【OIA】Bypast | 2026 NCHU Open-Air Film Festival 🎥
Invoking youthful memories through “稚夢”, and unfolding historical reflection through “Bypast.”
“稚夢” speaks of shared memories of youth and culture. The word “稚” represents childhood and innocence, symbolizing an unpolished period of growth; furthermore “夢” refers to personal projections of memory—home, friendship, love, and life itself.
“Bypast” means “the past” or “former times,” carrying the sense of looking back and retracing what once was.
Through the interplay of light and shadow, film gathers the confusion of youth, the warmth of home, and the traces of time—allowing past moments to shine again in the present.
Bypast is a whisper from yesterday and an invitation across time—an invitation to meet in nostalgia and deepen mutual understanding through exchange. It is not only about awakening the collective memory of Taiwanese people, but also about creating a shared platform where international students can encounter Taiwan’s “retro everyday life,” while being invited to share nostalgic stories and cultural symbols from their own hometowns. This two-way interaction transforms the film festival from mere viewing into meaningful dialogue and understanding.
Love is a bridge woven through eye contact and the intertwining of souls, embodying acceptance, trust, and support. However, in certain corners of the world, emotional connections and expressions of love are not permitted.
In this event, we aim to uncover the inequalities and constraints currently happening around the globe, as well as historical movements for rights, hoping to urge participants to cherish the hard-won freedom to love equally in today's society.
In the exhibition area, we will focus on the theme of gazing, encouraging those who are constrained to continue gazing at love, while those of us enjoying the freedom to love can gaze at each other, and those of us who have been hurt can gaze at ourselves.
✨Festival Info
🎥 Outdoor Film Screening
🎵 Live Music Performances
🥢 Nostalgic Market
📰 Four Thematic Exhibition Zones
Date | ✨ March 20 (Fri), March 21 (Sat) ✨
Time | Activities begin at 14:00 / Film screenings begin at 18:00
Location | Behind the Administration Building Lawn, NCHU
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Outdoor Film Screening
3/20 — Grandma and Her Ghosts (魔法阿媽)
Taiwan | 1998 / 2021 | Color | 87 mins | Mandarin & Taiwanese
Themes: Family, Growth, Life and Death, Faith
Genre: Animation, Supernatural
Director: Wang Shao-di
Synopsis:
“Never forget the purest affection between people.”
A Taiwanese classic original animated feature, the film weaves together themes of family, coming-of-age, life and death, and folk belief. The story follows Dou-Dou, a young boy sent to live with his grandmother in rural Keelung while his mother travels abroad to care for his injured father.
At first, Dou-Dou struggles to get along with his grandmother, especially because of her seemingly superstitious practices. Ignoring her warnings, he enters a mysterious room and accidentally releases a sealed evil spirit, which possesses the grandmother’s cat, Kuro. The possessed cat devours wandering spirits and tempts Dou-Dou with a way to “sell” his grandmother in exchange for returning home—requiring him to collect three of her tears.
Throughout this journey, Dou-Dou encounters strange and magical experiences that gradually transform his feelings toward his grandmother, leading to a warmer and deeper bond between them.
🐈⬛ Join us under the night sky to relive this heartwarming tale of intergenerational love and rich Taiwanese folk belief—and revisit the classic line: “Sell your grandma!”
*Some content adapted from online sources / Wikipedia.*
3/21 — Back to the Good Times (花甲大人轉男孩)
Taiwan | 2018 | Color | 119 mins | Mandarin & Taiwanese
Themes: Family Bonds, Growth and Identity, Intergenerational Dialogue, Homecoming
Genre: Drama
Director: Chu Yu-ning
Synopsis:
Nearly one year after the passing of the family matriarch, the Zheng family prepares for her memorial ceremony. Hua Jia returns home from military service and reunites sweetly with his partner, A-Wei. However, the next morning, they are discovered naked in bed by A-Wei’s conservative parents. What follows is a chaotic and tense confrontation between the two families.
A-Wei grows increasingly disappointed in Hua Jia’s inability to confront responsibility, while Hua Jia finds himself entangled in a series of misfortunes. Facing an unprecedented life crisis, he must decide how to save himself—and protect his family.
*Some content adapted from online sources / Wikipedia.*
🎤Live Music Performances
3/20, 17:10–17:30 | Shengyang Guitar Club 🎵3/20, 17:30–17:50 | A Cappella Club 🎤
3/21, 14:00–15:30 | Jimmy ✨
3/21, 16:00–17:30 | KaLiKaLi 🕶️
📰 Four Thematic Exhibition Zones
Zone 1 — Spring | Echoes of Streets and FabricThe fragrance of food whispers softly; garments sway like voices in the wind.
This zone presents the human landscape of streets, connecting people through food and transforming daily life into a vessel of memory and warmth.
Zone 2 — Winter | Distant Roads Beneath Lit Windows
To dwell is to be wrapped in lingering memories; to travel is to follow footprints carried by the wind.
This zone explores fragments of history embedded in everyday life, tracing footsteps to moments where time once paused.
Zone 3 — Autumn | Slightly Curled Pages
The sound of the school bell in the corridor lingers like the warmth before sunset—quietly illuminating the self still searching, yet never standing still.
This zone focuses on self-growth and youthful memories, revisiting student life and allowing people of different generations and nationalities to encounter this tender chapter of time.
Zone 4 — Summer | Childlike Ripples
Clapping a small rubber ball, singing the hits of our era.
This zone conveys cultural preservation, emotional connection, and intergenerational dialogue—following the guidance of childlike wonder so that joy becomes a shared language across time.
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