2019
Hong Kong International Documentary Festival
短片組冠軍
Directed by 詹皓中
No matter where you are, not just in Taiwan, international movie fans can easily watch too! The first wave of films from emerging creators are now live in our international section. Featuring top selections from prestigious film festivals like Golden Horse Awards and Golden Harvest Awards, as well as many highly anticipated emerging works for you to explore anytime, anywhere!
For the first time ever, the Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) is hosting a virtual edition in collaboration with Giloo, offering audiences across North America a new way to experience the festival. This year, the TFFB team has curated a selection of ten films—a poignant mix of short films and one animated feature—that explore the intimate, often fragile dynamics within families. Seen through the eyes of children, women, and the elderly, these stories delve into emotional landscapes shaped by absence, silence, duty, and love. Together, these works offer a layered and unflinching portrait of family—not as a fixed ideal, but as a space of negotiation, resilience, and transformation. Many of the featured filmmakers are women, whose voices bring depth and urgency to questions of identity, care, and emotional survival. This program invites us to reflect on what we inherit, what we choose, and how we carry those choices forward.