Talking TIDF

Welcome to the final episode of Talkin’ TIDF! To wrap up this year's podcast series, hosts Cameron and Stefanie are joined by award-winning filmmaker LAU Kek-huat for an in-depth conversation on history, memory, identity, and documentary filmmaking. The discussion centers on Lau's acclaimed documentary From Island to Island , while also exploring his work across Taiwan and Southeast Asia. 🎙️...

Mobile Festival Listening Special In this experimental post-festival bonus episode, listeners are treated to a mix of sounds from TIDF 2026. Journey back to May in Taipei through a mix of participant recollections recorded at the daily after party and ambient noise from Taipei streets stretching between screening venues. While most episodes in this feed have been in English, here we feature a mult...

Welcome to another episode of Talking TIDF. This is the first in a series of “bonus” episodes in the wake of a successful 2026 festival. Host Cameron and Stefanie are joined by the directors of the short film Colour Ideology Sampling.mov, selected for the Taiwan Competition at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival. Chan Karen Cheuk-sze, with a background in creative media and t...

In this episode of Talkin TIDF, hosts Cameron and Stefanie are joined by Yannick Dauby, a sound artist born in France and now based in Taiwan. As a field recordist, he works across audio documentary, electroacoustic composition, film sound design, and experimental cinema. At the 2026 Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Yannick is participating in several projects and events. His directorial...

In this episode of Talkin TIDF, Cameron and Stefanie speak with LEE Daw-ming, an award-winning filmmaker, scholar, and one of the most influential figures in documentary filmmaking in Taiwan. After studying in the United States, he returned in the early 1980s and played a key role in shaping the field’s development. At TIDF 2026, the Reel Taiwan section, The Late 1980s on Film, presents four...

In this episode of Talkin’ TIDF, hosts Cameron and Stefanie are joined by TIDF programmer CHUNG Peihua, who oversees the festival’s non-competition sections. With years of experience at TIDF, she offers an insider’s perspective on two standout programmes: the Focus section “Sensible but Unsayable—A Retrospective of the Sensory Ethnography Lab” and the Taiwan Spe...

Welcome back to Talkin’ TIDF, the English-language podcast of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival. Hosts Cameron and Stefanie are joined by CHEN Wanling—one of TIDF’s most senior programmers and a key force behind its curatorial vision, with more than a decade of experience and deep knowledge of the documentary field. From TIDF’s beginnings in 1998 to the ideas be...

Welcome to the first episode of the new English-language podcast series Talkin’ TIDF. Your hosts are two longtime TIDF enthusiasts: Cameron, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan who researches East Asian cinema, and Stefanie, a dedicated TIDF volunteer. 🎙️ In this episode: ➤ What sets TIDF apart from other film festivals?  ➤ How has TIDF developed as a “young...