Imagine you are a documentary filmmaker in Hong Kong.

In 2016, you released a film about the Umbrella Movement, where protesters were met with excessive police force. By 2022, you released another documentary that discusses the history and future of Hong Kong, following the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law movement. At some point, your works were all banned from being screened in the city that raised you. Would you leave your homeland to find the space to create?

In the second episode of the A Screen for All series, host Wanson is joined by director Chan Tze Woon (陳梓桓), the filmmaker behind Yellowing (2016) and Blue Island (2022), to discuss his new journey in Taipei.

We dive deep into why Taiwan has become a place for filmmakers who can no longer film in their homeland, and explore how Taiwan can support these filmmakers in diaspora.

While political oppression may force a filmmaker to censor their own heart, freedom is the only thing that gives their vision life.

【A Screen for All】Series Catalogue

EP 1｜Why did China boycott the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan?

EP 2｜How Taiwan becomes the new home for Hong Kong’s banned stories

EP 3｜Is a lucky draw effective at defending Taiwan’s democracy in cinemas?