第二屆台灣國際民主誌影展—柏林特別篇 ② TIDFF@ Berlin
Date：5/20
Time:：16:30-21:00
Location: Prenzlauer Studio（Winsstraße 42，10405 Berlin, Germany ）
16:15 Admission
16:30 Opening
16:40 《From New Guinea to Taipei》
18:00 Screening Talk
18:30 Break Time
19:00 《Swirling in the Dreams》
20:20 Screening Talk
21:00 Conclusion, free discussion
Taiwan International Democratic Film Festival（TIDFF）utilizes visual arts as a medium for civic education on democracy. Breaking through urban-rural and socio-economic barriers, it combines nomadic-style touring with lectures, aiming to discover, observe, and understand the status and development of democracy and human rights in various regions of the world through visual creations.
《From new Guinea to Taipei》
This documentary tells the stories of the three generations of an indigenous Amis family of ‘Atolan ‘in Taitung, Taiwan. It begins with the story of Grandpa Ro’eng, who was conscripted as the Takasago Volunteer and dispatched to New Guinea to fight under Japanese rule from 1943 to 1945. Sixty-six years later, the son and grandson set out for Papua New Guinea and returned to Grandpa’s battlefield. They saw not only the cruelty of the War on the battlefield but also had a novel experience of contacting different cultures.
Grandpa was brought to New Guinea to fight by the Japanese to fight. He had luck, wisdom, and courage to survive the War. In the 1960s, many Amis men also boarded fishing boats to go far-sea fishing worldwide, leaving their hometowns. Nowadays, many young people in ‘Atolan have also left their home village and struggle to survive on the “urban battlefield.” Currently, ‘Atolan faces many large-scale tourism projects by the state government or consortium. ‘Atolan has become another battlefield. Can we survive this cruel War just like Grandpa’s wisdom back then?
《Swirling in the Dreams》
In spite of the spread of Christianity and introduction of modern medicine, Taiwan’s indigenous peoples have always had a need for their traditional beliefs. For the people in these tribes, when they seek to know the wishes of the deceased, they can only find answers through the divination and rituals performed by shamans. Nowadays, shamans are becoming fewer in number, yet still hope to build bridges between reality and the spirit world. However, both the suffering patient who wishes to have a ritual performed and the shaman performing the ritual have their own troubles. Can these wounded spirits find healing in beliefs?