New Southbound Vision Film
Festival date: 20/06 – 05/07/2025
Opening Ceremony & Cultural Market: 01:30 pm, 21 June 2025 (Ceremony starts at 02:30 pm)
SPOT Huashan Cinema
No. 1, Sec. 1, Bade Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100
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From the organizer:
This year, the New Southbound Vision section — a special curation of the TAEF New Southbound Film Series in collaboration with the Taipei Film Festival — presents five outstanding films from the region, offering fresh and diverse stories from Asia.
5 Selected Films
Sunshine (Philippines)
Winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2025 Berlinale Generation Kplus section, this film tackles teenage struggles and the complex issue of women’s reproductive autonomy in the Philippines.
Cactus Pears (India)
Renowned for his focus on LGBTQ+ themes, director Rohan Parashuram KANAWADE explores the nuanced realities of same-sex love in India.
I, the Song (Bhutan)
Winner of Best Director at the 2024 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Critics’ Choice Award), this film blends female identity and suspense in a haunting melody.
Macai (Malaysia)
Director Shanjey Kumar PERUMAL plays with genre conventions in this unique road movie — an unconventional take in Malaysian cinema.
Crocodile Tears (Indonesia)
A fantastical debut from rising director Tumpal TAMPUBOLON, following a mother and son who run a crocodile farm — but what unexpected twist awaits?
