The 20th Taiwan Documentary Film Festival of the ERCCT focuses this year on the memories and stories that have shaped Taiwan’s path to the present day. At its heart are Taiwan’s democratic awakening, the coming to terms with political repression, and questions of identity, home, and social responsibility. The films offer different perspectives on Taiwan’s past and present: they tell the stories of those who fought for a free public sphere, of the long-overlooked victims of authoritarian rule, and of individual lives whose experiences continue to resonate today.

This year, we welcome two guest directors to present their work - Richard Chung 鍾宜杰 and James Huang 黃子明 in Tübingen, both of whom explore these themes in their own distinctive ways. An exhibition of opposition magazines from the 1980s will complement the festival program, organized by Dr. Isabelle Cockel from the School of Area Studies, History, Politics & Literature at the University of Portsmouth, an expert on oppositional publications and propaganda during the Cold War in East Asia.

The programme in detail can be downloaded here.