Documentary Film Festival | University of Tübingen

19th Taiwan Documentary Film Festival: 5 - 6 December

Huang Shu-Mei 黄淑梅 is the guest director of the ERCCT's 19th Taiwan Documentary Film Festival, which is to take place from December 5 to 6 at Kino Atelier in Tübingen. Huang Shu-Mei is deeply concerned with the degradation of Taiwan's natural environment and the films that feature in this year's program thus treat topics like the environmental movement, the ecological wisdom of Taiwan's indigenous people and the impact of the energy transition on local communities.

The ERCCT is grateful for the generous support from the Taipei Representative Office in the FRG Munich branch office.

The programme in detail:

Friday, December 05, 2025

14:00 – 14:15 Opening Ceremony 開幕儀式
14:15 – 16:00 A Letter to Future Children 給親愛的孩子
16:00 – 16:10 Break
16:10 – 16:40 Never Give Up 龍晟不打烊
16:40 – 17:15 Q&A with director Huang Shu-Mei
17:15 – 18:00 Break with Pretzeln
18:00 – 20:00 Missing Johnny 强尼凯克 (Feature film by Huang Hsi)

Saturday, December 06, 2025

10:30 – 11:10 The Tale of Ino Yumin 依諾物語
11:10 – 12:40 The Battle of Matou Mountain 馬頭山之戰
12:40 – 14:15 Lunch break
14:15 – 14:45 The Solar Power Revelation 七股光電啓示錄
14:45 – 15:30 Q&A with director Huang Shu-Mei

All films are shown in Chinese with English subtitles.

The festival takes place at Kino Atelier, Vor dem Haagtor 1, 72070 Tübingen and starts on Friday, December 5, at 2 pm (14 Uhr).
Tickets for the five documentary films are 8,- EUR, 6,- EUR for students.
Entrance to the feature film “Missing Johnny” is free.

Taiwan Documentary Film Festival

The annual Taiwan Documentary Film Festival (TDFF) is jointly administered by the ERCCT and the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Chinese Studies, at Tübingen University. The first festival took place in May 2006. Every festival centers on either a particular topic, often related to socially marginalized groups in Taiwan, or on the work of an invited guest director.

Past festivals

14th TDFF (Feb. 2020)

2014 Spotlight Taiwan

2013 TDFF

Taiwan Documentary Film Festival Articles Archive