Those mists and clouds have never dispersed

Even though Taiwan has embarked on the path of democratization, the shadows left behind by the authoritarian era have yet to fully fade. Giloo curates a selection of films that focus on the 228 Incident and the White Terror—some directly interviewing victims of the authoritarian period, others reconstructing a silenced era through powerful imagery. Only by confronting this history can we continue moving forward in the faint yet enduring light of democracy.

The Storm That Won’t Let Go|Iranian Film Collection

The Storm That Won’t Let Go|Iranian Film Collection

"Down with the dictator!" Iran, a country that seems to be perpetually caught in a “storm,” didn’t arrive at nationwide uprisings overnight. Giloo curates four Iranian films that pull back the curtain on a Middle Eastern powerhouse—revealing the forces behind it: religious extremism, gender inequality, structural crime, and government abuse of power. How did a regional power end up at the point of mass resistance and brutal crackdowns? The collapse, as Hemingway put it, happens “Gradually, then suddenly.”

Looking Through the Cracks: Experimental Cinema in Hong Kong, 1960s–70s

This programme brings together six experimental films made in Hong Kong during the 1960s and 70s, five of which are featured in Law Kar’s memoir documentary Cinema Strada. Created under British colonial rule, these works articulate the intellectual, cultural, and emotional conditions faced by Chinese filmmakers navigating a fractured society. Through radical forms and non-linear structures, the films register anxieties around identity, displacement, and political silence. More personal works explore repressed sexual desire in young men, functioning as metaphors for broader social constraints. Together, these films reveal experimental cinema as both private expression and historical witness. Related Project: Cinema Strada Documentary: General Release Crowdfunding Project | https://labs.giloo.ist/projects/cinema-strada/overview

Growing up overnight, the blazing fire of youth

Growing up overnight, the blazing fire of youth

卓亦謙

Everything changes; the only constant is change itself. Young people who encounter life-altering upheavals face life and death, joy and sorrow. At life’s turning points, the choices they make reveal who these protagonists truly are. Within these stories, we may see reflections of ourselves—or find lives far removed from our own. Yet they always help us understand one another, allowing us, over ten to a few dozen minutes, to experience, grow, and comfort each other together. In a world of ever-shifting circumstances, perhaps cinema is a faithful companion that walks alongside us.

Love, at the Neon Cinema|NEON Film Collection

Love, at the Neon Cinema|NEON Film Collection

Behind Parasite and Anora, NEON Film Production is a breakout American independent film company. Rising swiftly from the festival circuit to the Oscars through its bold and distinctive selections, NEON has become a vital force in contemporary arthouse cinema. Drawn to stories that glow in the darkness, this collection invites you to step into the Neon Cinema and confront love in all its forms—desire and loss, the uncanny and the ineffable, and the nature of love itself.