Birth/ Mother
Naomi KAWASE's films attempt to fill in the void from her own "losses in life." Now, as the mother of a newborn baby, she embarks upon a new era of her career - A new beginning that goes beyond the...
Code Name Silence
Code Name Silence is the story of heroes who abused their power and became criminals. At the same time, it reveals the pain of the victims and the scars still borne by thousands of Ethiopian Jews...
First Lesson in Peace
First Lessons in Peace explores the Jewish –Arab conflict through the eyes of a six year old girl, the director’s daughter when she starts school at the mixed Arab- Jewish primary school - Neveh...
The Gangster's God
Every Lantern Festival in eastern Taiwan, a group of men wearing nothing but red shorts, stands on a sacred palanquin, allowing people to pound their bodies with bottlerockets, singeing their skin....
Jabe Babe- A Heightened Life
Jade Bade- A Heightened Life transports its audience to the world of 31 year old Jabe Babe, a tall girl with a tall story. This hybrid documentary, which merges fiction and non- fiction forms,...
Panel Discussion
Absence as Presence — Palestine and Its Archiveless Archive Taking the absence and presence of Palestinian film archives as its point of departure, this panel examines what it means to view...
TIDF at Your Home
► x TIDF Special Selection Screenings In celebration of receiving the 2026 TIDF Outstanding Contribution Award, Viewpoint (Public Television Service, PTS) will present a special...
Off-site Readings
► Dedicated Catalogue for the Focus Programme Visitors who present two ticket stubs from screenings in the Focus Programme Palestine and Its Archiveless Archive may redeem one copy of the...
Acclaimed Latvian Filmmaker Laila Pakalnina “Director in Focus” in 11th Taiwan International Documentary Festival
The 11th Taiwan International Film Festival, 4 -13 May 2018 in Taipei, will present renowned Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina in its “Director in Focus” section. Pakalnina’s films are widely...
A Feeling Greater than Love
Bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and chocolate factories in the 1970s held the promise of a popular revolution and women's emancipation, but they were erased from collective memory by...