2026 TIDF Competition Shortlist

Asian Vision Competition

• Air Base 
  LI Luo｜Canada

• Cherry Ferry
  Midi Z｜Taiwan

• Compact Disc （Asian Premiere）
  Rico WONG｜Hong Kong, United Kingdom

• CycleMahesh
  Suhel BANERJEE｜India

• I Was, I Am, and I Will Be!
  ITAKURA Yoshiyuki｜Japan

• I, Poppy
  Vivek CHAUDHARY｜India, France

• Isan Odyssey
  Thunska PANSITTIVORAKUL｜Thailand

• Map of Traces（Asian Premiere）
  CHAN Hau-chun｜Hong Kong

• Masayume
  YOSHIGAI Nao｜Japan

• Noise: Unwanted Sound 
  JUNG Hyejin｜Netherlands, South Korea

• Paikar
  Dawood HILMANDI｜Netherlands

• Until the Orchid Blooms
  LY Polen｜Cambodia

• What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov?
  Faraz FESHARAKI｜Germany

• Where the Sea Breeze Blows
  CHEN Shao-chun｜Taiwan

• Writing Hawa
  Najiba NOORI, Rasul NOORI｜France, Netherlands, Qatar, Afghanistan

International Competition

• A Simple Soldier（Asian Premiere）
  Artem RYZHYKOV, Juan Camilo CRUZ｜Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom

• Afterlives
  Kevin B. LEE｜Germany, France, Belgium

• Flophouse America（Asian Premiere）
  Monica STRØMDAHL｜Norway, Netherlands, United States

• Good Valley Stories
  José Luis GUERIN｜Spain, France

• Hair, Paper, Water…
  TRƯƠNG Minh Quý, Nicolas GRAUX｜Belgium, France, Vietnam

• In Limbo
  Alina MAKSIMENKO｜Poland

• Kabul, Between Prayers（Asian Premiere）
  Aboozar AMINI｜Netherlands, Belgium

• Nocturnes
  Anupama SRINIVASAN, Anirban DUTTA｜India, United States

• Past Future Continuous（Asian Premiere）
  Morteza AHMADVAND, Firouzeh KHOSROVANI｜Iran, Norway, Italy

• The Broken R （Asian Premiere）
  Ricardo Ruales EGUIGUREN｜Ecuador, Italy

• The Memory of Butterflies 
  Tatiana Fuentes SADOWSKI｜Peru, Portugal

• The Prince of Nanawa
  Clarisa NAVAS｜Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Germany

• The Travelers
  David BINGONG｜Cameroon, Spain

• These Wild Cats
  Steve PATRY｜Canada

• With Hasan in Gaza
  Kamal ALJAFARI｜Germany, Palestine, France, Qatar

Taiwan Competition

• Amateur in the Moon
  HUANG Pang-chuan, Chunni LIN｜Taiwan

• Between the Shores
  CHENG Chih-ming, Lily HUANG｜Taiwan

• Bone Always Outlasts Feather
  Yannick DAUBY｜Taiwan

• Colour Ideology Sampling.mov
  CHAN Cheuk-sze, Kathy WONG｜Hong Kong, Taiwan

• Jouhatsu Letters
  Johan CHANG, Masa KUDO

• LA PALOMA
  LU Yuan-chi｜Taiwan

• Man Mei
  Caitlin ‘Sonny’ SHIEH｜Taiwan

• Mrs. Islets
  CHEN Wei-cih｜Taiwan

• Paper Houses and Horses
  An CHU｜Taiwan

• Scenes from Departure  （World Premiere）
  Ray Kam-hei CHAN｜Taiwan, Hong Kong

• SPI
  Sayun Simung｜ Taiwan

• The Tales of the Tale
  SONG Cheng-ying, HU Chin-ya｜Taiwan

• Where Clouds Once Formed （Asian Premiere）
  SU Yu Hsin｜Taiwan

• Where the Sea Breeze Blows
  CHEN Shao-chun｜Taiwan

• XiXi
  WU Fan｜Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea

TIDF Visionary Award

• Air Base （Asian Premiere）
  LI Luo｜Canada

• As a Bird That Briefly Perches 
  Dorothy CHEUNG｜Hong Kong, United Kingdom

• Colour Ideology Sampling.mov
  CHAN Cheuk-sze, Kathy WONG｜Hong Kong, Taiwan

• Compact Disc  （Asian Premiere）
  Rico WONG｜Hong Kong, United Kingdom

• Confessions of a Mole  （Asian Premiere）
  TAN Mo｜Poland, China

• Farewell, My Nest （World Premiere）
  CHEN Junhua｜Singapore

• In a Minute （International Premiere）
  Sammi Sum-yi CHIU｜Hong Kong

• Island Fever 
  PAN Lu｜South Korea, Hong Kong

• Map of Traces  （Asian Premiere）
  CHAN Hau-chun｜Hong Kong

• Mrs. Islets
  CHEN Wei-cih｜Taiwan

• Paper Houses and Horses
  An CHU｜Taiwan

• Scenes from Departure  （World Premiere）
  Ray Kam-hei CHAN｜Taiwan, Hong Kong

• The Tales of the Tale
  SONG Cheng-ying, HU Chin-ya｜Taiwan

• To Alexandra   （Asian Premiere）
  CUI Yi｜China, Canada, United States

• Where Clouds Once Formed  （Asian Premiere）
  SU Yu Hsin｜Taiwan

• Where the Sea Breeze Blows
  CHEN Shao-chun｜Taiwan

• Xiangzidian Village: The Stage  （World Premiere）
  HU Sanshou｜China

• XiXi
  WU Fan｜Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea

Next Generation Award