Other than the traditional cultures of the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan, the most long-standing stereotypes of the aboriginals are that they share a na... (Read more)
The film puts together four sequences shot on 35mm from 1920 to 1939 that show Indigenous people’s lives during Japanese rule, offering a glimpse insi... (Read more)
The film opens with a group of anti-nuclear activists, a Bunun doctor and a Han Chinese anthropologist sitting on a seashore, exchanging their motivat... (Read more)
The film follows the life of SU’s grandfather, Teymu Teylong, a famous hunter in Ciyakang village, Hualien, who has lived through Japanese rule, as he... (Read more)
Artist Rahic Talif came from the Amis ethnic group but hid his Indigenous identity when young. It wasn’t until he saw art works created by Indigenous ... (Read more)
Manawei, a Yami boy, lives on Orchid Island with his grandmother while his father is away from home working. He hopes that his father will bring him a... (Read more)
Amis teenager, Futing, is a city boy who is asked to return to his coastal village one summer to take care of his injured grandpa. There, he meets Lis... (Read more)
Watan, Chen-Hao and Lin Shan are three playful Sqoyaw boys forced to deal with problems too big for their age. For Watan, his grandmother, elder broth... (Read more)
Through the director’s perspective and voice-over narration, we follow three family stories: Yaki (“Grandma” in Tayal) reminiscences about the communi... (Read more)
Dressed in traditional Amis clothing, a young girl, Nakaw, rides a scooter past a succession of tour buses into a beautiful, ethnic coastal village. B... (Read more)
In 1930, the Seediq people living high in Taiwan’s mountains rose up against the oppressive rule of the Japanese government in what became known as th... (Read more)
KAO Ta-Hao, a fugitive going into hiding, meets teenage runaway Hsiao-Shan at a train station. To cover for each other, they disguise themselves as a ... (Read more)
A car accident involving a stray dog connects unlikely characters with life-changing results. A hand model caught in an estranged middle-class marriag... (Read more)
Every winter, the elusive Formosan black bear, Taiwan’s indigenous species, comes to the heart of Yushan National Park for food, giving the region its... (Read more)
Luomabike is a young fisherman from Orchid Island. His lover Lofat tells him that a priest is taking her to Taiwan to learn tailoring. They bid farewe... (Read more)
A-Te used to be a social movement fanatic. But after suffering the pain of divorce and the death of his child, he changed his profession and became a ... (Read more)
The colonial government view the uprising of the Seediq tribe as a major crisis and send Major General Yahiko KAMADA, with 3,000 police and soldiers, ... (Read more)
WEI Te-sheng's epic film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale reclaims an extraordinary but little known episode from 20th century history. Between 18... (Read more)
The teacher at an aboriginal primary school nestled in the mountains gives the students a weekend assignment for which the students must try and find ... (Read more)
Shot on 16mm film, this documentary captures two years in the life of the director’s friend, Mamuno, a Tao, or Lanyu island tribesman. Through Mamuno’... (Read more)
Watan, a member of the aboriginal Atayal tribe, left his village to find work in the city, and returned as a depressive alcoholic with a broken leg. A... (Read more)
Master Lin makes paper houses—or paper “origami villas”—for the dead. His son Gang has just started working at a real estate agency. His wife, A-Yue, ... (Read more)