Mayaw Biho
(Taiwan)

Mayaw Biho, a Pangcah filmmaker, likes to film, photograph, and write. He has been making films since 1995, now with more than 30 titles under his name, including ten about the indigenous Pangcah people. He was born in the Pangcah community of C'roh in Yuli Township, Hualien. His name 'Mayaw' means the guarding stars by the moon. While he was still a student of the Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the Shih Hsin University, he began to shoot documentary films about cultural and socio-political issues concerning the Pangcah people. Later, his cinematic focuses extended to the histories of other indigenous peoples and the Mainlander communities in Taiwan. His works have been frequently screened, nominated for, and winning awards from the Council for Cultural Affairs, the TIDF, the Taipei Film Festival, the Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, and the South Taiwan Film Festival. He has served as the chairperson of the Ethnic Affairs Commission for the Tainan City Government, and the director of the Taiwan Indigenous Television. In 2019, he established the first all-Pangcah speaking kindergarten in Taiwan. In all of his endeavours, he hopes to help those who have no chance to speak out to express what they want to say.

Films
Filmography
Light Up My Life
2011
Yi Dong Bu Nong Yu Sheng Yong Jiu Wu
2011
Is Una Hakka?
2011
Kanakanavu Await
2010
My River
2009
Malakacaway—The Rice Wine Filler
2007
Taichung Underground
2006
What's Your Real Name
2005
Get Our Real Names Back
2004
Carry the Paramount of Jade Mountain on My Back
2002
The Tribe Floated to Jin-zun
2002
What's Your Real Name
2002
Coming & Going—Island of Tachen
2001
National Bandits, Beautiful Mistake
2000
The Land in My Heart: Igung Shiban
1999
Dear Rice Wine, You Are Defeated
1998
As Life, As Pangcah
1998
Children in Heaven
1997
Gi Rahitzu
1997
C'roh Is Our Name
1997

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