The Taiwan International Documentary Festival announced the films that made it onto its competition shortlist for 2022. The festival will showcase the films in Taipei between May 6 and May 15. This year, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency will join forces with the festival to offer financial support to promising filmmakers.
The festival will showcase documentaries that depict stories about history, religion, democracy, identity, and other contemporary issues. Festival Program Director Wood Lin says the event aims to be a window into the world’s recent events. Lin describes the festival’s design motif this year, as ‘lively and strange.’ He says he hopes this year’s event can showcase a similar amount of diversity.”
Shortlisted Taiwanese filmmakers also have the opportunity to win a NT$2 million subsidy for their next project from the Taiwan Creative Content Agency. The agency says it wants to support Taiwanese directors in producing future films about Taiwan, bringing more memorable stories from Taiwan to the world.