民主，練習中

Followed by an online talk with Yang Cheng-Shin

The Accidental Politician is a ten-year documentary journey following three young Taiwanese activists who emerged from the 2014 “Sunflower Movement” and stepped into the complex world of local politics. Fueled by ideals but confronted with entrenched power, political deals, and disillusionment, their stories unfold like real-life quests through Taiwan’s democratic landscape. As they struggle between hope and burnout, the film reveals not only the cost of participation, but the unfinished nature of democracy itself. With the 2024 “Bluebird Movement” weaving the past into the present, this is not just a portrait of three individuals—it’s a timely reflection on the fragile, ongoing experiment of democracy in Asia. (WooehMoeh Films x Impression Taiwan)

Yang Cheng-Shin, a former 1st AD in fiction films with a Sociology master's, is a documentary filmmaker whose works address social justice, including her debut feature Never-Never Land (2022) about exiled Tibetans in Taiwan, and The Accidental Politician.