Indigenous with a Capital 'I'(HKAFF2023)

With the help of more accessible technologies, Indigenous peoples were able to tell their own stories in the 1990s, leading to the first wave of indigenous cinema in Taiwan, providing invaluable historical records that echo with today’s society. Please Give Us a Job placidly records their frustration and anger after foreign migrant policy loosened. Too Young reveals the struggles and quarrels of a young indigenous couple who face various challenges in their unstable life. Children in Heaven presents a captivating contrast with As Life, As Pangcah, as the former showcases indigenous children playing in gravel fields after a forced evacuation, while the latter sheds light on a 94-year-old Pangcah in Hualien harbour village and his persistency in cherishing and defending Amis tribal culture.

1. Children in Heaven
Mayaw Biho / 1997
Language: Putonghua(English Subtitles)
Category: IIA
Duration: 14 Mins

2. As Life, As Pangcah
Mayaw Biho / 1997
Language: Amis(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 27 Mins

3. Please Give Us a Job
Yang Ming-hui (Umin Howa) / 1997
Language: Putonghua(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 35 Mins

4. Too Young
Yang Ming-hui (Umin Howa) / 1998
Language:Mandarin(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: IIA
Duration: 43 Mins