Riverbed Theatre was founded in 1998 in Taipei, Taiwan. The company’s image-based, Total Theatre productions blur the boundaries between visual and performing arts. Critics have praised the organic, sculptural quality of Riverbed’s “subconscious” theatre, likening the performances to the best works of Samuel Beckett and David Lynch. Riverbed has participated in festivals and events including:
Virtual Reality:
2025 Blur. Premiere: Taiwan International Festival of the Arts
2025 Blur. Premiere: Taiwan International Festival of the Arts
2025 Just for You Trilogy. Premiere: SXSW
Other screenings: PHI Center (Montreal), We Taiwan (Japan)
Other screenings: PHI Center (Montreal), We Taiwan (Japan)
2024 A Simple Silence. Premiere: Venice FIlm Festival
Other screenings: KFF (Taiwan), Art VR (Czech Republic)), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), mAIfuture (Poland), Mediamorfosis (Chile), Beyond the Frame (Japan), Frontdoc Festival (Italy), Vektor VR (Hungary), Church of VR (Denmark), Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), BIFAN (Korea)
Other screenings: KFF (Taiwan), Art VR (Czech Republic)), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), mAIfuture (Poland), Mediamorfosis (Chile), Beyond the Frame (Japan), Frontdoc Festival (Italy), Vektor VR (Hungary), Church of VR (Denmark), Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), BIFAN (Korea)
2023 Over the Rainbow. Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival
Other screenings: Venice FIlm Festival (Italy), Festival du Nouveau Cinema (Montreal), B3 Biennial of Moving Image (Germany), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), Beyond The Frame (Japan), Art*VR (Czech Republic), Kurzfilmfestival Köln (Germany), Church of VR (Denmark), Filmgate Interactive Media Festival (France), Bogoshorts (Columbia), Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), KABOOM (Holland), Gabes Cinema Fen (Tunisia). IDAF (Turkey), Bildrausch Film Fest (Switzerland), Sibiu International Theater Festival (Romania), Mediterrane Film Festival (Malta), BIFAN (Korea), Nu:reality (Amsterdam), Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia), Bolton Film Festival (UK), Spektrum Festival (Poland), Cairo Video Festival (Egypt), BOZAR (Brussels)
Other screenings: Venice FIlm Festival (Italy), Festival du Nouveau Cinema (Montreal), B3 Biennial of Moving Image (Germany), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), Beyond The Frame (Japan), Art*VR (Czech Republic), Kurzfilmfestival Köln (Germany), Church of VR (Denmark), Filmgate Interactive Media Festival (France), Bogoshorts (Columbia), Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), KABOOM (Holland), Gabes Cinema Fen (Tunisia). IDAF (Turkey), Bildrausch Film Fest (Switzerland), Sibiu International Theater Festival (Romania), Mediterrane Film Festival (Malta), BIFAN (Korea), Nu:reality (Amsterdam), Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia), Bolton Film Festival (UK), Spektrum Festival (Poland), Cairo Video Festival (Egypt), BOZAR (Brussels)
2022 All That Remains. Premiere: Venice Film Festival
Other screenings: Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), Filmmaker Festival (Italy), FESPACO (Burkina Faso). Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), SACO (Spain) PHI Center (Montreal), BIFAN (Korea), Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (France), KFF (Taiwan), B3 Biennial of Moving Image (Germany), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), Imagine Fantastic Film Festival (Holland), Filmgate Interactive Media Festival (USA), Bildrausch Film Festival (Basel), Sibiu International Festival Theatre (Romania)
Other screenings: Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), Filmmaker Festival (Italy), FESPACO (Burkina Faso). Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg), SACO (Spain) PHI Center (Montreal), BIFAN (Korea), Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (France), KFF (Taiwan), B3 Biennial of Moving Image (Germany), São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), Imagine Fantastic Film Festival (Holland), Filmgate Interactive Media Festival (USA), Bildrausch Film Festival (Basel), Sibiu International Festival Theatre (Romania)
VR Awards:
2024 Over the Rainbow. Honorable Mention: Mediterrane Festival
2023 Over the Rainbow. Panorama Award: Festival du Noveau Cinema
2023 All That Remains. Best 360 Film: Kaohsiung Film Festival
2023 All That Remains. Best Immersive Experience: Luxembourg Film Festival
2023 All That Remains. Best Immersive Experience: Luxembourg Film Festival
Theatre:
2024 Taking it Down and Putting it Up: Taiwan Theatre Festival (London)
2023 Dreams and Shadows: Taipei International Festival of the Arts (Taipei)
2021 The Forgotten: Fall Festival of the Arts (Taipei)
2020 Dream Factory: Taiwan Traditional Theatre Festival (Taipei)
2018 BeSeTo Festival (Korea)
2018 Tainan Arts Festival (Tainan)
2018 Taipei International Festival of Art (Taipei)
2017 BOK Festival (Macau)
2016 Taipei Arts Festival (Taipei)
2016 Tainan Arts Festival (Tainan)
2016 Break-of-Dawn Festival (Taipei)
2015 Wei Wu Ying Arts Festival (Kaohsiung)
2015 On Site Arts Festival (Taipei)
2015 Avignon Off Theatre Festival (Avignon)
2014 International Theatre Festival (Taipei)
2013 Asian Biennale (Taichung)
2013 True Illusion, Illusionary Truth Exhibition (Taipei)
2012 Imaginale Figurentheater Festival (Mannheim, Stuttgart)
2010 International Theatre Festival (Taipei)
2010 Avignon-Off Festival (Avignon)
2009 Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center Inferno Benefit (New York)
2008 Avignon Off Festival (Avignon)
2006 Alice Festival (Tokyo)
2006 M1 Fringe Festival (Singapore)
2004 New Ideas Theatre Festival (Taipei)
2004 Alice Festival (Osaka, Tokyo)
Riverbed has also participated in exhibitions at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Museum of Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Taipei MOCA, and Eslite Gallery.