Author Archives: sailuluo 赛璐珞

But what is ‘to change the world’ now anyways?: On the 75th Berlinale with Manuel Embalse

In late February 2025, I talked with filmmaker Manuel Embalse about the film he edited, Under the Flags, the Sun (Bajo las banderas, el sol), which premiered in the Panorama section at the 75th Berlinale. The conversation soon shifted to the film industry, history, and politics at large.

Ghost Writer: The Gesture of a Young Auteur in the New Media Era (Lv Junke 吕俊珂)

Abe Callard’s Ghost Writer is a short film made completely using Google Maps Street View mode. We can see a dialectic between the “new” and the “old”, between its form and story, and then see the young director Abe’s gesture as an auteur in the era of new media.

“Through our programming, we are exploring whether another perspective is possible”：An Interview with Women Make Waves International Film Festival Curator Chen Huei-Yin

Curator Chen Huei-Yin reflects on the founding of Women Make Waves IFF, the transformations it has undergone, and how every step of its development has remained closely intertwined with the social dynamics of Taiwan.