In this episode of Talkin’ TIDF, hosts Cameron and Stefanie are joined by TIDF programmer CHUNG Peihua, who oversees the festival’s non-competition sections. With years of experience at TIDF, she offers an insider’s perspective on two standout programmes: the Focus section “Sensible but Unsayable—A Retrospective of the Sensory Ethnography Lab” and the Taiwan Spectrum programme “War Memories, Shifting Identities,” discussing the curatorial thinking behind them and how they came together.

🎙️In this episode:

➤ What is the Sensory Ethnography Lab—and why was it selected as this year’s Focus programme?
➤ What sets SEL’s approach to ethnographic filmmaking apart?
➤ How were the films in this section chosen, and how do they connect to other parts of the TIDF programme?
➤ How did From Island to Island inspire the Taiwan Spectrum programme—and what new perspectives does it bring to Taiwan’s wartime and postwar history?

🔗 Links & Show Notes

• Focus Programme: Sensible but Unsayable—A Retrospective of the Sensory Ethnography Lab: https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/category/shows2026/
• Taiwan Spectrum: War Memories, Shifting Identities: https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/category/shows2026/
• Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab: https://sel.fas.harvard.edu/
• From Island to Island – 2026 TIDF Screening: https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/films/157630
• From Island to Island – Review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/02/documentary-review-from-island-to-island-2024-by-lau-kek-huat/