Records, Re-Exposures: A Selection of Master Directors’ Documentaries

A curated selection of ten documentaries, re-illuminating what lies hidden within cinema. They recount timeless masterpieces—sometimes weaving in interviews, sometimes dissecting layer by layer. These films are pathways into cinema, ways to approach their authors, and lessons in filmmaking themselves. Through them, we catch a glimpse of the spark of creation.

New Perspectives in Japanese Cinema

Echoing the Golden Horse Film Festival’s “Selection of Japanese Mid-Career Directors,” Giloo continues its long-standing commitment to Asian auteur cinema with this curated program, New Perspectives in Japanese Cinema. The selection focuses on a new generation of filmmakers who have recently emerged on the international stage and are steadily establishing their creative positions, while also seeking to expand and supplement existing perspectives on contemporary Japanese cinema. From the Okuyama brothers—Hiroshi Okuyama and Yoshiyuki Okuyama—whose delicate visual language captures the subtle flow of human emotions, to Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who reshapes everyday narratives through long takes and dialogue; from Shiori Ito, who confronts social structures and gender issues head-on, to Sho Miyake, who persistently portrays urban margins and the conditions of youth; and additionally, Yusuke Morii, selected for this program for his distinctive narrative approach to the fragmented realities of contemporary Japanese life—these filmmakers not only demonstrate strong auteur sensibilities but collectively respond to the social realities of present-day Japan.

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.

Overnight | Coming-of-Age Film Selection

The sun shines warm, the breeze is gentle, and the child wanders through the slow hours of youth. But as the sun sets and night descends, the cracks of the adult world blur into shadows. With eyes closed, a pink fantasy castle appears. Perhaps growing up is simply waking from a great dream—the farewell to childhood happening in a single night. Giloo presents 9 selected films, inviting you to see a world where innocence and cruelty coexist through the eyes of a child.

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