Taiwan Tag Archive

Documentary

A Personal Search for Identity Is Reflected Through a Wider Geopolitical Context in S. Leo Chiang’s ‘Island in Between’

S. Leo Chiang discusses his aim for achieving a universality of understanding in his Oscar doc examining the complicated relationship between Taiwan & China.

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Live Action, Premiere

Stanley Xu Smartly Blurs the Line Between Representation and Memory in Metafictional Drama ‘Reprise’

Stanley Xu discusses using metafiction to play with genre and representation in his portrayal of the different ways we can remember past relationships.

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Animation

Ivyy Chen Creates a Space of Calm and Contemplation in Soothing Mental Health Animation ‘isle of Chair’

A fluffy giant helps chairs to find their right place in gorgeous animation 'Isle of Chair', inspired by Ivvy Chen's friends' battles with mental health.

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Documentary

Sean Wang Creates a Moving Portrait of Home in the Poetic Documentary ‘Still Here’

Sean Wang returns to his grandmother's village in Taiwan to find it mostly abandoned. 'Still Here' is a moving look at those who refuse to leave.

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Animation, Asides, Music

Elephant Gym: Underwater

Li Guan Jie and Chen Zhong Wei animate an absolutely transfixing journey of self in their bath time music video for Elephant Gym track 'Underwater'.

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Animation, Asides

A Daily Chat

RCA student Cheng-Hsu Chung picks at the painful wound inflicted by professing your love only to have it brushed aside in animated short 'A Daily Chat'.

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Animation, Asides

A Gong (Grandpa)

A 7 year old boy tries to accept the death of his grandfather whilst attending his Taiwanese funeral in this delicate Gobelins student animation.

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Animation

Coffee Time

Drawn away from commercial design to the world of stop motion animation after finding inspiration in Mike Crozier’s SNASK, Wan-tzu dived into a first

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