From Istanbul to Baghdad, Tokyo, Saigon, and Jakarta to Berlin, the film program "New Voices: Asian Diaspora on Screen" highlights a growing community of diasporic filmmakers in Germany and beyond. With a focus on feminist and queer narratives, these moving images offer a radical reinterpretation of home, togetherness, and memory.
Following the screening at the Goethe-Institut Taipei, an online discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers will take place. The film program is curated by Feng-Mei Heberer.
Date: April 25, 2025
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Location: Goethe-Institut Taipei
>> Registration Link Note: The event will be held in English. Consecutive interpretation into Chinese and English will be provided on-site.
Additional Screenings on
May 2 Kun Shan University, Tainan
May 8 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
May 14 Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
We connect people worldwide. As the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, we promote cultural exchange, education, and societal discourse in an international context, and support the teaching and learning of the German language. Together with our partners, we focus on global opportunities and challenges and bring different perspectives into a trusting dialogue. Listening and reflection are seen as key to mutual understanding. We are committed to the principles of openness, diversity, and sustainability. These principles shape our offerings and working methods.
In 2023, the Goethe-Institut Taipei celebrated its 60th anniversary and looked back on sixty years of successful and trusting collaboration with local partners during a grand celebration.
Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival (WMWIFF) aims to celebrate the achievements of outstanding female talents, to explore different aspects of female experiences, feminism, and beyond, and to promote equality and rights of all genders. By covering a wide range of genres, issues, and representations of gender, WMWIFF seeks to promote great cinematic arts by female talents and to advocate gender equality through films with feminist consciousness and various subjects.
Location
Goethe-Institut Taipei, Event Hall
12F, 20 Heping West Road, Section 1, Taipei 100028, Taiwan
