Explore: Taiwan

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Past Event

Abiding Nowhere

Tsai Ming-liang continues his meditative, monastic Walking series with another hypnotic shrine to seeking transcendence in a chaotic world.

Dir. Tsai Ming-liang / 2024 / 79 mins / USA, Taiwan / No Dialogue
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INNERSTAR 01: Reddening

The first entry in a series inspired by astronomical phenomena and the exploration of consciousness and existence from a philosophical perspective.

Dir. Huang Wei, Cheng Dao-Yuan / 2023 / 15 mins / Taiwan / No Dialogue
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It follows It passes on

Postwar memories of the Taiwanese Kinmen Islands are seen as if through broken glass, summoned by way of incense, ceramics, sand, light and shadows.

Dir. Erica Sheu / 2023 / 5 mins / Taiwan / Mandarin, Japanese
Short
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Limbotopia

First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.

Dir. Hsieh Wen-Yee / 2024 / 25 mins / Taiwan / No Dialogue
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Mongrel

An undocumented Thai caregiver grapples with exploitation in this evocative portrait that received the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes.

Dir. Chiang Wei Liang, Yin You Qiao / 2024 / 128 mins / France, Taiwan, Singapore / Mandarin, Taiwanese, Thai
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Pigsy

A lazy, self-absorbed porker becomes an unlikely hero in this wild and wondrous sci-fi riff on the Chinese classic Journey to the West.

Dir. Li Wei Chiu / 2023 / 95 mins / Taiwan / Taiwanese
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Shambhala

The first Nepalese film to screen in competition at Berlin follows the physical and spiritual Himalayan journey of a woman on a truth-seeking mission.

Dir. Min Bahadur Bham / 2024 / 150 mins / USA, France, Norway, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qatar, Türkiye, Nepal / Tibetan, Nepalese
XR
Past Event

Taiwan With a Twist

Two XR works – one portraying the trap of greener pastures, the other framing the body as landscape – present novel takes on the here-and-now.

20 mins / Taiwan