Pan Zhi-Wei, Ateng A’yic, has a mixed heritage of Kavalan and Amis. His directorial works have been featured on Public Television, Da Ai TV, and the Indigenous Peoples TV. His works have received awards like a special nomination at Chicago Blow-up Film Festival and First Prize at Pingtung Tourism Film Festival.
2024 TIDFF
In the Amis language, a moment signifies peace and a sense of ‘home’ when the ocean calms. This metaphorically relates to the journey of a group of Amis people who left their coastal homes in the 1970s for city work. In Taipei, they established the “Xizhou Tribe” near a riverbank, contributing to urban development…
2017 TIEFF
In 1987, as Taiwan had just lifted martial law, society and the economy were undergoing rapid transformation, and Indigenous peoples faced a wave of urban migration and labor relocation. An Amis man Du-Ya Pan Ming-fu, his childhood friend Duwake, a Kavalan artist, and Lai-Sa-Gai-Nu Tian Acheng in Xiangbi Village, have different but intertwined lives. Though…