We are pleased to announce the 12th edition of the Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival (TIEFF), to be held in Taipei from October 5–9, 2023. The biennial festival is the longest running festival of its kind in Asia. Since 2001, by showcasing outstanding documentaries from Taiwan and around the world, TIEFF has introduced the Taiwanese public to a wide variety of anthropological topics as well as the communities with whom anthropologists work. By moving ethnography off of the page and on to the screen, the festival seeks to both attract new audiences to the discipline of anthropology, as well as push the boundaries of what ethnography can do. In addition to the main festival in Taipei, TIEFF also sponsors a touring festival, bringing a portion of the selected films to communities and classrooms across Taiwan.

TIEFF takes a flexible stance regarding what counts as an “ethnographic” film. We present documentary films (and occasionally more experimental genres) that portray communities in a culturally sensitive and historically contextualized way. We showcase films by both “insider” and “outsider” filmmakers, by both established and new directors, by academic anthropologists, professional filmmakers, journalists, educators and artists. We seek films which are made in an ethical manner without sensationalizing their subjects. Films that are the product of long-term close collaboration between filmmaker and subject are especially welcome. TIEFF is especially proud of its commitment to celebrating the uniqueness and vibrancy of Indigenous cultures and has been one of Taiwan’s most important venues for showcasing the work of both local and international Indigenous filmmakers. We strongly encourage filmmakers from Indigenous and other marginalized communities to submit their work to our festival.

All films submitted to the festival must have been completed between January 2021 and January 2023. While we occasionally do accept fiction films, experimental art films, biographies, sports documentaries, and concert films, such films will only be considered if they are accompanied by a convincing statement regarding their suitability for the festival. All festival films go through a highly selective screening process. Films on any topic will be considered, but special consideration will be given to films that match the festival theme (as described below). The festival does not have a competition or offer prizes or awards.

The theme for the 2023 TIEFF is “Media/Memory.” Collective memories -- the stories passed down from one generation to the next within a family, a village, a nation, etc. -- become intimately connected to the media through which they are transmitted. For this year’s festival, we are looking for films that explore such questions as: Why and how are Indigenous and other minority communities losing, reviving, or transforming the traditional media they use to they tell their histories and myths (such as recitation, song, embroidery, and carving)? What happens when traditional stories are told through non-traditional media (such as digital animation)? When traditional media are used to tell new stories? What audiences are gained or lost? Also, photography, the museum, and of course, documentary film, are still often seen as “objective” media that show the reality of their subjects rather than the subjectivity of the photographers, curators or filmmakers. They are also associated with the “capture” and “preservation” of their subjects, fixing them in a particular moment in time, unchanging. How can the associations of these media with objectivity, stasis, and the death or disappearance of the subjects be disrupted?

第十二屆臺灣國際民族誌影展(TIEFF)將於2023年10月5日至9日在臺北舉行。本影展創始於2001年,是亞洲歷史最悠久的民族誌影片雙年展。20多年來,我們致力推廣來自台灣本土和世界各國精彩的民族誌影片,介紹人類學家所關注的多元議題,與其田野調查工作,呈現了影像作為媒介在民族誌實踐上如何體現文字書寫所無法達到的成果,進而突破民族誌的界線。在影展主要活動之外,我們也積極拓展新的觀眾群,將精選影片帶往臺灣各地社區與校園巡演播映與座談。

TIEFF對於「民族誌」影片採取較廣義的立場,包含以文化敏感度和歷史脈絡 描繪部落或社區的紀錄片(有時兼具實驗性),我們尤其歡迎那些與被拍攝的對象長期合作的作品。無論這些作品是來自於「內部」或「外部」的創作者,知名或新秀導演,專業影像工作者或人類學者、記者、教育工作者或藝術家,這些創作均必須合乎拍攝倫理而不擅加渲染。TIEFF致力於呈現原住民族文化的獨特性和生命力,是臺灣和世界原住民影像工作者發表作品的最重要平台。我們強烈鼓勵原住民影像工作者向本影展投片,也非常歡迎其他邊緣群體影片創作者也加入投片的行列。

參展作品必須完成於2021年至2023年間。本影展並無設置競賽獎項,題材不限,由審查委員會選片,優先考慮符合本屆影展主題的影片。若為劇情、實驗藝術、傳記、運動或音樂等類型,則須提出符合本影展主題及性質的說明,否則不予以考慮。

本屆影展主題為「媒介/記憶」。集體的記憶──那些在家族、部落、或國家中代代相傳的故事──和其用以流傳的媒介密不可分。我們找尋如下的相關作品:原住民族和其他少數群體為何及如何失去其用來講述歷史和神話的傳統口述和物質媒介(如:吟誦、歌唱、刺繡、雕刻)?此媒介又怎麼經歷復興或轉變?當透過新興媒介(如數位動畫)講述傳統故事,或是使用傳統媒介來講述新的故事時,會發生什麼情況?會吸引或是失去哪些觀眾?此外,攝影、博物館當然還有紀錄片仍然經常被視為是"客觀"的媒體,展示了其研究或拍攝對象的真實性,而不是攝影師、策展人或電影製作人個人的主觀性。這些媒介「捕獲」或「保存了」他們的研究對象,將之凝住在特定的時刻成為永恆不變的記憶。我們如何打破這些媒體的客觀性與主角死亡的錯覺?

TIEFF is a non-competitive film festival, thus there are no awards or prizes offered.
本影展無競賽獎項。

QUALIFIED WORKS
1.All films submitted to the festival must have been completed between January 2021 and January 2023. TIEFF is an ethnographic film festival, as such, all films should display an “ethnographic sensibility” (see above).
2.Fiction films, experimental art films, biographies, sports documentaries, and films about musicians must be accompanied by a statement regarding their suitability for the festival.
3.Films on any topic will be considered, but special consideration will be given to films that match the festival theme (as described above).
4.Entries in any language other than either English or Chinese should be subtitled in one of those two languages.
5.The festival is open to films/videos made in all formats.
6.We do not accept open submission of films longer than 120 minutes, but will occasionally make exceptions by special arrangement.

徵片類別
1.本影展為民族誌影展,欲參展影片須呈現出民族誌的文化敏感性特質(如上述)。
2.劇情、實驗藝術、傳記、運動或音樂等影片類型,須提出符合本影展主題及性質的說明。
3.任何主題的影片皆可投片,但須符合本屆影展主題(請見上文描述)。
4.參展影片若非以中文發音者,需附上中文與英文字幕。參展影片若非以英語發音者,需附上英文字幕。
5.本影展接受各種形式影片之媒材。
6.不接受長度超過120分鐘的影片,但若有特殊考量請註記原因說明。

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING FILMS
1.All entries must be submitted via our FilmFreeway account at: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TIEFF
TIEFF does not require entries fees to submit to the festival.
2.All entrants should complete the FilmFreeway submission form presented during the submission process.
3.All screeners should be submitted online through FilmFreeway. They can either be uploaded directly to your FilmFreeway account or linked to files hosted on Vimeo or YouTube.
4.If the screener is password protected, be sure to provide a password that is valid for at least six months from the date of submission, or until the selection process is completed (whichever comes first). It is your responsibility to notify us if any changes are made.
5.If there is a reason you are unable to submit your film via FilmFreeway which cannot be solved by their technical support, feel free to contact us via email <contact@tieff.org> for further assistance.

參展指引
1.參展影片一律採FilmFreeway 投片:https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TIEFF
免收參展徵片費用。
2.欲參展者須填寫FilmFreeway徵片網頁上的所有表單。
3.所有欲參展影片皆須直接上傳至FilmFreeway或者採用線上連結至Vimeo或Youtube。
4.若欲參展影片有密碼保護,請確認提供密碼並確保該密碼有效期限達6個月以上或至少在本影展選片期限中有效。密碼若有更動,請務必通知主辦單位。
5.若欲參展者有任何困難無法透過FilmFreeway投片,歡迎聯繫本會 (contact@tieff.org)。

RULES AND TERMS
1.TIEFF does not pay screening fees. By submitting your film via FilmFreeway you acknowledge that the festival will not pay to present your work.
2.Once a film is selected, the holder of its copyrights automatically authorizes TIEFF to promote the production on public television and on the internet in short trailers up to 4 minutes in length.
3.If your film is selected, you must provide a press kit, including production stills that the festival can use in its promotional materials, publications and on social media.
4.A copy of all films selected for the festival will be preserved in TIEFF office. (For internal, non-public, academic use only.)
5.All films are required to have English subtitles for non-English dialogue. We ask Chinese speaking directors to provide both Chinese and English subtitles for their films. TIEFF will provide Chinese subtitles for films by non-Chinese speaking directors.
6.In order to produce the subtitled version of the film for screening, we require that we receive high quality tapes (such as BETACAM SP NTSC) or digital masters that we can use to make the subtitled version of the film for screening. As this technology is constantly changing, we will discuss this with directors after their films have been selected.
7.The festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes to these rules and regulations at any time and without notice.

徵件規則
1.臺灣國際民族誌影展不會支付影展播映費用。透過FilmFreeway投片後,表示您已經確知並同意臺灣國際民族誌影展不會支付影展期間播映入選影片的費用。
2.影片一旦入選,影片版權擁有者即自動同意授權臺灣國際民族誌影展使用4分鐘為限的影片內容做為電視以及網路宣傳用途。
3.一旦您的影片入選,您必須提供包含劇照在內的相關文宣品,作為影展行銷、出版品以及社群媒體宣傳使用。入圍者應盡可能出席影展所有相關活動,影展將支付住宿與交通費用。
4.入選影片將於影展結束後典藏一份於影展辦公室,做為非公開的內部使用以及學術研究用途。
5.影片中所有非英文之對話皆須附上英文字幕,非中文製片者則由影展主辦單位提供翻譯之中文字幕。
6.中文製片者請提供兩片藍光或數位檔案,需上妥中、英文字幕。
7.臺灣國際民族誌影展保留對徵片規則與指引進行更動的權利。

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  • Yi Ping Cheng

    TIEFF is a great festival with great staffs and great selection of projects.

    October 2023
  • Işıl Karataş

    a great festival with great people in a great country! so happy to be part of it this year. thank you all.

    October 2023
  • Thomas Oswald

    I am very happy that my film TICS had been chosen for the 20th anniversary edition of TIEFF. Due to the Covid situation I was not able to attend in person. But communication was friendly, fast and professional. I also feel very humbled having been part of a program made up of very interesting and well-made films.

    November 2021
  • Yujiro Seki

    Thank you so much for the great communication. TIEFF has done a traffic job of bringing quality films together. We were so honored to be a part of the festival. Also, we were very pleased to show our project, Carving the Divine, to Chinese speaking audience. It would have been very difficult without the committed staff of TIEFF. In the normal time, I would really go to Taiwan and experience the festival in person. Hopefully, when the world becomes more normal, I would like to meet everyone there in person. Also, thank you so much for bringing a real live audience to the theater!

    November 2021
  • amirali mirderikvand

    Taiwan International Ethnographic film festival is a popular festival for Iranian people and it is important for Iranian filmmakers.
    So many filmmakers like to participate in this festival.
    I am very happy to be in final step of this festival 2021.
    My film was SFUMATO

    I hope to participate in your good festival by new film in future.
    Thanks to all those who hold this festival

    Best regards
    Amirali mirderikvand

    October 2021