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Fever Tango

Filming was completed in 2025, and in 2026 the film was edited and finalized by Yukio Hiruma based on the existing footage, as well as remaining storyboards and written materials. This short film was created around the filmmaker’s intuition and premonition, centered on the question: “What is the difference between sleep without the memory of dreams and death? Aren’t they essentially the same?” One of its themes is the nature of 8mm film as a “material that allows light to pass through it.

Fever Tango

NR 2026
Carbon Counters

The science of carbon counting is becoming a quintessential knowledge practice that characterizes the age of the climate crisis. From the carbon footprint information on a soda can to the international treaties on carbon credits, we count carbon to design and orient our climate policies. Knowing the accurate amount of carbon emission and absorption, however, is not as easy as it might sound, since counting carbon is heavily affected by contrasting methodologies, competing economic interests, and conflicting cultural standards. The carbon numbers, like all important numbers, are scientific and political at the same time.

Carbon Counters

NR 2026
Echo

Built in 1969, this former staff quarters of the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation bears witness to Chiayi's postwar housing development and urban memory. Today, its walls are cracked, concrete eroded, timber decayed, tiles shattered, and the entrance hall is entirely gone. Yet traces of past daily life still linger. Drawing on experimental methods, the film seeks to construct a visually dislocated narrative in which past and present coexist out of sync, offering an alternative perspective on the act of gazing.

Echo

NR 2026
Retaliation

The film replicates one of the 7cm Mountain Gun which were used during Japan's 'Pacification' campaign against Indigenous peoples. During this trip, Kao invites Atayal youth to return to the original mountain location shelled by Japanese police in 1906. They fire towards a distant hotel, now located on the site of a village once occupied by the Japanese. With a tone of playfulness and irony, the film subverts colonial aggression while exploring the possibilities of artistic action.

Retaliation

NR 2026
The Daoxian Incident

The result of years of fieldwork and research, "The Daoxian Incident" examines the causes of armed struggle and mass killings in Dao County, Hunan, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Between August 13 and October 17, 1967, 7,696 people were killed and 1,397 were forced to commit suicide. An additional 2,146 were permanently injured or disabled. Most of the victims were labeled “class enemies” and belonged to the so-called “Five Black Categories,” while at least 14,000 people participated in the killings. Through interviews with survivors, participants, and family members, this documentary reconstructs the complex sequence of political campaigns that culminated in one of the bloodiest episodes in the PRC's history.

The Daoxian Incident

NR 2026
Blood Berries

The Isaan Record spent over 3 years following the fate of people from north-eastern of Thailand who, carrying their hopes of a better life, sought refuge as berry pickers in the forests of Finland and Sweden. They believed that "wild berries" in these civilized countries would revive their lives and help them pay off their debts, so they borrowed money to work there, following the persuasion of the Ministry of Labour and brokers. But unfortunately. They were tricked into working for free and became victims of human trafficking. After working for 3 months, some returned home with empty-handed, burdened with debt. Over the years, reports indicate that there are over 4,000 victims, leading them to form groups to demand justice. While waiting for government agencies to resolve the debt crisis resulting from being tricked into working abroad, a former minister involved in human trafficking and corruption has prospered.

Blood Berries

NR 2026