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Sarong Warrior

If given the choice, I would prefer to live a peaceful and content life in a community rather than participating in protests. The crucial battles would involve the defenders of the sea, who rise up to protect their way of life from being destroyed. If the community undergoes changes due to development projects, and if the sea becomes inaccessible for fishing as it used to be, and if there is a scarcity of fish, crab, and seafood, what would the situation be like? However, this battle would undergo a profound transformation as the local residents determine the development plans themselves, adapting to the needs of the community. The coastal inhabitants would face these challenges under the influence of worries, hopes, dreams, and the vision of the future. Take everyone on a journey to experience the life of the defenders of the sea, who strive to preserve their way of life, culture, beliefs, food, resources, air, and the sea.

Sarong Warrior

NR 2023
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In the short span of half a century after World War II, the remote island of Kinmen has witnessed numerous battles. Its people once supported the national army, enduring the battles and gunfire. Today, memories have faded, and those who personally experienced the fires of war, the Kinmen residents who walked through fearful and sorrowful times, are gradually passing away. For the post-war new generation, the memories of billowing smoke may be fading, but the island's shadows have never disappeared.

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NR 2023
Braving the Peak

Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range features 138 peaks with altitudes exceeding 3,000m, stretching over 300 km from north to south. KU Ming-cheng and CHOU Ching, two trail runners with very different temperaments and a 30-year age gap, spend three years training and exploring with the aim of traversing the Central Mountain Range on foot. This documentary captures their record-breaking eight-day, 16-hour feat from the very beginning, traversing self-doubt and disagreements, to finally achieving their goal, every step resembling a peak of life marked by unwavering determination.

Braving the Peak

NR 2023
Flowers Blooming Backwards Into Noise

Flowers Blooming Backward Into Noise is a 20-minute animated “documanifesto” about AI art. It explains how Diffusion models work, as well as their entanglement with composite photography, statistical correlations and eugenics. In the end, the film veers into the director's own work, and how he sees his work: as bending the tool to create images that may not be beautiful, but are a product of rejecting automated characterizations of images, bodies, and human beings.

Flowers Blooming Backwards Into Noise

NR 2023
Divine Table in Daxin

The vigorous development of modern folk religion in Chiayi, combined with the lumber industry chain in the area, created an era where the art of crafting shrine tables flourished. However, times are constantly changing. How can Daxin Woodworking Co., which makes exquisite shrine tables, pass on the traditional art of crafting shrine tables and adapt to the declining market caused by the changing times? Learn about the perspectives and stories of Daxin Woodworking’s three generations of craftsmen, see the development of shrine tables in Chiayi City, and observe how they deal with the challenges of the modern era.

Divine Table in Daxin

NR 2023
Lifetime of Coal

Coal-fired power stations are the first to go in responding to climate crisis. However, the greenhouse gas released during the combustion of coal is not the only problem. We find unfair social structure on the path of coal consumption. In the whole process of mining, moving, burning and disposing coal, the contamination and damages have been pushed to the local mining areas, the laborers, and the nature. We can’t, however, continue to grow at the sacrifice of someone else. Development through exploitation has reached the end. About time to realize that our economic growth is relying on the deep-rooted externalization. Now, what do we need to change?

Lifetime of Coal

NR 2023
Together, Stronger in the Rain

In 2019, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Three years on, same-sex couples still face challenges that heterosexual couples do not: some have trouble becoming legal guardians for their children; others must travel abroad to start a family; some are even rejected when applying for legal marriage status. As such, legalization was just another small step forward in the fight for equality. This 90-minute documentary shows how different same-sex couples fight for the life they desire and deserve. They may be fighting different battles, but they share one thing in common: the belief that the sun will shine after this rain.

Together, Stronger in the Rain

NR 2023