小規格電影泛指小於35mm的電影膠卷規格，技術門檻較低，如1922年發明的9.5mm、1932年問世的8mm，都是為了使電影進入私領域，讓「拍」與「看」成為大眾休閒文化而誕生的產品；而小規格電影傳入台灣後，有消費餘裕的社會階層紛紛投入這項新興活動，無論隨意拍攝或同好交流，都希望美好時光能被記錄下來，成為親友的共同記憶。
這些家庭影像大多來自個人，儘管不被載入電影史，卻純粹記錄了生命與時代的相遇，也映照出大歷史中的殖民、流離、現代化與台灣社會發展軌跡。本單元經由調查邀集，挑選1920至1970年代諸多影片，透過講演、放映、現場電影、檔案再創等方式，從技術、歷史、記憶、研究等面向開展，是影像的追尋，也延伸紀實電影的另種視野。
TIDF專文｜稜鏡般的真實與記憶——記錄小歷史、大日常的小規格電影
協同策展／史惟筑
Taiwan Spectrum | Untitled Reel: Amateur, Small-gauge Films and Others
Small-gauge films mainly include films with formats smaller than 35mm. The technical threshold is relatively low. Formats such as 9.5mm invented in 1922 and 8mm, introduced in 1932, were produced to bring cinema into the private sphere and make 'filmmaking' and 'film viewing' a common leisure culture. Following the introduction of small-gauge films in Taiwan, social classes with ample spending power came to engage in this emerging activity. Shot casually or as exchanges among fellows, these films were all intended to record the good times as shared memories among relatives and friends.
Mainly shot by individuals, these home movies were excluded from film history. However, they are a pure record of intersections of lives and times and also reflect traces in the History, involving colonisation, displacement, modernisation, and social development in Taiwan. Based on surveys and invitations, 'Amateur Films' is a selection of films of this genre from the period between the 1920s and the 1970s. In the forms of lectures, screenings, live cinema, and collages archival footages, a pursuit of images unfolds on the aspects of technology, history, memory, and research, expanding a different perspective on documentary films.
TIDF Article｜PRISM-LIKE REALITY AND MEMORY: HISTORY AND THE EVERYDAY CAPTURED ON SMALL-GAUGE FILMS
Co-curator: SU Ui-tiok
Films
Brief History of 9.5mm Films in Taiwan
Brief History of 9.5mm Films in Taiwan
HSU Tsang-tse’s Home Movie (1960-1970)
HSU Tsang-tse’s Home Movie (1960-1970)
Lecture Performance: Re-discovery of Deng Nan-guang’s 8mm Films
Lecture Performance: Re-discovery of Deng Nan-guang’s 8mm Films
