Talking TIDF

Talking TIDF

Welcome to Talkin’ TIDF , the English-language podcast of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival. Hosted by longtime TIDF enthusiasts Cameron and Stefanie, the series goes behind the scenes of the festival’s curatorial vision and organization, while featuring conversations with filmmakers, scholars, and industry voices from Taiwan and beyond. From TIDF’s evolution to program highlights, Talkin’ TIDF looks at documentary filmmaking in Taiwan and beyond. ❐ ——— ❏ 𝟐 𝟎 𝟐 𝟔 𝐓 𝐈 𝐃 𝐅 ❏ ——— ❐ ➜ 5.01-5.10 ➜ TFAI|Shin Kong Cinemas Taipei Lion|SPOT Huashan|Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab C-Lab

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May 28, 2026 47 mins

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 the arts, and Kathy Wong, trained in...

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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 work, Bone Always Outlasts Feather...

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April 30, 2026 50 mins

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 of his digitally restored works. I...

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April 20, 2026 38 mins

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 Spectrum programme “War Memories...

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April 12, 2026 39 mins

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 behind this year’s Focus progra...

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April 10, 2026 23 mins

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” festival through...

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