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The Waves Will Carry Us《人生海海》
LAU Kek-Huat｜Taiwan｜2025｜18+｜100 mins
Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, Min Nan｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre : Drama

Opening film
German premiere

When Ah-Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, religious authorities seize the body after discovering that his father had secretly converted to Islam. Refusing to accept the decision, Ah-Yao and his siblings set out to bring their father home.

Blending dark humour and family drama with the momentum of a road movie, The Waves Will Carry Us follows a family confronting memories and histories they never fully knew. What begins as a dispute over burial becomes a journey through migration, belief, and the unfinished stories carried across generations.

Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

Location: Weddingmarkt, Leopoldplatz, 13347 Berlin
Free entry.

Taiwan Cultural Day台灣文化市集 marks the return of the Taiwan Film Festival Berlin in 2026, expanding the cinematic experience into an all-sensory celebration.

Hosted at Weddingmarkt on Leopoldplatz, the second edition of the Taiwan Cultural Day (TKT) features an immersive open-air market filled with authentic Taiwanese tastes—from classic bubble tea to iconic street food—alongside hands-on calligraphy workshops and contemporary literature. With interactive experiences such as Taiwanese mahjong and traditional paper cutting, the event connects Berlin’s international community with Taiwan’s vibrant traditions and contemporary creative energy .

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Focus Director: LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發

From Island to Island 《由島至島》
LAU Kek-huat｜Taiwan｜2024｜290 min
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Hokkien, English, Taiwanese, Malay, Hakka｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre: Documentary

German premiere

Through oral histories, family letters, diaries, and archival footage, From Island to Island traces Taiwan's wartime history through the experiences of ordinary people. It follows Taiwanese soldiers and civilians living under Japanese colonial rule, including those whose lives extended across Southeast Asia during the Second World War. The film does not reconstruct a single narrative. It listens to what different people chose to keep, and what they chose to pass on.

Post-screening Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

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Mongrel《白衣蒼狗》
CHIANG Wei-Liang｜Taiwan, Singapore, France｜2024｜128 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese, Mandarin, Thai｜English Subtitles
Genre: Drama

Berlin premiere

Oom has no legal status and no formal training, yet he has become a caregiver for older people and people with disabilities living in the mountains. As the demands of his work become increasingly difficult to bear, he is forced to choose between survival and dignity. The film follows Oom as he struggles to hold on to both through the everyday realities of caregiving.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director CHIANG Wei-Liang 曾威量 after the movie.

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Venue: Weddingmarkt, Leopoldplatz, 13347 Berlin
Find the workshop within the TKT Day event.

Language: English
Fee: €5
Join the Workshop & Enjoy €5 Off the Performance Ticket

Bring a sound of home into the room.

Led by Taiwanese narrative and sound artist YANG Yu-Chiao 楊雨樵, this workshop begins with a simple introduction to how hearing works. Participants then turn to sounds they associate with home. Through listening, writing, and vocal exercises, they use onomatopoeia to give form to remembered sounds. If no existing word feels quite right, they are invited to invent one of their own.

The sounds and words created during the workshop will become part of The House of Onomatopoeia – Berlin one day later, allowing participants to contribute directly to the performance. No previous experience is required.

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Focus Director: LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發

Boluomi 《菠蘿蜜》
LAU Kek-Huat, Vera Chen｜Taiwan｜2019｜18+｜108 mins
Mandarin, Taiwanese, Malay, Cantonese, Vietnamese｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre : Drama

German premiere

During the guerrilla war fought by the Malayan Communist Party, babies were sent out of the jungle to ensure their survival. Boluomi was one of them. Decades later, much of her past remains unknown.
Yi-Fan, a young Malaysian who left his country because of racial discrimination, gradually discovers his connection to Boluomi. As he does, Boluomi's long-unknown past comes into view, connecting two lives across decades of silence.

Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

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Island of the Winds 《大風之島》
HSU Ya-ting｜Taiwan, France, Japan｜2025｜119 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre: Documentary

German premiere

On the outskirts of Taipei, a community of people affected by leprosy has lived for decades in a settlement they built together. When redevelopment plans threaten to demolish their homes and force residents to relocate, the film follows their efforts to remain where they have spent their lives. Filmed over many years, it records what a community builds, what it stands to lose, and what it means to fight for a place no one else has chosen to protect.

Online Q&A with director HSU Ya-Ting 許雅婷 after the movie.

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Venue: P60 (Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin)
Language:English
€15 General Admission / €10 for Workshop Participants

What does home sound like?
Created and artistically directed by YANG Yu-Chiao, The House of Onomatopoeia – Berlin grows from sounds of home gathered during a workshop held one day before the performance. YANG Yu-Chiao 楊雨樵 (concept, artistic direction, vocals, percussion), LIN Hui-Chun 林惠君 (cello, vocals), Romain C. BERTHEAU (electronics), Ligia LIBERATORI (vocals, objects), and TSOU Yu-Sheng 鄒佑昇 (Poesie, Lesung) transform these personal memories through voice, percussion, cello, electronics, objects, poetry, reading, and improvisation.

The work brings different languages and memories into the same space without asking them to become a single story. Each sound helps build the house again.

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The Legend of The Sacred Stone 4K Restoration 《聖石傳說 4K 數位修復版》
HUANG Qiang-Hua｜Taiwan｜2000｜96 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese｜Subtitles: EN
Genre: Fantasy, WuXia

German premiere

Set in a richly imagined martial world brought to life through Taiwanese glove puppetry, The Legend of the Sacred Stone follows a struggle over the legendary Will Stone, an artefact said to hold immense power. As the search for the Will Stone draws together heroes, villains, and rival factions, the film unfolds through spectacular battles, intricate puppetry, and an epic tale of loyalty, righteousness, and fate. Premiering in 2000, it became a landmark in the history of glove puppetry cinema. Newly restored in 4K, it now makes its German big-screen debut.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director HUANG Qiang-Hua 黃強華 after the screening.

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The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon 《周處除三害》
WONG Ching-po｜Taiwan｜2023｜18+｜133 min
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre: criminal, action

Europe premiere

After learning that he has only months left to live, fugitive CHEN Gui-Lin discovers that he ranks only third on Taiwan's most-wanted list. Determined to hunt down the two criminals ranked above him, he sets out across Taiwan in pursuit of the country's two most-wanted fugitives, as his search grows into something larger than a manhunt.
The film became a phenomenon through what audiences found inside it: their own frustrations, fantasies, and ideas of justice.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director WONG Ching-Po 黃精甫 after the screening.

Venue: P60 Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin
Language: English

Advance registration required.
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Application deadline: 20 September

Fee: €30 / €15 for Students (includes lunch)

Some histories are not forgotten. They were just never fully told.

Across his work, LAU Kek-Huat has returned to unfinished histories rooted in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia, tracing family memory, migration, political trauma, and lives shaped by what remains unsaid. In this masterclass, he reflects on how he approaches filmmaking when archives are incomplete, witnesses disagree, and no single language can fully explain what happened. Rather than searching for definitive answers, he asks how cinema can stay with what remains incomplete.

Director: LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發
LAU is a Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker. His debut feature Boluomi earned a Golden Horse Best New Director nomination and Tokyo Talent Award. His documentaries won top honors at the Golden Horse and Taipei Film Festivals, while his short Nia’s Door won the Busan Sonje Award.

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The River 2K Restoration《河流 2K 數位修復版》
TSAI Ming-Liang｜Taiwan｜1997｜116 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, Taiwanese｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre: Drama

After playing as a floating corpse in a film shoot, Hsiao-Kang develops a mysterious neck condition that no treatment can cure. Living under the same roof, he and his parents lead separate lives, rarely connecting despite sharing the same home.
As they search for relief through hospitals, temples, and the hidden spaces of the city, they drift further apart while continuing to share the same roof.

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Opening film
Focus Director: LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發

The Waves Will Carry Us《人生海海》
LAU Kek-Huat｜Taiwan｜2025｜18+｜100 mins
Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, Min Nan｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre : Drama

German premiere

When Ah-Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, religious authorities seize the body after discovering that his father had secretly converted to Islam. Refusing to accept the decision, Ah-Yao and his siblings set out to bring their father home.

Blending dark humour and family drama with the momentum of a road movie, The Waves Will Carry Us follows a family confronting memories and histories they never fully knew. What begins as a dispute over burial becomes a journey through migration, belief, and the unfinished stories carried across generations.

Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

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Family Matters《我家的事》
PAN Ke-Yin｜Taiwan｜2025｜99 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese, Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Gerne: Drama, Family

Berlin premiere

Spanning twenty-four years and four distinct periods, Family Matters follows a seemingly ordinary Taiwanese family as each member faces a life-altering challenge. An elder sister searches for her origins, a younger brother unexpectedly meets his birth father, a mother grapples with artificial insemination, and a father struggles to rebuild his life.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director PAN Ke-Yin 潘客印 after the movie.

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Fee: €15/ €13 for students

Love and Duty《戀愛與義務》
BU Wan-Cang / Richard POH｜China｜1931/2014｜152 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Silent movie Subtitles
Genre: Drama, Social realism

with Live Benshi YANG Yu-Chiao and Cine-concert LIU Fang-Yi live performance.

Before films could speak, someone had to speak for them.

Released in 1931, Love and Duty returns as both a restored silent film and a live cinematic experience. Benshi narration by YANG Yu-Chiao and an experimental cine-concert by LIU Fang-Yi reimagine the restored silent film through voice, sound, and rhythm.
Echoing the live traditions of early cinema, the performance creates a new encounter between the film and its audience. No two presentations are exactly alike.

What Is Benshi and Experimental Cine-concert?
Benshi are live narrators in the tradition of East Asian silent cinema, giving voice to characters and guiding audiences through the story. In an experimental cine-concert, a sound artist responds to the film in real time, allowing image, voice, sound, space, and audience presence to form a shared live experience.
At TFFB 2026, these elements are presented not as historical reenactments, but as acts of retelling. Each screening becomes a unique encounter where stories are revoiced, reshaped, and brought to life in the present.

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Q&A with directors after the screening.

Bringing together filmmakers connected to the Taiwanese diaspora, this programme reflects the diverse experiences and artistic practices that emerge across borders. While shaped by different places, histories, and personal trajectories, the six films move between intimacy and experimentation, touching on migration, belonging, isolation, mortality, and the lingering traces of colonial histories. Together, they offer perspectives that are at once deeply personal and in dialogue with the worlds they inhabit.

Les Cascades
TSENG Tzu-Man｜2025｜22 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, French, English, Cantonese｜Subtitles: EN

As her residency deadline approaches, a young woman grapples with the chasm between her aspirations of living abroad and its often jarring reality.

Liquor
HUANG Yi-CHEN｜2025｜5 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, DE

The mother suffers from an illness that threatens to drown her memories and emotions. She pleads with her daughter for help. Using her umbilical cord, she fashions a giant straw, with which the daughter attempts to suck excess water from her mother's head through her eye, hoping to save her. In the process, the daughter herself risks drowning.

ma.
Szu-Fan Chung｜2025｜18min
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, English,Mandarin｜Subtitles: Mandarin

[ma.] is an intimate portrait of a mother and child, exploring memory, silence, and the enduring traces of love. Shot in digital black and white and interwoven with colour Super 8 footage, the film reflects on the fragile nature of memory and the passage of time.

The Fissure Of The Red Sight
KAO Wei-Heng｜2025｜12 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN

In Taipei New Park, a woman uses a device meant to find hidden cameras but accidentally brings the park’s statues to life. These statues, linked to Taiwan’s colonial past, seem to rise to avenge a tragic plane crash during a 1964 national day’s military parade under CHIANG Kai-shek’s military law.

Lethe 忘川
Huang Liang-Hsin｜2025｜6min
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: Mandarin, English

A sculptor reminisces about his old days after his death. On the river Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in Greek myths, this fantasy voyage starts. He encounters his sculptures and experiences again the old days of living with his daughter. You feel the intimacy, the emotion and the breath.

Hong Te-Gao｜2026｜16 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
English, French, Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN

Through the eyes of a young Taiwanese filmmaker living in France, the film explores the political tension between China and Taiwan, particularly through the disputed naming of the nation and the identity linked to the flag. The film stands as a poetic resistance against hegemony, highlighting friendships that bond beyond the shadow of power.

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Vive L'Amour 4K Restoration(zh:《愛情萬歲 4K 數位修復版》
TSAI Ming-Liang｜Taiwan｜1994｜119 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Gerne: Drama

German Premier

In 1990s Taipei, three strangers unknowingly share the same vacant apartment while leading separate lives across the city. A real estate agent, a street vendor, and a columbarium salesperson drift in and out of the same space without ever truly meeting.
Blending understated humour with quiet observation, the film traces their fleeting encounters as moments of intimacy quietly dissolve back into solitude.

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Venue: P60 (Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin)
Language: English
Donations Welcome · €10 Recommended

Why do people keep returning to the same stories?

Moving between German fairy-tale films and contemporary Taiwanese cinema, this lecture explores how folktales continue to take on new meanings through adaptation. Familiar plots and motifs are not simply repeated. They are reshaped through new media, storytellers, and cultural contexts.

The lecture invites audiences to consider what familiar stories can still reveal about human nature and the realities of the present.

Artist: YANG Yu-Chiao 楊雨樵
YANG is a narrative and sound artist researching the narratology of oral literature. He combines storytelling, vocal performance, extended oral techniques, and blackboard writing to create experimental audiovisual works focused on onomatopoeia, ideophones, and auditory literature. His work has been presented across Europe and Asia, and he is a Teaching Artist at the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).

This programme turns toward a new generation of filmmakers working in Taiwan, bringing together six works that confront the extraordinary within everyday life. Encounters with the afterlife, exploring queerness, the weight of routine, and the lasting impact of sexual violence emerge through diverse cinematic approaches. Together, the films reflect a willingness to question inherited structures while imagining new ways of inhabiting the body, relationships, and the world.

Paper Life 美好生活

An Chu｜2025｜15 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN

Young Taiwanese worker Lin spends his days crafting intricate paper houses for funeral offerings. When his boss arranges a blind date for him, he begins to envision his future through the burning paper houses.

The Brave Swing 自主揮棒

Sheng Chun HUANG｜2026｜20 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: ZH,EN

Lately, CHENg-CHENg has changed. He no longer plays baseball, nor does he want to go near the field—as if something inside him has been sealed shut.
His mother tries to reach out, but can’t quite grasp the reason. The confusion and fear he carries stem from someone he once trusted deeply.
One evening, CHENg-CHENg finds himself alone at the edge of the field, staring down at a baseball bat. He knows that this time, he must decide—whether to swing, or not.

June (Chia-En) Lee｜2026｜5 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Min-nan Taiwanese, English｜Subtitles: EN

A little girl crashes a ghost village after her gambling-addict grandpa’s soul is kidnapped, only to discover the only way to save him is to send him off—in a firework

Blooming Dodie 你好朵朵

Sammy Lin｜2026｜16 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: ZH, EN

On a winter hot-spring trip, twelve-year-old Dodie refuses to enter the water in the girly swimsuit her father bought. Feeling misunderstood, she hides by the poolside, watching the girls in the bath—none of whom look like someone she wants to become.
Then, the calm, androgynous presence of Fujiko, a 69-year-old bathhouse worker, catches her attention. Dodie quietly steps closer…"

Songs of Gentle Night 良夜之歌

Tsu Kuei CHEN｜2025｜11 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Language: N/A｜Subtitles: ZH, EN

After their death, they become a dark moon, quietly descending into the dreams of the last person who still remembers them. They don’t know where they are, only that everything around them feels both familiar and strange. They follow their memories to a stream near their childhood home. The water flows gently and people come and go, but none see them.

This film is a record of my father’s life after the passing of my grandmother. He often walks to the stream or beach near our home, sinking into the memories of his mother. Three years ago, not long after my grandmother passed, my father’s cousin sent us an old video: 8mm film shot by my great-uncle in his youth. In the images were my newborn father, my young grandmother, and a grandfather I had never met.

Off Road 跑鞋

Pai Kuei Tsuen｜2021｜24 min.
18+｜Not rated by German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: ZH, EN

To Wei-CHENG, life is like a broken record, running in a never-ending loop. Facing existential crisis, this middle-aged man struggles to patch things up with his distanced son for the sake of breaking the "father-to-son legacy" curse. And when things won't go his way, he goes off road.

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The Story of Southern Islet《南巫》
CHONG Keat-Aun｜Malaysia｜2020｜105 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, Hokkien, Malay｜Subtitles: EN, ZH

German premiere

Set in 1987 near the Thailand–Malaysia border, The Story of Southern Islet follows Yan as she searches for a cure after her husband Cheong falls mysteriously ill. As months of medical treatment bring no answers, she turns to village ritual, a local shaman, and the legends surrounding Mount Keriang. Blending family drama with everyday folk belief, the film unfolds through Yan's search. The film does not explain these rituals or legends. It simply follows what Yan does when medicine runs out.

Q&A with director CHONG Keat-Aun張吉安 after the movie.

Sponsored by EVA Air - Cultural Ambassador Program.

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WU Tzu-An Short Film Collage〈吳梓安短片集〉｜2015–2026
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
English Subtitles

With Live Benshi YANG Yu-Chiao 楊雨樵 and Cine-concert LIU Fang-Yi 劉芳一 live performance, and Post-screening Q&A with director WU Tzu-An 吳梓安

Collage does not create new images. It reveals new relationships between them.

Four experimental short films by Taiwanese artist and filmmaker WU Tzu-An come together in a single live cinematic performance. Through benshi narration by YANG Yu-Chiao and an experimental cine-concert by LIU Fang-Yi, the independent works enter into dialogue through image, voice, sound, and silence.
Experienced as one continuous audiovisual journey, the films remain unchanged. What transforms is the encounter between them.

The Embryo’s Dream, Upon the Moon｜《月球上胎兒的夢》
WU Tzu-An｜2022 ｜ 10 mins ｜ Colour ｜ Super 8 + Digital video

In the near future, humans who migrated to the Moon colony forced themselves to evolve with other species' genes. And the dream of an embryo would combine the memories of their previous lives, planets and species. Under this Sci-Fi setting. This film is an embryo's dream that is monitored by a "midwife", pieces of frozen memory documented for their future.

After WU’s arrival in New Zealand, WU has been trying to take a photo of the starry night sky every day with his phone, whether or not it was clear. The star photos can be interpreted as diaries. Using a 16mm Bolex camera to film the stars frame by frame with long exposure. Exposure time was determined by the mind. These uneven pulsations of lights correspond to the starlight changing along with the thoughts that were at mind. This film documents WU’s everyday ritual of star-gazing with the related associations and inspirations and forms a meditative process.

Wandering through and documenting different religious spaces when traveling, then through editing, these half sacred and half site-seeing experiences have been collaged to a passage to another heterogeneous space. Throughout the corridors and doors, The statues of saints and dolls gaze into the after world without the existence of humans, silence in trance. And it is the voice of prayers bringing me back to the mundane world.

Our world sinks, and words, sounds, and images are all immersed in water. The clam spits out a mirage, the mermaid turns into foam, and the human reoccurs. In the cavity called "I", the fluid flow seems to flicker and disappear. Water means both nurturing and sinking. The inhuman sirens are both beautiful and terrifying. This work exchanges diffuse curiosity with experimental musician Fang-Yi Liu, from the occurrence of the fetus to the occurrence of imagery, which is triggered into an abstract science fiction film with a loose narrative and a sense of the end of the world.

Director: WU Tzu-An 吳梓安
WU is an experimental filmmaker whose analogue collages and expanded cinema works combine found images, sound, and text to examine narrative and subjectivity. He holds degrees from The New School and NTHU. His work has screened internationally, and he also curates experimental film through ЯeaRflex and Bak-Nih Audiovisual Lab.

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Mother Bhumi《地母》
CHONG Keat-Aun｜Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia｜2025｜129 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, Malay, Thai｜English Subtitles

Closing Film
German premiere

Set in late-1990s Malaysia, Mother Bhumi follows Hong-Im, a widowed farmer and ritual healer trying to protect her family in a multi-ethnic rice-farming village. By day, she resists the seizure of local farmland; by night, she heals the sick and performs exorcisms. As colonial-era conflicts resurface, spirits return, black magic stirs, and a monk leads a buffalo. Here, the line between the living and the dead, between political power and ritual knowledge, has never been clearly drawn.

Q&A with director CHONG Keat-Aun 張吉安 after the movie.

Sponsored by EVA Air - Cultural Ambassador Program.

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Mother Bhumi《地母》
CHONG Keat-Aun｜Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia｜2025｜129 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, Malay, Thai｜English Subtitles

German premiere

Set in late-1990s Malaysia, Mother Bhumi follows Hong-Im, a widowed farmer and ritual healer trying to protect her family in a multi-ethnic rice-farming village. By day, she resists the seizure of local farmland; by night, she heals the sick and performs exorcisms. As colonial-era conflicts resurface, spirits return, black magic stirs, and a monk leads a buffalo. Here, the line between the living and the dead, between political power and ritual knowledge, has never been clearly drawn.

Q&A with director CHONG Keat-Aun 張吉安 after the movie.

Sponsored by EVA Air - Cultural Ambassador Program.

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Vive L'Amour 4K Restoration(zh:《愛情萬歲 4K 數位修復版》
TSAI Ming-Liang｜Taiwan｜1994｜119 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Gerne: Drama

German Premier

In 1990s Taipei, three strangers unknowingly share the same vacant apartment while leading separate lives across the city. A real estate agent, a street vendor, and a columbarium salesperson drift in and out of the same space without ever truly meeting. Blending understated humour with quiet observation, the film traces their fleeting encounters as moments of intimacy quietly dissolve back into solitude.

Venue: P60 (Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin)
Language: Mandarin with English simultaneous interpreter
Fee: €40 / 10€ for Students

What if the city itself became your cinema?
Led by sound artist LIU Fang-Yi, participants work in pairs to collect sounds and photograph details in the neighbourhood surrounding the venue. These fragments are then transformed through analogue media, projection, repetition, rhythm, and live manipulation.
The workshop culminates in a collective expanded cinema performance created by the participants. No previous experience is required. Curiosity and attention are where the process begins.

Artists: LIU Fangyi 劉芳一, born and based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is an artist, improviser, composer, performer, and organizer specializing in free improvisation. His practice integrates acoustic objects, electronics, cassette tapes, and voice. He is a member of Semicircular and the experimental music group Beniyaben. His sound design credits include Dorm (Ky Túc Xá), This Shore: A Family Story, and The Architect Who Built His Own Collapse. His work has been presented at NTMoFA and MoCA Taipei.

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The Waves Will Carry Us《人生海海》
LAU Kek-Huat｜Taiwan｜2025｜18+｜100 mins
Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, Min Nan｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre : Drama

German premiere

When Ah-Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, religious authorities seize the body after discovering that his father had secretly converted to Islam. Refusing to accept the decision, Ah-Yao and his siblings set out to bring their father home.

Blending dark humour and family drama with the momentum of a road movie, The Waves Will Carry Us follows a family confronting memories and histories they never fully knew. What begins as a dispute over burial becomes a journey through migration, belief, and the unfinished stories carried across generations.

Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

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The Legend of the Sacred Stone 《聖石傳說》
WONG Ching-po｜Taiwan｜2023｜133 min
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre: Fantasy, WuXia

Set in a richly imagined martial world brought to life through Taiwanese glove puppetry, The Legend of the Sacred Stone follows a struggle over the legendary Will Stone, an artefact said to hold immense power. As the search for the Will Stone draws together heroes, villains, and rival factions, the film unfolds through spectacular battles, intricate puppetry, and an epic tale of loyalty, righteousness, and fate. Premiering in 2000, it became a landmark in the history of glove puppetry cinema. Newly restored in 4K, it now makes its German big-screen debut.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director HUANG Qiang-hua 黃強華 after the screening.

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Closing Film
Mother Bhumi《地母》
CHONG Keat-Aun｜Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia｜2025｜129 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Mandarin, Malay, Thai｜English Subtitles

German premiere

Set in late-1990s Malaysia, Mother Bhumi follows Hong-Im, a widowed farmer and ritual healer trying to protect her family in a multi-ethnic rice-farming village. By day, she resists the seizure of local farmland; by night, she heals the sick and performs exorcisms. As colonial-era conflicts resurface, spirits return, black magic stirs, and a monk leads a buffalo. Here, the line between the living and the dead, between political power and ritual knowledge, has never been clearly drawn.

Q&A with director CHONG Keat-Aun 張吉安 after the movie.

Sponsored by EVA Air - Cultural Ambassador Program.

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Mongrel《白衣蒼狗》
CHIANG Wei-Liang｜Taiwan, Singapore, France｜2024｜128 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese, Mandarin, Thai｜English Subtitles
Genre: Drama

Berlin premiere

Oom has no legal status and no formal training, yet he has become a caregiver for older people and people with disabilities living in the mountains. As the demands of his work become increasingly difficult to bear, he is forced to choose between survival and dignity. The film follows Oom as he struggles to hold on to both through the everyday realities of caregiving.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director CHIANG Wei-Liang 曾威量 after the movie.

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The Waves Will Carry Us《人生海海》
LAU Kek-Huat｜Taiwan｜2025｜18+｜100 mins
Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, Min Nan｜Subtitles: EN, ZH
Genre : Drama

German premiere

When Ah-Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, religious authorities seize the body after discovering that his father had secretly converted to Islam. Refusing to accept the decision, Ah-Yao and his siblings set out to bring their father home.

Blending dark humour and family drama with the momentum of a road movie, The Waves Will Carry Us follows a family confronting memories and histories they never fully knew. What begins as a dispute over burial becomes a journey through migration, belief, and the unfinished stories carried across generations.

Q&A with director LAU Kek-Huat 廖克發 after the movie.

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Mongrel《白衣蒼狗》
CHIANG Wei-Liang｜Taiwan, Singapore, France｜2024｜128 mins
18+｜Not rated by the German FSK. Admission for adults only.
Taiwanese, Mandarin, Thai｜English Subtitles
Genre: Drama

Oom has no legal status and no formal training, yet he has become a caregiver for older people and people with disabilities living in the mountains. As the demands of his work become increasingly difficult to bear, he is forced to choose between survival and dignity. The film follows Oom as he struggles to hold on to both through the everyday realities of caregiving.

Pre-recorded Q&A with director CHIANG Wei-Liang 曾威量 after the movie.