Children in Heaven documents the aboriginal community living under the Sanying Bridge in New Taipei City. Every year the community is destroyed because the authorities deem that the settlement has breached the Water Resources Act. After each demolition, even the ruined building materials are completely removed from the site. Despite this, over the years, the children in the aboriginal community have learnt to treat the building and reconstruction of their houses as a game. This documentary film does not feature any dialogue; instead, the background music, No No Song 不不歌 sung by aboriginal artist Ara Kimbo 胡德夫, not only highlights the community’s helplessness but their tenacity in the face of such challenges.

PTS Special Mention, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival (1998)

1997, 13m
Mayaw Biho馬躍‧比吼

This screening is part of the Taiwan Film Festival 臺灣電影節 2017: Indigenous Representations and Responses 原民現身與迴聲. 

All screenings are FREE and open to the public, but bookings are essential. All films have English subtitles.