蔡詠晴 TSAI Yung-Ching
Profile/CV
Tsai Yung-Ching was born in 1976. She started engaging in theatre, film and documentary production in 2001, and has worked as a photographer, editor and multimedia image designer. During this period, she also participated in the film production for Macau City Fringe Festival for three consecutive years. In 2005, she began a field survey about the Tibetan diaspora due to a film project. She investigated how modern lifestyle has impacted the Tibetans in exile after they leave Tibet as well as various social issues resulting from illegal immigration, interracial marriage and lack of work opportunities. Three years later, she began making a documentary film about the current social situation of the Tibetans in exile, entitled The Way Home, and met her current Tibetan spouse Lhundup Tsering during the process.
After they got married in India, her husband, Lhundup Tsering, could not obtain Taiwan’s resident certificate due to his identity as a Tibentan in exile, therefore the family was forced to stay in India for six months while applying for travel documents for entering Taiwan in early 2011. During this period, the White Tara Cultural Foundation in the Tibetan community in India invited Tsai to organize a two-month image workshop for a group of students.
Her husband was repeatedly denied entry into Taiwan due to his identity as a stateless person, and the situation forced the family to live apart. After the birth of their eldest child, Tsai began fighting for the right of residence and naturalization of Tibetan spouses in Taiwan. In 2017, Tibetan spouses could finally apply for residence and naturalization like other foreign spouses. Tsai currently lives in Hualien and has been working on the production of The Way Home. She is also a frequent speaker in talks and events featuring issues related to the stateless people and their rights.
Profile/CV
Tsai Yung-Ching was born in 1976. She started engaging in theatre, film and documentary production in 2001, and has worked as a photographer, editor and multimedia image designer. During this period, she also participated in the film production for Macau City Fringe Festival for three consecutive years. In 2005, she began a field survey about the Tibetan diaspora due to a film project. She investigated how modern lifestyle has impacted the Tibetans in exile after they leave Tibet as well as various social issues resulting from illegal immigration, interracial marriage and lack of work opportunities. Three years later, she began making a documentary film about the current social situation of the Tibetans in exile, entitled The Way Home, and met her current Tibetan spouse Lhundup Tsering during the process.
After they got married in India, her husband, Lhundup Tsering, could not obtain Taiwan’s resident certificate due to his identity as a Tibentan in exile, therefore the family was forced to stay in India for six months while applying for travel documents for entering Taiwan in early 2011. During this period, the White Tara Cultural Foundation in the Tibetan community in India invited Tsai to organize a two-month image workshop for a group of students.
Her husband was repeatedly denied entry into Taiwan due to his identity as a stateless person, and the situation forced the family to live apart. After the birth of their eldest child, Tsai began fighting for the right of residence and naturalization of Tibetan spouses in Taiwan. In 2017, Tibetan spouses could finally apply for residence and naturalization like other foreign spouses. Tsai currently lives in Hualien and has been working on the production of The Way Home. She is also a frequent speaker in talks and events featuring issues related to the stateless people and their rights.