The Wages of Resistance：Narita Stories
In Memory of The Chinatown
The Fall of Icarus：Narita Stories
L.T.K.
In Character
Rui-Ming Band
A Young Patriot
The Shepherds
Miracle
Time Splits in the River
Small Oyster Rock in Kezailiao
The Chinese Mayor
The “Kaohsiung Shorts” Film Program is an annual initiative that selects emerging creators through an open call, encouraging diverse themes and creative expressions in short film production. To date, the program has supported over 100 works. The eight new short films from the 2023 cycle have gone through a one-year journey from initial concept to final creation. These films explore themes ranging from familial bonds and struggles, the desires and regrets of love, the resistance and confusion of growing up, to the fading and brilliance of life. Each piece offers a distinct perspective and cinematic language, carving out a fresh new chapter in the landscape of short film artistry.
Collaborating with Giloo, Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival has created its own online streaming platform where the past short films will be launched in turn. This platform not only provides the audience with viewing the short films again but also strives for getting in touch with more people. The first-round released short films are those award-winning titles from international or local film festivals. There will be more features coming up. Please stay tuned with us!
My World
Before the Box Gets Emptied
3 Generations 3 Days
A Long Ride
The Sea Within
This Is Not the End
Old Man And a Dog
Almost Home
The Gentle Madness
Trek of an Extinct Bird
Along fragmented paths, we come to glimpse landscapes elsewhere. When these everyday moments brush against lived experience, we are suddenly carried back in dreams—to a past once lived in our homeland. By weaving together the experience of being away from home with what has already passed, a vision emerges that belongs to us alone, singular and unrepeatable. This film selection, jointly curated by enclave partners from different countries, reflects the concerns they observe through their own eyes. Within this rising enclave, we see, encounter, and exchange… and continue moving forward.
Before the Box Gets Emptied
The Fall of Icarus：Narita Stories
Remember Me
When dreams return in fragments, when memories slip away, when the past comes rushing in, when the storm circles back—take a few minutes, just drift for a few minutes. The everyday can transcend time and space; abstract animation and imagery capture colors we cannot speak aloud, like elephants hidden in a castle, a head holding onto its last strand of hair, someone lost in a midsummer dream, or a fierce cyclone swirling outside. We all need—and deserve—these few minutes.
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.
Those Who Dance
One Summer's Day
Grandma and Her Ghosts (Digital Restoration)
Before settling into the stability of adulthood, we are all perplexed students navigating the currents of life. This selection focuses on a group of Hong Kong teenagers who have yet to enter the working world. The life circumstances, social shifts, and even familial relationships they encounter are unprecedented experiences. The journey from attempting to understand, learn, and overcome these challenges, to ultimately accepting their self-determined fate, broadly reflects the collective atmosphere and mindset of Hong Kong as a whole
The 2025 Urban Warehouse Culture Games takes “Cultural Estuary” as its theme. On October 25–26, we will arrive at Dadaocheng Wharf and the Tamsui River! Thirty years ago, the Tamsui River drew attention to pollution and urban development through an environmental art exhibition. Today, its riverbanks have been completely renewed. This year, 19 groups of artists are invited to collaborate, creating 8 sets of art-based game checkpoints and 2 workshops, extending further to river cruises, an outdoor cinema, and a low-carbon experimental exhibition. Join us as we sail toward the cultural estuary and embark on a cultural shuttle run for the city!
The 10th New Taipei City Student Film Awards – Call for Entries! The New Taipei City Student Film Awards proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025. It committed to encouraging students to engage in film creation and becoming the next “New Director”! Application Deadline(Junior High School filming proposal) : By 12:00 p.m., 16 May, 2025. Application Deadline(High School and General categories) : By 12:00 p.m., 10 July, 2025.
