Festival in Taipei spotlights Philippine documentary films
The Taiwan International Documentary Festival is to showcase what is presumably the biggest retrospective of Philippine cinema ever shown outside the Philippines, the organizer said in a statement on Friday. The main program of the festival, titled “Necessary Fictions: Negotiating Realities in Post-national Philippine Documentaries,” would be a comprehensive retrospective of Philippine cinema, featuring 46 films organized in 11 sub-themes from 32 directors that span 40 years of cinematic history, the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute said. The selection of works showcase independent Ph...