A Letter to A Ma

"The greatest human tragedy is the loss of collective memory." - Simone Veil When French filmmaker Chen Hui Ling returned to her hometown to mourn her grandmother, she was confronted not only with the blurred memories…

Umong Boy

The story of a young volunteer boy named Tanwa of Umong district, an orphan who now lives with his grandmother. He grows up with ambition, hoping for a better life. (Source: Thai = Wayufilm Production and กลุ่มอุโมงค์รวมใจ…

See You White House

This is a history that spans half a century. In 1967, the US Navy's Second Medical Research Institute (NAMRU-2), based in Taipei, built a pure white building in Shuilin Township, Yunlin County, and began a seven-year…

Phil's Journey

In 1998, Phil Tchernegovski, a New Zealander, travelled from New Zealand in the southern hemisphere to Taiwan in the northern hemisphere with great anxiety to find his beloved son, who was missing. The pain of not…

The Red Herring

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"The Red Herring" summons Cho Kuk who is imprinted on 67 days of prosecution indictments, news articles, and videos of far-right and progressive YouTubers, from the nomination of the Minister of Justice to inauguration…

Setouchi Jakucho: 99 Years of Life

Chronicle of the life of a Japanese Buddhist, Jakucho Setouchi, also known as an award winning novelist and activist, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 99 years. Full of touching moments with her treasured words…

The Hostess

“Xià hǎi” (go to the sea) is often used to describe women who are involved in hospitality industry, falling into a socially unrespectable profession, namely, be drawn into the dangerous sea, which is defined…

Hidden Letters

For thousands of years, women in China, who were often forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write, shared a secret language among themselves called Nushu. Written with delicate strokes made from…

Boku to Care Nin to Shima no Obaachantachi to.

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Swirling in the Dreams

Fewer number of indigenous people in Taiwan still believe in Shamanism. Shamans bore responsibility for communicating with the spirit world, and relied on rituals to help others to avoid misfortune. However, both the…