THE WHISPER OF MIDWIVES

With limited opportunities for clinical midwifery training in Taiwan, young midwife Kai-Lin Tang travels to a traditional clinic in Puli to learn from an experienced practitioner. Through late-night routines and encounters across generations, the film follows her journey into a fading birthing culture. While caring for others, Kai-Lin also carries uncertainty about her own future. Her daily work and lived experience reflect the emotional realities of caring for families, as well as bodily memories that are gradually losing their place in contemporary Taiwan.

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SHORTS: TAIWAN TALES

Shorts from Taiwan that explore the stuff of lore with a beloved from a past life, a missing cow, midwife apprentices, and hypnosis as a portal to a complicated home.