Swirling in the Dreams | Sölvegatan 37, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
🌟 TIDFF is Coming to Lund! 🌟
🎬 Movie is an art form that brings joy, but it’s also a powerful tool for promoting democracy, equality, social justice, empathy, and more. It breaks down barriers, creating connections across divides. This festive and nomadic tour blends captivating films with insightful discussions, inviting you on a journey of exploration, observation, and brainstorming across borders.
📽️ We’re thrilled to welcome you to our first event in November, where we’ll be screening the moving Taiwanese documentary:
🌀 Film Overview:
“Swirling in the Dreams” offers a deep dive into the world of the Atayal people, one of Taiwan’s indigenous Austronesian groups. This film shines a light on the role of shamans in modern society, with the little stories continuing to swirl and unfold beside them. Together, we’ll explore retrospect, revisit, retainment, and the stories of this community’s rich cultural tapestry.
📢 After the screening, join us for an engaging discussion with the film’s director, Su Hung-En and special guest, Arthur Holmer.
📅 Event Details:
🗓 When: 13:30, 16th November, 2024
📍 Where: Lunds Universitet-Ekologihuset (Sölvegatan 37, 223 62 Lund, Sweden)
🎟 The event is free, but the experience is priceless! While popcorn is on you, we’ll provide a thought-provoking discussion. Don’t forget to mark your attendance by filling out the form to help us with the arrangements.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/shaoWG1t5boafrhm9
Come enjoy an afternoon of cinema and conversation—see you there!
Co-organizer：Taipei Mission in Sweden, Taiwan Association in Sweden, Svensk-Taiwanesiska Vänskapsföreningen
Films screened
Swirling in the Dreams
Even in a contemporary society where Christianity is widespread and medicine is advanced, traditional belief remains indispensable for Indigenous people. When a family wants to know the wishes of the dead and what they left unfinished, the answer and the comfort often still come through a shaman's divination and ritual.
Yet the shamans who can carry the will of the ancestors are growing fewer under the pressures of modernisation. They nonetheless hold their place at the front line of ritual and belief, working to remain the bridge between the living and the ancestral spirits. Afterwards, both those who come seeking ritual and the shamans who conduct it must still return to their own difficulties — a tension between what tradition answers and what modern life demands, running through their lives without resolution.