The annu­al Tai­wan Docu­men­ta­ry Film Fes­ti­val (TDFF) is joint­ly admi­nis­te­red by the ERCCT and the Insti­tu­te of Asi­an and Ori­en­tal Stu­dies, Depart­ment of Chi­ne­se Stu­dies, at Tübin­gen Uni­ver­si­ty. The first fes­ti­val took place in May 2006. Every fes­ti­val cen­ters on eit­her a par­ti­cu­lar topic, often rela­ted to soci­al­ly mar­gi­na­li­zed groups in Tai­wan, or on the work of an invi­ted guest director.

Acclai­med docu­men­ta­ry film maker and Gol­den Hor­se Award win­ner Tsai Tsung‐Lung 蔡崇隆 is the invi­ted guest direc­tor of the ERCCT’s Tai­wan Docu­men­ta­ry Film Fes­ti­val 2024, that will take place on Decem­ber 13  to 14, at Kino Ate­lier. The fes­ti­val pro­gram­me this time cen­ters on the issue of migrant workers in Tai­wan, a topic that looms lar­ge in Tsai Tsung-Lung’s work. The head­li­ner of this year’s fes­ti­val thus is his film on the case of a Viet­na­me­se migrant worker who got into trou­ble with the poli­ce: “Miles to Go Befo­re I Sleep”, distin­gu­is­hed 2022 by the most pres­ti­gious film award in the Chi­ne­se spea­king world, the Gol­den Horse.

The pro­gram­me in detail:

Fri­day, Decem­ber 13, 2024

14:00 – 14:20 Ope­ning cerem­o­ny 開幕儀式
14:20 – 15:30 See You, Lova­ble Stran­gers 再見可愛陌生人
15:30 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 16:00 Con­tex­tua­li­sing Talk by Dr. I.  Cockel (fromer­ly, Isa­bel­le Cheng)(Portsmouth)
16:00 – 17:30 And Miles to Go Befo­re I Sleep 九槍  (War­ning: con­ta­ins images of phy­si­cal violence!)
17:30 – 17:55 Dis­cus­sion with Direc­tor Tsai Tsung‐lung
17:55 – 18:15 Break and Free Pretzel
18:15 – 20:00 Fea­ture Film: The Aban­do­ned 查無此心 (Tse­ng Ying‐Ting)

Satur­day, Decem­ber 14, 2024

10:30 – 11:40  Out/ Mar­ria­ge 失婚記
11:40 – 12:10 A Dif­fe­rent Jour­ney Home 尋鄉異旅
12:10 – 14:00  Lunch break 午飯
14:00 – 14:45 Who cares? 長照喘息聲
14:45 – 15:30 Dis­cus­sion with Direc­tor Tsai Tsung‐Lung
15:30     Clo­sing Cerem­o­ny 閉幕儀式

All films are shown in Chi­ne­se with Eng­lish subtitles.

Tickets for the five docu­men­ta­ry films are 8,- EUR.
Ent­rance to the fea­ture film “The Aban­do­ned” is free.

The ERCCT is gra­teful for the gene­rous sup­port from the Tai­pei Repre­sen­ta­ti­ve Office in the FRG Munich branch office.