Now in its 25th year, the South Taiwan Film Festival traces its origins to the Tainan National University of the Arts and later the founding of the South Taiwan Film Organization, with Tainan as its base. Through the circulation of film art, the visions of filmmakers, and the responses of audiences, it has shaped a discourse on Taiwanese—and broader Chinese-speaking—society.
For STFF, "South" is more than a geographical marker; it embodies an avant-garde spirit that is independent, critical, and outside the mainstream. Guided by these principles, we are honored to join this curatorial program with four selected short films, aiming to present the Busan Inter-city FF audience with a vivid cross-section of Taiwan's contemporary social landscape and spiritual outlook.
_HUANG Joe