After a major earthquake rocked Taiwan in September, the city decided that the light tone which had been originally planned was inappropriate, and chose the documentary And Life Goes On by the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami to open the festival.
受到大地震影響，市府決定改變電影節以往歡樂基調，選擇伊朗導演阿巴斯的紀錄片《生生長流》作為開幕片。