanmar, there is a forest rich in amber and controlled by the Kachin Independence Army. Most of the inhabitants there make a living by finding amber as it is their only hope to get out of poverty. They work under harsh conditions and rest while fearing the attack from the government army. Life there is despairing, like the darkness at the bottom of the mine.

Return

Two journeys take place in two different periods. One is a return by rail, passing through two continents. The other is an old family photograph tracing wartime life. The rhythmic swaying of the train merges the past and the present and reveals a forgotten memory, which has been covered by dust for a long time.

Taiwan Competition

15 titles out of 187 entries made up the shortlist of this year’s Taiwan Competition. While first-time nominees manifest sturdy and astonishing energy in filmmaking, veteran filmmakers cast humanitarian vision into different corners. This programme consists of remarkable Taiwanese documentaries in the past two years.

Films

Absent without Leave

Absent without Leave

2016
Malaysia, Taiwan
90min
廖克發
LAU Kek-huat

Black Bear Forest

Black Bear Forest

2016
Taiwan
126min
李香秀
LEE Hsiang-hsiu

Blood Amber

Blood Amber

2017
Taiwan
96min
李永超
LEE Yong-chao

City of Jade

City of Jade

2016
Myanmar, Taiwan
99min
趙德胤
Midi Z

Condemned Practice Mode

Condemned Practice Mode

2017
Taiwan
95min
紀岳君
CHI Yueh-chun

From Now On

From Now On

2016
Taiwan
85min
陳文彬
Akira CHEN

Funeral Video

Funeral Video

2017
Taiwan
18min
吳文睿
WU Wen-rui

Return

Return

2017
Taiwan
19min
黃邦銓
HUANG Pang-chuan

Small Talk

Small Talk

2016
Taiwan
89min
黃惠偵
HUGAN Hui-chen

Spectrum of Nostalgia

Spectrum of Nostalgia

2017
Taiwan
24min
陳顗竹
CHEN Yi-chu

Stranger in the Mountains

Stranger in the Mountains

2016
Taiwan
140min
李立劭
LEE Li-shao

The Moving Tent

The Moving Tent

2018
Taiwan
118min
陳芯宜
Singing CHEN

The Silent Teacher

The Silent Teacher

2016
Taiwan
73min
陳志漢
Maso CHEN

Time Splits in the River

Time Splits in the River

2016
Taiwan
89min
王又平,李佳泓,黃奕捷,廖烜榛
WANG Yu-ping,LEE Chia-hung,HUANG I-chieh,LIAO Xuan-zhen

Wayfinding to the Sea

Wayfinding to the Sea

2017
Taiwan
70min
張也海.夏曼
CHANG Yeh-hai Hsia Man
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