Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Returning to an unfinished film project he first started in 1979, Kidlat TAHIMIK carries with him the history of the Philippines, for which he spent the last thirty-five years searching. From the...
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)
This two-part documentary chronicles the everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion. In Part I, the director filmed a group of Iraqis, mostly members of his family, in their expectation...
I Am the People
As the Egyptian people rise up in Tahrir Square, rural villagers in the south are watching the revolution on TV. From the overthrow of MUBARAK to the fall of MORSI, the film follows the upheavals...
France Is Our Mother Country
France Is Our Mother Country is a story of an encounter between two cultures, two sensibilities, and two imaginations. This encounter resulted in a colonisation with no less brutality than others. By...
The Taoyuan Airport Incident
On 30 November 1986, leading opposition figure HSU Hsin-liang planned to fly back to Taiwan after years of exile. The DPP called for a mass mobilisation to welcome him at the airport but clashed...
A Historic Misunderstanding?
With the lively social activist scene in Taiwan being labelled as a hindrance for investment by the ruling regime, this film details case studies of the past to examine the derogatory terms such as ‘...
Military in Power, No Hope of Democracy
On 2 May 1990, President LEE Teng-hui decided to nominate previous Military Chief of Staff HAU Pei-tsun for the position of premier. Many thought the decision was a terrible step back. In protest of...
Green TV's Inaugural Film
For a long time the KMT government has held a monopoly over Taiwan’s TV channels, using the lack of channel bandwidth as an excuse for its stranglehold. During the campaign for the elections for...
Indigenous Peoples
This film is a collection of indigenous movements taking place between 1987 and 1988, including the Rainbow Movement to rescue underage prostitutes, the protest against excavating indigenous...