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A Taiwanese opera (koa-á-hì) tiayupian by Lee Hsing

Since his release from prison, Sweet Potato has been content to run a little business with a meager income by the sea, disregarding the advice of others to the contrary.

Andy is a novelist who works from home. One day, a girl mysteriously appears in his toilet. She claims to be from the future and needs his help. Her name is Pomegranate.

A Bunun porter A-Song joins a search and rescue team, only to find a dead body on his first expenditure on the rescue mission. As they go down, A-song soon gets lost in the mountains. His only help is Tzu-chiao, the dead victim on his back, who “guides” him to the mountaintop, which appears to be their only way home.　​　​

Featuring plenty of high-kicking, fist-flying action, a martial arts classic from the vaults of Hong Kong cinema. Summoning his skills to defeat a troublesome local thug, a martial arts student (Barry Chan) emerges victorious. But when his enemy retaliates by trying to rape a female classmate, it's definitely time for a rematch. Chan Wai Lau and Liu Ping co-star.

Jeui is a teenager who lives in Tamshui, near Taipei City. Jeui never liked to go to school. One day he meets Old Man Shu on a train to Tamshui. Jeui decides to run away from school and spend the day with him on the streets. Accompanied by Old Man Shu, Jeui wanders about in this small town. Jeui loves to play the suona, and falls in love with a sales girl working in a record store. Old Man Shu tries to help Jeui without letting him know. Through Jeui and her do not turn out to be a couple, they share a good friendship since then. However, there are some misunderstandings between Old Man Shu and his children. One day he disappears after a quarrel with them, causing everyone to worry. While looking for Old Man Shu everywhere, Jeui realizes how important he is to him. When Jeui finally finds him, he is sitting alone by the river bank Jeui's care and comfort cheer up Old Man Shu. This is a story of friendship between the young and the old in the small town of Tamshui.

This is a story about the boy who always living a life under surveillance from his father. In the boy's mind, his father is definitely a mercurial controller, but he had no idea how to get rid of him. The father also kept a spider as a pet, because he knew his son always being afraid of spiders. One day, the spider got disappear, and the boy started facing the inner fear. The spider tookthe boy to its own world, which gave the boy an idea to make a trap. At the end, the boy became a spider who fettered his father in his own territory.

The story is based on a play written by famous playwright Yao Yiwei whose work takes adaptation from the novel in Sung Dynasty. The film describes Xiuxiu, a daughter of an aristocrat,who falls in love with her cousin who is a talented sculptor. Nevertheless they experience all kinds of difficulties during the process of trying to get married.

In 1949, the Republic of China suffered a major defeat in the Chinese Civil War, and the Government was forced to relocate to Taiwan. The Government enacted the Declaration of Martial Law in Taiwan, prosecuted anyone who was suspected to be Chinese communists spy. Tin, an innocent farmer, was falsely accused and imprisoned. During the days in jail, Tin got lots of support from his inmate, Kok. With the hope that Kok gave him, Tin gradually found that it is impossible for him to be released from prison.

The stubborn girl and the supernatural boy embark on a magical youth journey to find the ghost father who accidentally died! Whether we want to or not, whether we see ghosts or not, there are always some invisible and unspeakable ghosts closely following us... Perhaps falling in love is like being haunted by ghosts, so this "ghost" story and "love" story is staged lively.

Hao-Cheng, an urban indigenous boy, sets out on a journey to reconnect with his ancestral tribe. Yet, as he ventures deeper into the heart of his heritage, a creeping fear begins to take hold, with eerie occurrences unfolding one after another.

Time can dilute sexual desire, but will it arouse the emotions between them?

Hao-Yang is a young man that loves the sea and loves to surf, but just as his life was about to begin, he was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease that was from his father. After some time, his body will begin to paralyze part by part, not able to move or speak and eventually he will die. His brother refused to take the test and their single-parent mother still tries to find a cure for her boys. One day, Hao-Yang told his brother he wanted to see the ocean and begged his brother to take him surfing again. When Hao-Yang had finally fulfilled his wish and got on the surfboard, he disappeared in the ocean after a big wave.

During the busy banana harvest, Phik-tsu’s collision with the newcomer Bing-to damages a harvest and forges a fateful connection. This catches the eye of Taipei businessman Liau Tsui-tsuann, who not only plots a smuggling operation but also covets Phik-tsu's beauty. On a company outing, Liau tries to get close to Phik-tsu, but a series of funny mishaps brings Bing-to and Phik-tsu closer instead. As a typhoon approaches, the plantation faces a new crisis. Will they find a way to be together?

After invasion of black particles, siblings Alvin and Ariel inadvertently save the legendary Cloud Leopard,having the power to purify the world. They must evade pursuit by conspiracy factions and embark on an adventure to return it home to save world

After Alan’s dad left for work and didn’t return, Alan remembered the Chinese mythical beast his father had once mentioned. He began to worry that his dad had been eaten by one of these creatures. So, Alan set out on a journey to find his dad, hoping that Arbi could help him rescue his father and uncover the true face of the mythical beast.

The film peers through the conditions of different social groups and their accusation, compromization, and pondering over their lives from the perspective of a taxi driver Huang and presents different issues in his daily family life; describing the disturbance from his wife’s point of view about the money and the marriage and all the absurd but real situation like how she turned to friend and god when facing difficulties; depicting his daughter’s troubles from the school, her boyfriend, her pregnancy and how she dealt with them in a seemingly mature but actually naive way. The driver, his wife, and his daughter held their own secrets until he came across a robbery, smashing the peaceful illusion of his family and tempting the improper thought inside him.

There is a young man squeezed by life and work, he feels that life is meaningless. Until he came across that painting. In that painting, there is a woman enjoying her breakfast peacefully. Every night, after the heavy work, the young man came here to admire the painting. However, unexpectedly, one day, when the young man came to the gallery again, the woman in the painting disappeared...

In the mist room, in the dim light, the steaming heat is floating and overflowing. The flickering male bodies, sucking each other's desire and loneliness, the more squeezed, the thirsty. You seem to have entered the forbidden area by mistake in formal attire, falling between dream and waking, staring, and being stared at. You can't remember how you came here or how to get out. Theater and video director Zhou Dongyan once again touched the life experience of gay men’s community culture that is hard to articulate but difficult to cut. This time, he moved the poetic lens language into VR, taking you and me to the male sauna, peeling off the layered desires, and exploring the hidden love in some kind of lovelessness.

Somewhere, an unassuming betel nut stand sits next to the bustling streets. There, a fair-skinned beauty named Nana tends to the shop. Many customers frequent the shop after carefully parking their cars, and yet some take far too long to come out for what should be a quick transaction. Even weirder is that often these customers come out with a dazed look on their faces, but with seemingly no purchase made and empty hands… One day A-YAO enters the shop after being persuaded by A-Hsing only to discover a hidden side to the normal-looking shop…

In the midst of a passionate affair with a married woman, arts teacher Ariel must choose between sating her sexual desires or living an open life free of broken promises.

Liu Hui is a widower whose son lives in America. She insists on living alone in the house she shared with her late husband, a calligrapher, and is surrounded by fond memories. As she gradually joins community activities, she strikes up an acquaintance with the kind and shy building caretaker who faces a quandary over a stray cat. Small moments together reveal loneliness and companionship.

Wall to Wall is a triptych of stories created across different moments in time, each orbiting the theme of love: a reunion after a breakup, the quiet friction of daily life, and a conversation altered by experimental influence. Through silence and speech, the film traces the subtle marks left by time.

Taipei in the 70's, a small village, with people from different backgrounds whom are tightly connected with each other. The Liu's daughter - Liang Liang is seven years old, she is a naive and lively child. One day, she bravely save her little friends from a fire in a car accident, unfortunately she fell into a coma. In her coma, she dreamed of participating in the nation's first marathon...

In Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a handful of residents refuse to move away from their beloved and almost completely abandoned village.

Musical movie called "Rock on" was ready to be filmed. For saving the cost of the budget, the casting producer named "Senior Tsai", picked up his roles from the rejects of an audition. Such as kid from Hong Kong, he can both write and sing, Candy, a girl who's just like the Barbie doll, and LaReine, a snappy girl who could dance hip-pop to the top, together they co-starred this new title. For creating more topics, Tsai he called up Johnny, who used to be the hottest idol, to helm this musical film and train the new hopefuls he had seek. Progressively, the shooting got started and this has-been idol, Johnny, he eagerly hoped this movie would win him his come-back moment.

A-Juan and A-Jin, an old couple in Taiwan, hope for their son to return home from Mainland China as they go through difficult times while everything seems to get worse...

A newly homeless family, with a sacrificed pig, in a city longing for rain: with compassion and prayer, they try to survive.

Haunted by past failure, Ah-Zhi faces towering stakes that mirror his inner fears. Pressured by his mother to focus on exams, he sinks into doubt—until Xiao-You's quiet support helps him rise. In overcoming fear, he begins to truly see himself.

Taiwan in the year 2000, only thirteen years after the lifting of Marshall Law rule and still an unruly place referred to by many as the “Wild, Wild East,” provides a perfect setting for The Taiwan Oyster. Masquerading as a bender road-­‐movie, the darkly comic film explores deep existentialist questions as the protagonists journey deeper and deeper into the Taiwanese countryside. Darin and Simon’s quest for the perfect burial spot becomes a strange trip down Taiwan’s picturesque East Coast Highway as they encounter the unique cultures of Taiwan, welcoming families, violent gangsters, and Nikita, another lost soul who joins their odyssey. Along the way, they explore the Southeast Asian ex-­patriot experience, their own personal demons, and the universal questions that arise when one is confronted with an untimely death.

Seeking to escape her father's scandal, Epa travels to Taiwan in search of answers from her mother, only to confront herself along the way.

THROUGH THE YEARS touches on the theme of Westward expansion by combining facts with fiction. A film about three college students.

Conflicts reach their boiling point during a mass protest. Law enforcement stationed at these demonstrations are made to work overtime; long hours away from their families have since become the norm. Police sergeant Ah-Wen, who is thrust into the heart of these clashes, struggles to find a balance between his already precarious marriage, and the high pressure and strenuous conditions of his working environment.

CONTRAPELO is the story of a proud Mexican barber who is forced to shave the leader of a drug cartel. As he faces the man who is destroying his country, he is confronted by a difficult.

A dark comedy that follows the adventures of the protagonist, a gay man in a long-term relationship whose life takes an unexpected turn when he falls in love with a mysterious neon blue cracked egg.

Tensions between society’s expectations and true happiness are explored in this compelling short film that tells the story of three gay men who are entangled in doomed romances.

A Hong Kong girl went to Kaohsiung in agony to search for her friend who was supposedly kidnapped.

Sunday, at the South-East Asian entertainment complex First Square in Taichung, two Filipinos, Jane, a domestic caregiver, and Randy, a factory worker, make acquaintance. In the precious hours of their day off, together, the two companions in foreign land spend a lovely Sunday.

Takashi, who studies abroad in Taiwan, finds every day is full of fun in friendship and love that he can't find in Japan. However, he feels the difficulty of conveying his feelings frankly while the time goes by.

In war-torn Myanmar, 2025, a bread factory trapped on the front line faces a power outage and an indifferent boss. As explosions draw near, the supervisor calls a vote: stay or flee. Some hold their ground, while others quietly depart—hope, fragile yet enduring, traced delicately in icing and flour.

Through two children of different races growing up in an intergenerational family, the film explores the racial stereotypes that have been buried in Malaysia for many years. Only a child's pure empathy can bring redemptive power.

Wenya's parents separated when she was two, and after that she lived with her father and stepmother. Her stepmother couldn't stand her and was always arguing with her father. He had little choice-he had to send Wenya to her mother's house, but her mother was fully focused on running her business and didn't have any time to take care of Wenya, so she was often shuttled off to her relatives' and friends' homes to be fostered. After so many years of a life of foster care, young Wenya felt lonely and helpless, and longed for the warmth of a home.

A Chinese woman searches for her brother in New York. Her quest spans universities, Chinatown, mahjong parlors, and parties, where she encounters old and new friends. Amidst cultural influences, confusion arises—will it lead to a sense of belonging or a heartbreak? Claire Pei's low-budget debut film gained attention for its allegorical narrative and non-commercial vibe different from Taiwan's mainstream cinema. However, her directing career in Taiwan could't extend, despite her continued involvement in acting and screenwriting.

It's almost been one year since his boyfriend committed suicide on the day of the Moon Festival, in their own home. Wei, left alone, struggles to leave his memory behind and isolates himself in the apartment that torments him.

A judge observes the letter of the law, doesn't take bribes and will sentence a prince to death if necessary. And that's just what happens...