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Who Killed Billy Billie

Billy is queer and depressed. He self-harms and is constantly bullied for his feminine appearance. After his biological father came out, he left an old camera to Billy. Billy’s mother remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current stepfather. After Billy’s younger sister drowned, the family was abandoned by their stepfather and had to return to Taiwan. One day, after taking a bath, Billy muttered to himself, “I promise to accompany you,” with several medicine jars beside him. He then sat on the toilet and fantasized about having sex with a snail, feeling both pleasure and disgust.

Who Killed Billy Billie

NR 2024
Goodbye Again

In Goodbye Again, a mother has to deal with one of the most heartbreaking events as a parent: saving a drug addict child. Coming home for dinner and facing her demure mother, the agitated daughter alternates between derisive manipulation and loving care, oblivious to the uncommonly preoccupied and nervous mother who nibbles at the bitter melon without a word of reproach. Filled with tension and deceptively simple, the very short drama is a powerful portrayal of mother-daughter dynamics in a modern single-parent Chinese family.

Goodbye Again

NR 2022
When Winter Comes

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.

When Winter Comes

NR 1985
Safety First

Ah Quan makes a living as a laborer, earning money through physical work. In his spare time, he enjoys gambling, with mixed results—sometimes winning, but mostly losing. As a result, aside from making ends meet, his savings are pitifully small. It wasn't until his elderly father, Ah Dong (played by Peng Yi), began frequently going in and out of the hospital that most of his income had to be spent on his father's medical expenses, prompting him to gradually quit gambling. However, watching his father suffer from illness and dealing with the pressure from his wife, Qiu Rong (played by Huang Jiefei), Ah Quan decided to take a gamble once more, hoping for a turnaround. Unfortunately, on the same day, his father's life came to an end, leaving Ah Quan torn between using his father's funeral savings and his hopes of hitting the jackpot.

Safety First

NR 2018
Winter Solstice

The Winter Solstice has been for the Chinese an important family occasion; however, will this time-honoured tradition become obsolete? The children head back to their family home in the country to see their elderly mother. All seems well on the surface, but each faces their own crisis and difficulty: The eldest brother struggles to raise several kids; the well off second sister plans to leave Hong Kong; estranged from her husband, the younger sister keeps up appearances; and the youngest brother commits to the difficult career as a farmer. The cheerful, animated conversation at the dinner table is overshadowed by simmering anxieties.

Winter Solstice

4.0 2022
A House of Happiness

Shui is an old Alzheimer patient suffering from memory loss and behaviour changes. Ha, as a personal care taker of Shui, stays together with him and takes great care of his daily lives. However, while his bad temper has turned into raging, Ha could not take it anymore and she runs away. Without Ha by his side, Shui is losing his only support. The neighbour seeks help from Ha’s son Leong to persuade Ha. During Ha’s absence, Shui is falling in love with Fang who looks a lot like Summer, but actually she is only looking for his wealth...

A House of Happiness

NR 2018
Guo Mie

A karaoke-addicted elderly woman (Chen Shu-Fang) lives her life by the Taiwanese saying, “Guo Mie,” which translates to “as long as you devote your life to the creation of one thing, and do whatever you could, everything will turn out.” But her philosophy is seriously put into question as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her estranged husband. She attends the funeral only to encounter his younger lover and then finds out that her children might have kept in touch with her late husband secretly behind her back. Director Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu said that the story is based on his grandmother, who was forced to raise eight kids by herself after her husband ran away. The student short film was shot in his home country of Taiwan. Selected as a 2017 Student Academy Awards Finalist, the short also appeared in the 2018 Asian American International Film Festival. It’s the first time that lead actress Shu-Fang has sung in a film in over 40 years.

Guo Mie

7.0 2018
Sound of Silence

Ten-year-old Kwong is a Primary 5 student who has to contend with "Internal assessment for Secondary Places" and parents who constantly argue. He is at a loss. His grandma, who lives alone, is always patient and happy to learn about his world. Grandma passes away suddenly, Kwong suffers from insomnia. At night, when he looks at the boundless sky, he feels secure, as if many friends are talking to him. He keeps all this to himself. To his parents, Kwong is just a naughty boy. They have no inkling that Kwong may be experiencing emotional problems.

Sound of Silence

NR 2022
Happy Family:Snowball The Memory Gobbler

In the city, the family of Chen Xiaodi, an ordinary citizen, lives a peaceful and carefree life. The stalwart and courageous father, Chen Weilin, can't resist the temptation of generous cash prizes, and brings the whole family to participate in the "Family Mobilization". The agile and flexible Da Di, the horse-footed Xiao Di, the fat and bloated mom, the ghostly and elfin grandmother all join the "Chen's family warrior team". With victory in sight, the brave father is scared out of his wits by a small hedgehog doll. Sadly, Di proposes to go to the legendary "Hoggett's" kingdom, where there is a mysterious snow globe that can eat up "unhappy memories". By mistake, the family arrives at the marvelous Animal Kingdom. Here animals can judge humans! After a life-and-death escape, Xiaodi's family finally finds the legendary snow globe, but his father, who is one step ahead of them, has lost his memory, and the whole family becomes strangers in a flash. What will happen to the Di family?

Happy Family:Snowball The Memory Gobbler

NR 2012
Kongjwi and Patjwi

Kongjui, who had been living alone with her father, welcomes a stepmother and a stepsister called Patchui into her life. When her father is out, the stepmother and Patchui make her do all the housework and the stepmother believes all of Patchui's lies and beats Kongjui mercilessly. When talks of marriage between Kongjui and the son of a respectable family come out one day, the stepmother does everything in her power to get Patchui married to the young man. Unaware of her stepmother's plans, Kongjui runs into the young man in the woods and the two fall in love.

Kongjwi and Patjwi

NR 1978
The House

The Korean Academy of Film Arts has produced an animation for 3 consecutive years through a collaborative project. Considering the severe reality of Korean animation in that it lacks an industrial infrastructure, "The House" demonstrates the possibilities of Korean animation and the efficiency of collective production. While comparing apartments in the downtown core to the shabby environment of a marginalized district, "The House" portrays the collapse of the spirits dwelling at the house. As such the adventure of Ga-young and the spirits in the house becomes a criticism of modern society: enlightenment via animation. Although this animation may not have the most delicate or original style, the 5 animators that worked on this film unleashed their imaginations, ultimately showcasing the power of a collective process and a pleasure of the collective imagination.

The House

6.8 2011
River of Salvation

Rong, living in a small town in the south of China, is a pedicure therapist who has never gotten married. She has a brother named Xiaodong , who is 14 years younger. Xiaodong is almost 18 years old, instead of working he plays video games all day long, but after going through a series of things he finally becomes independent. And Seeing this, Rong returned to her hometown in the northeast of China, and went to the police station, confessing that she killed a person 19 years ago. However,the following development of the matter is going to be out of Rong's expectation.

River of Salvation

6.2 2022