台灣競賽

近年台灣紀錄片創作能量迸發，本屆報名數量高達279件，最終選出的15部作品跨越不同形式、涵蓋各式議題。跟隨不同世代的紀錄片工作者之眼，我們傾聽歷史、凝視在地，同時也跨出台灣。

有的透過扎實的田野蹲點，累積成一股堅韌力量；有的挑戰創新的美學手法，讓故事穿梭於虛實之間。最終，理解他者、見證時間，終成為紀錄片創作的源頭，一則則現代寓言如是編織。

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Parallel World

Using video diary footage, Parallel World chronicles the 12-year journey of Elodie, a French-Taiwanese girl with Asperger syndrome. Through Elodie's drawings and clay works, the audience can take a glimpse of her whimsical world. The film, a mother's love letter to her daughter, follows them on a journey of self-seeking and self-recognition.

The Clinic

In a Yangon clinic, patients with mental disorders find solace under an artist couple's care. The duo, blending medicine and art, helps patients express their struggles creatively. The husband, a physician, contemplates a film reflecting the clinic's reality but fears consequences. The wife, a psychiatrist, grapples with her own need for healing while treating others.

Diamond Marine World

With 20 years of shrimp farming expertise in Taiwan, Du ventured to Myanmar, unaware of the challenges ahead—white powders and guns. Sue, a Burmese-Chinese woman with shrimp farming dreams, married Jojo and took over her father's farm. United by ambition, Du and Sue aimed to create a 'Diamond Marine World'.

All and Nothing

All and Nothing explores the intricate life of late conceptual artist Li Yuan-chia, tracing his journey from WWII-era China to Taiwan, 1950s Milan, Bologna, and Swinging Sixties London, culminating in his 1971 establishment of the L.Y.C. Museum & Gallery in rural Cumbria. The film captures his essence as a journeyman and artist.

Worn Away

In a world dominated by the Internet and a corporatocratic empire, an unemployed individual, forced to enroll in the Empire's Optimisation of Biological Function Assistance Program. Amid the dark age, he learns from others that rebuilding subjectivity is possible, even in seemingly impossible situations, offering hope in a superficially resplendent era.

When Airplanes Fly Across

An ex-Red Guard and anti-Communist soldier during the Korean War, started a three-generation family next to Taoyuan Air Base. Despite the base's historical significance during Japanese occupation and the Cold War, the Taoyuan Aerotropolis project will erase its rich history by 2025, marking another loss in Taiwan's disappearing past.

Pongso no Tao〜 Island of People

We stepped on Orchid Island (Lanyu) because of an ancient chant, which is the earliest sound of the Tao people recorded by Japanese scholar Kitasato Takeshi in the 1920s. Our filming journey, a 3-hour boat ride from the southeast coast of Taiwan, became a heartfelt exploration of the island's intersections between old and new, tradition and modernity.

Lauchabo

In 1997, the sudden abolition of licenced prostitution in Taipei City compelled 128 licenced prostitutes to take to the streets. Bailan, a protesting sex worker, fell into a coma in 2005. Using intricate takes and archive footage, this film unfolds her life after the abolition of legal prostitution. It portrays the oppression of everyday people by policy and politics, while also highlighting the warmth in relationships among people and with cats.

I Must Keep Singing

Chu Chen, 27, lead singer of an indie band, is a dedicated performer who also manages a lighting and sound company for a living. Driven by a fear of inherited misfortune, he rushes through life on and off stage, seeking freedom when not immersed in his passionate performances.

Come Home, My Child

For more than two decades, Mama Yang, a Taiwanese immigrant, has dedicated her life to corresponding with inmates in New York's prison system. Filmed over ten years, the documentary follows Mama Yang's extraordinary life journey as she tells the stories of a group of people who encounter each other in a world of loneliness.

Taiwan Competition

In recent years, documentary filmmaking in Taiwan has seen a surge in creativity. With 279 submissions, a staggering number, received for this edition, we ultimately selected 15 works spanning different forms and covering a wide range of issues. Through the lenses of filmmakers from different generations, we listen to history, gaze at the local landscape, and also venture beyond Taiwan.

Some films, through rigorous fieldwork, accumulate a resilient force; some films use innovative aesthetic approaches, allowing the stories to navigate between fiction and reality. In the end, understanding others and bearing witness to time become the source of documentary filmmaking; modern fables are woven like this.

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