Full Lineup Unveiled for 14th Taiwan International Documentary Festival
The Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) proudly announces its complete lineup for the 14th edition, featuring almost 140 documentaries, over 200 screenings and a variety of related...
Reel Revelations: 2024 TIDF Showcases Rare Cinematic Treasures in “Reel Taiwan” and “Taiwan Spectrum”
Once again, the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) , scheduled from May 10th to May 19th, 2024, is poised to unveil...
LANDSCAPE OF THE TIMES: REALITIES OF MYANMAR
I recall vividly the many days and nights we spent wrestling with coming up with the focus programme for the 2024 Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF). Despite a variety of themes and...
MORE THAN TWO SIDES TO EACH MEMORY: PETER KEREKES and VIERA ČÁKANYOVÁ
The 'Filmmaker in Focus' functions as an axis of sorts for the festival: by highlighting the style of a single filmmaker, this choice serves to anchor and orient discussions related to documentary...
PRISM-LIKE REALITY AND MEMORY: HISTORY AND THE EVERYDAY CAPTURED ON SMALL-GAUGE FILMS
Film History before the Screens ‘Cinema’ is generally discussed from the perspective of the commercial screening system based on 35mm as the standard format. As for the film industry, directors,...
MEMORIES LIBERATED: POSSIBILITIES AND DIVERSITY OF APPROPRIATION FILM
The last TIDF (its 13th edition in 2022) featured ‘Malleable Docu/Memory: Archival/Found Footage and More’, an archival footage-themed programme that explores approaches for representing reality and...
DECADE IN BLUE AND YELLOW: UKRAINIAN DOCUMENTARIES
This programme consists of six documentary films shot during the last decade in Ukraine. This journey started in 2014 during the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan. Rough Cut, 2014) and led us through...
ACCUMULATED OVER TIME, A DIVERSE, MATURE AND SEASONED LOOK EMERGES - OBSERVATION OF THE 14TH TIDF TAIWAN COMPETITION
The entries for this year’s Taiwan Competition are characterised by an overall diversity in terms of content and form, a tendency that remains consistent with the ever-expanding definition and...
CHANG CHAO-TANG, TAIWAN’S TORCHBEARER IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
If I recall correctly, the early 1970s was when I went from first knowing about Chang Chao-tang to gaining massive respect for him. It all began when I leafed through an early issue of Theatre...