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Wang Rongyu, founder of Golden Bough Theatre (1993), creates deeply local Taiwanese productions. His works, like "Stage in the Rain," blend folk opera traditions into original musicals, earning acclaim as quintessential "Tai-Ke theater." Overcoming a 2008 crisis, the troupe now completes its 300th outreach performance, touring across Taiwan.

Mr. Lin Song-ji, an Amis man from Hualien, lived a life that mirrors Taiwan’s history. His father was of Japanese descent. As a young man, he was forced to leave his homeland when the government pushed a forestry plan. He moved to the city to survive and spent years working as a driver, which kept him from forming a deep bond with his children. The home he built with his life’s effort now faces demolition due to urban development. His descendants cannot return to the mountains and struggle to survive in the city. Yet, they remain distant from him. In the end, he is left alone.

A documentary film that presents information about Wichai Kasripongsa and Chumphon Thummai, two employees of the Nakhon Pathom Electricity Authority, who were found hanged under mysterious circumstances at the entrance gate of a housing estate in Phra Pathom Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province, on September 24, 1976. The two men had gone out to post signs protesting the return of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, who had been exiled following the October 14, 1973 uprising. Thanom’s return in 1976 sparked widespread public outrage, and Wichai and Chumphon were among those who opposed it. Shortly afterward, both were found hanged in public, their bodies displayed for passersby to see. However, no proper investigation was carried out to identify or prosecute those responsible. Their bodies were quickly buried without autopsy, leaving the case shrouded in mystery and injustice.

Waiting. Waiting for the train. Fuzhou Station.

Here is a crazy man who goes to the movies. Today's destination is 'Seoul Art Cinema' located in Jeong-dong, Seoul. Before passing through Independence Gate, climb the mountain and look at Seoul Art Cinema in the distance. Will he be able to watch the movie safely?

A woman from Chiang Mai speaks in Thai, Mandarin, and Yunnanese. That is the voice I am the most familiar with, the one I first sensed and heard from within her womb. It is also my mother tongue. I chat with my mother about her family of origin and childhood memories. When we are not talking, I wander around the house, touching light and air. Those scents and traces of where my mother resides, along with the fleeting images of her presence, are my intimate gaze of her.

Having cherished nature and films, she is now part of the sea. Her friends, who carry her memory clearly, return to the ocean.

This is a story about a group of losers. In the real world, they are men without a sense of achievement, and in their boring lives, they choose to step into the wrestling ring, playing terrifying and dangerous roles. In the ring world, their twisted values turn them into villains. Amid scattered applause, they stand on the wrestling ring, searching for their final dignity in that moment.

In 1987, as Taiwan had just lifted martial law, society and the economy were undergoing rapid transformation, and Indigenous peoples faced a wave of urban migration and labor relocation. An Amis man Du-Ya Pan Ming-fu, his childhood friend Duwake, a Kavalan artist, and Lai-Sa-Gai-Nu Tian Acheng in Xiangbi Village, have different but intertwined lives. Though the three men were compelled by economic hardship to leave their homes, they did not bow to fate nor choose to remain in the city forever. In an era when Indigenous peoples were overlooked, they each steadfastly confronted their identity and cultural values, forging life paths that intertwined in unique ways.

Luo Luo entrusts her camera to her seven-year-old granddaughter, Manman. Through her eyes, the interior of their small home comes to glitter like jewels in a treasure box. We learn once again how to partake in the endless joy of the world.

Chinese opera film.

Phankorn returns to his uncle’s garden with a hidden purpose. Curiosity leads to talks that uncover how two generations see the world differently.

Two days in the life of Thai conservationist Seub Nakhasathien, two decades apart. One ignites his fight for nature; the other demands the ultimate sacrifice: his life.

Akihiro Oishi and Hiroki Suzuki set off to climb Mount Hunter, in Alaska, the most difficult 4000-metre high mountain in North America. They have been climbing companions since 2015, when Kei Taniguchi, Akihiro’s mentor and Hiroki’s climbing companion, died during an expedition at the age of just 43.

When they first met at Yuan Bo's secularization party, Li Xinran was still an actress suffering from depression. The two, both at the lowest point in their lives, fell in love at first sight and quickly came together, welcoming their first child. With several million yuan in savings, they envisioned an ideal life, but due to extravagance and a lack of financial management experience, they fell into an economic crisis. To turn their situation around, Yuan Bo planned to establish a handpan instrument factory in the mountains of Anji. The lush greenery seemed like their utopian dream. However, with the birth of their second child, their business failed, their business partner left, and they were burdened with debt. The daily grind and financial pressure gradually eroded their once passionate relationship. Deep in the mountains, they loved each other until they had nothing left but each other.

Qiu Zhijie spent five years copying Wang Xizhi’s (303–361) Lantingxu (‘Preface to the Orchid Pavilion’) one thousand times. The video shows the artist writing calligraphy with an ink brush. As the black ink fills the paper, the strokes lose their distinctiveness, and the text becomes illegible. Eventually, only a black rectangular field remains.

Architects, cultural planners, and public administrators come together to reopen the Gunsan Cultural Center, which had remained abandoned for over a decade after its closure. Is chronic operational deficit an unavoidable fate for public cultural facilities, or can a sustainable revenue model be developed? This film documents the struggle to reinterpret underutilized spaces and uncover new public value in cultural venues of our time.

In 1984, agricultural researcher Zhao Ersheng and his team arrive in Hainan, hoping to develop China’s first hybrid millet. Despite limited resources and repeated failures, Zhao persists. He pioneers a two-line hybrid method based on light and temperature sensitivity, overcoming major scientific hurdles. In 2000, after years of dedication, his team successfully breeds “Zhang Hybrid Millet No. 1,” marking a breakthrough in China’s millet breeding history.

The Sanya district of Tokyo is home to those pushed to the margins of society. For over 35 years, Shinpei and Hiroko Ishibashi ran a humble soup shop there. In 2020, large-scale redevelopment began in anticipation of the Tokyo Olympics. The elderly and unemployed were left behind, forgotten amid the city's transformation. Hoping to rebuildcommunity ties, Magokoro Yoshihira, a customer of the soup shop began cleaning the streets alongside the elderly. As Magokoro and the elders made a soup to serve, they begin to realise that what was truly passed down was not a recipe, but the time spent together—remembering, cooking, and reconnecting.

This footage is a record of Katsumi Komatsu’s visit to urban and rural areas in Taiwan, specifically Taipei and Tainan, in April 1936 (Showa 11), conducted as a preliminary survey for the comprehensive research project by the Attic Museum. The footage is silent.

Formosa depicts the landscapes, architecture, customs, culture, agriculture, natural scenery, Indigenous peoples, and colonial traces of Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule. It also reflects how the world at that time perceived and imagined Taiwan. This film is the earliest known surviving motion picture shot in and about Taiwan. This introductory documentary was donated as a duplicate print by the Netherlands Filmmuseum (now Eye Filmmuseum) in 1991. According to the museum’s records, the nitrate print dates to approximately 1922. However, based on the research of scholar Lee Daw-ming, the film may have been shot as early as 1917 by Herford T. Cowling. The exact date when the original positive film was produced and its subsequent whereabouts remain unknown. Formosa is preserved and presented by the Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute in 2025.

In the heart of Binshe village, Shaoxing, an ancient tradition unfolds each year — a three-day celebration honouring a local goddess with the haunting melodies of The Story of Pipa, performed exclusively by female Yue opera artists. As the villagers intertwine myth, history, and devotion, the lines between reality and legend blur, revealing a tale where music bridges worlds and ancestral echoes linger on sacred stones.

Documentary about the lone soldier who works as a cattle herder on the Horqin grassland.

Told through oral narration, this documentary retraces the life experiences of Tong Kang, a Shanghai miner who was sent to support frontier development.

A Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire is a 1961 Chinese documentary directed by Fu Ya and Huang Bao-Shan. As described by Erik Barnouw, it was assembled in Peking using footage from many sources in China and abroad to document the evolution of the People’s Republic of China. Another source notes that it looks back on 34 years of the People’s Liberation Army. The title comes from Mao Zedong’s famous quote: “A single spark can start a prairie fire,” symbolizing how small revolutionary actions can grow into a broad movement.

1998 documentary production from Inner Mongolia Television Station on the history and culture of Mongolian wrestling.

A bowl of noodles is like a legend. Taihe Banmian is a specialty snack in Anhui Province, which has won the favor of diners with its unique craftsmanship and delicious taste. The documentary "Banmian Jianghu" deeply explores the story and heritage of Taihe Banmian.

Documentary on five old ladies living in the same nursing home.

This documentary explores the concept of space in two distinct parts. The first captures the bustling flow of commuters at a busy intersection in Xixiang, Shenzhen. The second depicts the working scenes inside a factory workshop in Huangbao, Tongchuan.

A former Japanese soldier during World War II gives his testimony about the massacres in China and the existence of the ‘comfort women’ in this animation.

After spending many years in the city, a Tibetan man named BaWu returns to his long-abandoned pastoral homeland with a heavy heart. As soon as he arrives home, he encounters his younger brother, who has just returned from herding cattle. In the awkwardness of familiarity mixed with estrangement, they work together to return a lost foal to its owner, subtly rekindling the bond of their old familial ties.

Even in the face of physical and geographic barriers, Yu Xiaolong can't be stopped from getting in his three-wheeled motorcycle, driving across China, and embarking on his quest for dignity and love.

Unable to sleep, a young man is lured into the woods by a mysterious sound. He follows it across a river, through forest and shadows, until he finally comes upon the red curtains of a travelling funeral performance stage.

In the last 400 years, the Chinese contribution to the world is almost zero, but what about before? The ancient wisdom and extraordinary creativity of the past is the light of the future.

The film's soundtrack is an ecstatic musical accompaniment to the Korean ritual “kut” performed by a shaman, which connects the living and the dead. The visual component, in turn, combines the experience of distance and proximity: rhythmically shrinking frames, filled with an ever-receding perspective, gradually reveal a central space in the midst of a dense agglomeration that seems to pulsate with music.

The Disc is a true record of a conversation between two female friends, from which the audience can get a glimpse of the conflict between mainstream nuclear families and sexual minorities. The movie combines video recording, animation, and image re-creation in an attempt to create a multi-dimensional experience of documentary images.

I made a short documentary on my experience of medical abortion in Denmark in 2017. Feeling liberated from that happening, I head to Denmark to conclude this memory. Beneath the dazzling lights of Copenhagen's city, I finally realize, 'This is the beginning of the journey.' I called my ex-partner, wondering if he would welcome me in Portugal. I head to Portugal to meet him with several questions in mind. Has he already forgotten those dim times? Or do those memories still cling to him in the past?

Hanchul has been running a small neighborhood supermarket in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, for decades. Over time, he faces the wear and tear of the store's belongings.

Documentary about the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, featuring people displaced by the tsunami and decontamination workers.

It is a documentary, shot to document the lives of Zainichi children in Zainichi schools, which were in danger of closing, but which were important for studying Korean culture. It is the first work dealing with the problem of zainichi and it was made by a collective of Zainichi and Japanese directors.

Han Wangxi, nearly 70 years old, has spent months digging a five- to six-meter-deep hole in the riverbank of Moba Gorge in Longnan, China, searching for gold. He carefully sifts sand from the rock and washes it repeatedly, hoping to find even tiny pieces of gold. On good days, he finds gold the size of a needle, but on bad days, he finds nothing. Despite his struggles, he remains convinced that gold lies beneath the clear water. However, he is worried about losing his home when a reservoir is built in the area.

The Hungarian Camera, also known as the Communist State Camera, is dedicated to my dear parents, and to my compatriots who were persecuted and unjustly died in all the campaigns! And their great faith in surviving for their children.

After his divorce, 50-year-old Laozhu had been living in the mountains of Beijing suburb with his girlfriend Xiaowang. For this, the Beijing Zhongyuan family church regarded it as adultery and refused to issue him the Holy Communion. Then, Laozhu had a Christian wedding ceremony and began to host a Bible-reading group at his home in the city. In the beginning, the members increased gradually, but due to different understandings of the belief, Laozhu conflicted with them continuously, from in the city to up the mountain. This led to the decrease of the member-number. As the lease expired, the church was forced to move around in restaurants and bathing centers… In the end, the church disappeared and the members scattered everywhere…