Diaspora (Generasi Sekian)
Shortly before Indonesia's 2014 presidential election, an ethnic Chinese filmmaker and her family travelled to Malaysia, fearing unrest linked to the memories of May 1998. The journey unfolds into a...
As I Imagine My Body Moving
After a sudden health crisis, a former dancer confronts a buried wound carried for over twenty years. The film explores kinaesthetic separation between body and consciousness, where illness fractures...
I see พญานาค (Phaya Nāga) elsewhere
In the artist's first solo return to Bangkok, they navigate the unfamiliar within the familiar. Through technological fantasies of an alternate self left unexplored in Hong Kong, they interrogate...
O for Opium
As part of the filmmaker' s metaproject The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia, the film takes the letter 'O' to poetically conflate 'Opium' and 'Ocean'. It revisits the opium trade that...
Full Lineup Announced for the 15th Taiwan International Documentary Festival Over 180 Screenings and Public Programmes Across Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan — The Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) has announced the full programme for its 15th edition, presenting over 180 screenings alongside a wide range of public events....
Taiwan on Screen: TIDF Presents Taiwan Spectrum | War memories, Shifting Identities
Organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) will take place from May 1 to 10, 2026. The Taiwan Spectrum programme “War Memories...
Taiwan on Screen: TIDF Presents Taiwan Spectrum | War memories, Shifting Identities and Reel Taiwan | The Late 1980s on Film
Organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) will take place from May 1 to 10, 2026. Two of its signature curated sections—...
Carving into the Heart with a Camera: On the 2026 TIDF 'Salute! Chinese Independent Documentaries' Programme
A decade ago, independent programmer Wang Pai-zhang was invited to write a commentary introducing TIDF's Chinese-language independent documentary programme. In the title of his essay, he referenced...