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Geomancy is to say hinding winds to gain water. The earth is mother , burial brings peace to the deceased, symbolizing reincarnation. So the name of this story in English is “Revive”, which means getting into the cycle of reincarnation. The documentary is going to tell a story contains several elements such as Geomancy of compass, Hakka funeral and interment culture, General om teach, Seance. Moreover, it also porse deeply on the floating life with fleeting time- the sanguine life of a wise man in countryside. This is an old man whose life is full of hardships, he possesses real learning and stories, owns peace after overcoming severe difficulties, and has the special graciousness as being in such an age…

As a popular winter-sport, Ice hockey has been professionalized gradually in China since Beijing had successfully bid for the Olympic Winter Games. Qu ruichen (richard), qu lifan (steven), and zhai zinan (jason) are three nine-year-old strikers for a beijing junior ice hockey team. all of them have the dream of becoming a professional. while the three strikers are giving their best on the court, their parents stand at a crossroads: should they support their children to become professional athletes or to force them to forget their dreams?

Xiayao Village, Youyu County, Shanxi ProvinceThe 7-year-old and big-footed Bai Nu and Liu Buhan, both of whom died because of their loved ones, were brought together with their three children more than 40 years ago. (Bai Danu 2 Men 1 Women) (Liu Buhan 3 (Daughter) Nowadays, the children have become grandparents, and most of them are not next to Bai Bainu and Liu Buhan. The children of both sides have differences over the old age of raising the two elderly people ... so despite the two They are all in their eighties, and still need to get up and return to the field to farm in the morning and night, and the old lady Bai is more because of her little feet, she has to stagger in the wind and rain, kneeling in the fields ... A foot-binding old lady faces the camera and talks to her little feet ...

"After Jiang Ge's murder, Liu Xin and her family's approach and attitude are the only reason that triggered this lawsuit; I just use the law to legally defend my rights and interests, not to talk about being more serious. But no matter how much legal responsibility Liu Xin should bear, I never wanted anyone to commit cyber violence against her, such as disinformation and defamation. As early as the beginning of Jiang Ge's murder, someone added a WeChat to scold me: sending Jiang Ge to study in Japan deserved it. I couldn't understand at all. Sending my daughter to study abroad was to let her learn more, so why should even that be attacked after Liu killed her. After that, some people publicly abused Jiang Ge on Weibo, and in the first half of 2017, I went to the local police station to report the case. in December 2017, when the trial of Chen Shifeng was held in Japan, the net storm was the craziest. Numerous netizens could not stand to see it and helped me report it..."

Bai Sanming, a Chinese farmer, plays Mao Zedong for a living. This strange and absurd phenomenon has formed a unique and complete industrial chain in China. This documentary depicts this absurd and realistic behavior. At the same time, the documentary also brings out the special ideological trend that has existed since the last century, based on the crazy personality cult of Mao Zedong.

A story of a female director who spends a hallucinatory night in quarantine in a hotel. She recalled her former lover and creative partner Liling, out of nowhere. And then, she was surprised to find That Liling is in front in her, they poured out their hearts and past experiences, once the story came into their view. The next morning, the hotel reception calls her……

Dreamland Nature School, located in Mullae-dong, Seoul, provides an environment where children can run and play freely with their friends while taking children from 4 to 7 years old to a forest, vegetable garden, and playground not far from the city. Children of nature school find a play they want to immerse themselves in without any restrictions, and enjoy the time by challenging new play.

Trapped in a room and suffering from unknown noises and fears, I meet and talk with Goyuhan Seon and Violet J, who are suffering from schizophrenia, the same mental problems as me. These two were swimming in this world in their own way and at their own pace. Our stories drifted separately with our individual notes, but they encounter each other and are eventually completed as one melody.

According to the Tao people’s traditional beliefs, illness was a sign of supernatural possession by evil spirits. Many patients thus became isolated, unable to receive any medical care. A native of the Orchid Island (Lanyu) where she worked as a nurse, the filmmaker initiated a program in 1997, recruiting some 40 volunteers to visit and care for homebound elderly patients against considerable social pressure. This documentary captures the powerful dilemma when traditional values clash with compassion.

Tokunaga, a student at the Tokyo school of art and design, has filmed a subtle journal of brief experiences and songs in which, with a fine sense for shifting detail and rhythm, she offers a sketch of a joyful romp.

This film records the production process of a book about the Covid-19 Pandemic in Macao, written by Choi Sio Man, who has been an active reporter for over a decade.

Part 2 of Return Home documentary trilogy.

In the Atayal mythology, the souls of the deceased arrive in Heaven by way of the rainbow, yet only the ones who have the traditional face tattoo would be welcomed by the Ancestral Spirits. Seeing the decline of this Atayal tradition, the filmmaker interviews tattooed tribal elders, capturing their longing for lost family, friends and homelands, as well as their feelings about their impending return to the rainbow.

Since Taiwan’s opening of cable TV in 1993, the number of channels has increased by 30 times, including 8 24-hour news channels. TV news and newspapers are trying to fight for ratings, grab advertisements, invade people’s privacy, make up for news, and seduce gossip. Is there really no cure for this media monster that is damaging the eyes of the audience? Is publicization the last salvation for the failure of the media market? Through the interviews of a number of audiences from all walks of life and the experience of frontline journalists, this film combines the context of the media reform movement to sort out the root causes of media chaos and the possibility of prescribing the right remedy.

Since it was returned to China 20 years ago, Macao lived through quick change and economic development. This documentary gazes at these changes through the voice of the Millennial generation who came of age in our city.

Fishing has become an inseparable part of a peculiar inhabitant of Macao. He travels around the world every year and insists on fishing with lures. This year, this film’s protagonist took up a challenge at the Spratly Islands, an archipelago where he is returning with the mission to fish a 30kg Dogtooth Tuna. Will his dream come true?

There was a time, long ago, when the Macao cycling team had the chance to compete with other Asian teams. However, over the years, the teams from neighbouring regions kept stepping up and improving their technology and skills, whereas the progress of Macao slowed down. Despite the lack of support for cycling, there are still passionate people who haven’t given up. This documentary will be exposing the modality to portray cycling and cyclists in Macao and find out how much this passion has changed these people’s lives.

For young people who want to leave Hell-Joseon and start a life abroad, the harsh reality of reality is no different here or there. However, this chaotic Korean young man's Australian survival story, equipped with humor and a moody spirit, eventually pushes away the moldy reality. It presents the audience with a delightful optimism that dreams come true. Their dream of making the sky their workplace shines even more beautifully because their sincere efforts in their lives have been sufficient.

A MUTV documentary about the career of South Korean footballer Park Ji-sung.

The messaging. The infinite social media scrolling. People are multitasking between games and the stock market, watching movies whilst skipping continuously 15 seconds ahead — all of this while even crossing the street.

An audio-visual critique of the world of IMMAMURA Shohei's films. The film talks about the master's films through the keywords of house, gaze, water, and train, and then begins to deal with Korea's modern history. ​

Records of a Chinese rock music concert happened in the evening of 2001 Halloween.

Oct. 2016 / Japan / color / silent /a film by Shuhei Hatano. A change goes past and the next one will come soon.

Nights of Proletarian based on the dramatic life experience of Kevin Cao. After becoming the middleweight champion in the 2009 National Judose Classic and topping the 2009 CCTV5 Judose Tournament for the sixth consecutive time, he and his team decided to head to the US to internationalize the sport of Judose, but it ended in failure. In the aftermath of the setback, Kevin Cao chose to remain in the US and became a wedding videographer immersed in popular culture and filmmaking. Proletarian Nights weaves together of wedding videos Cao made in the US, game recaps in his early years, and interview clips at his studio in Chicago, attempts to spark discussions over issues of labor, value, and identity in and outside the image-making process, and reconstructs images into a narrative entwined by both fictional and documentary elements.

Motivated by her love for the ocean, Hei Yang, a Hong Kong girl who had moved to Taiwan for her studies, had contributed in reducing plastic waste on this island for many years. As an environmental activist, she always brings her own utensils when shopping; she had also set up a Facebook page to promote the idea of environmental protection to the public through her own sketches. She had once said, “It’s important that we maintain a pro-environmental attitude in our daily lives. Earth can survive without humans; humans cannot survive without Earth.“ Through environmental education and countless coastal cleanups, Hei Yang hopes to remind Taiwan citizens the importance environmental protection. Her dedication to her dream had led her to overcome many obstacles and proceed on this difficult path, protecting the island from harm.

Memories of a village sunk in a dam.

Geuk Chul’s excitement turns to disappointment when he arrives at Cannes on his first ever trip and heads to Italy. He walks nearly 250 kilometers in Italy, but gives up in the end. He meets Syrian refugees in Istanbul, Turkey and that gets him interested the Middle East area.

"Yongwangung was a Gutdang (shaman’s shrine) where first generation Korean women who crossed the seas from Jeju to Japan use to go before the Second World War. In 2009, I heard that the shrine was about to be demolished by the Osaka city government. My childhood memory of my mother praying in the kitchen came back when I was filming elderly women in Jeju and I felt the urge to have a shamanistic ritual for my mother who had been hospitalized."

Kao Wei-kai is the first member of Taiwan's left-wing Labor Party to win a county council election since its formation in 1989. From his first run in 2009, he has campaigned on a variety of labor and grassroots issues, but finds it difficult to translate these into support for the socialist party he backs. With the approach of the 2016 general election, he also finds himself in disputes with party officials...

Four young men from countryside came to Beijing with dreams, they working as background actors. But life seems hard for them, they wandering around the city and causing countless troubles…

Originally created as an installation for the third Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale this film is a gripping diary and travelogue of a trip the filmmaker made through India. She tries to grasp India’s love and thoughts, the sentiments and everyday conditions and the experience of disease and death.

Alex KIM was born in Uzbekistan, a descendent of Koreans forcibly moved by Stalin to Central Asia. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Alex's personal fortune was confiscated by the Uzbek government. Alex now runs a small 24-hour restaurant, "Tashkent", in Ansan, South Korea. Alex’s story brings forth a more complex history of mobility and migration across Asia - the story of the survival and revival of Soviet Koreans over the last 150 years. They came to South Korea, for better opportunities, but life isn’t much easier here either. Through the life of Alex KIM, a 3rd generation Korean running a restaurant in Ddet gol village, Ansan, the director brings the issues of the Korean diaspora to our attention.

In 1987, a small elementary school in Niigata Prefecture made it to the TV news by welcoming three calves as new “students”. The animals were taken care of by the schoolchildren, among them little Tomomi, who was determined to become a veterinarian one day. 26 years later, a little girl’s dream came true.

A documentary about the resistance of the students at Nihon University (College of Art) in 1968-69.