Recently, there is another upsurge in Taiwanese films as many high-quality films have mushroomed one after another. Unfortunately, they rarely have the opportunity to come into contact with Vancouver on a large scale. In order to let more local audience in Vancouver see these Taiwanese films and further appreciate Taiwanese culture and arts, UBCLE proudly presented the First Taiwanese Film Festival (TWFF) in April of 2007, featuring six award-winning films and documentaries from emerging directors of the 21st century that have revolutionized Taiwan's film industry. Not only was TWFF the first large-scale Taiwanese Film Festival in Vancouver, but it was also the first large non-profit event in Canada that focused on promoting Taiwanese films.

The first TWFF received astonishing results and feedbacks from the audience and the public. Without disappointing the supports received, the young students of UBCLE, fueled by their enthusiasm and passion for arts and culture, pushed forward the second TWFF in June of 2008, "The Footprints of Youth". The second TWFF sold close to a thousand tickets within three days. News and reports on the second TWFF appeared in newspapers such as Georgia Straight, 24 Hours, World Journal, Ming Pao, Sing Tao, radio stations such as FM 96.1, QM FM 103.5, and TV stations such as Fairchild TV, Taiwan Macroview TV and other Chinese media. Furthermore, second TWFF was successful in entering into Vancouver mainstream. Aside from people of Chinese-Asian background, audience of non-Asian background increased in significantly in the second TWFF.

From the success and improvement of the past TWFF along with the support from many, we now have an even firmer belief in the initial mandate of UBCLE - building a bridge connecting the art of Taiwanese films and the mainstream of Canada.

The Third Annual Taiwanese Film Festival

While the first annual TWFF led the audience onto a round-island trip exploring the beauties of Formosa, the second annual TWFF accompanied the audience to enjoy the taste of youth - its flight, adventure and realization. This year, the third annual TWFF "Only Human" will direct the audience into the lives of ordinary/everyday people and invite them to experience their struggles, disheartenment, happiness and tears. Within the cruel hands of fate and life's adversities, we see their unyielding resilience and also the frailty and strength of human hearts that are seemly contradictory yet incredibly real. No matter what our status, background, race or culture are, we all have one same entity - We are only human.