Hand in Hand

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.

Runtime

1h 49m

Cast

Hou Hsiao-hsien, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Olivier Assayas

Richly illustrated with film clips and interviews, OUR TIME, OUR STORY tells the still-evolving story of the Taiwanese "new wave," from its rise in the early 1980s, as the island was democratizing after decades under martial law, through growing international recognition and domestic debate in the 1990s. Spearheaded in its early years ...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Hsiao Chu-chen

Cast

Sylvia Chang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Yang Li-Chou

Cast

Gwei Lun-Mei, Ivy Ling Po, Jackie Chan

Resulting pic blurs the line between documentary and fiction as Yanagimachi explores the lives of a couple of groups of peddlers, and they appear to act out their personal dramas for the camera.

Runtime

1h 35m

Cast

Cai-ming Zhang, Chun-hong Ye, Chun Chun-lieng

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances? To China Taiwan is a breakaway ...

Runtime

52m

Cast

Kai-Shek Chiang, Shu-kai Chou, Mao Zedong