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An experimental animation film preserving the collection of old-time life at home. The "circle" in the film represents the passage of time, symbolizing the woman’s day-and-night long wait for the return of her partner. The film attempts to illustrate the persistence and resilience of women in the old days.
Around 1992, when Taiwan's documentaries had not yet sprouted, Chen Yingzhen produced a documentary about the 228 Incident, titled "Testimony February 28th", and compiled the testimonies into a book by Yeh Yun-wan.
No one should have to ask what a drag king is. In Taipei, a unique community of drag kings has emerged and has been growing since 2019. Liting ‘LT” Tan is a drag king from Singapore who came to Taiwan to be in an environment that has allowed them to live authentically. Over the past few years, they have become a grounding force in the community, pushing for a space where kings can thrive. After a challenging marriage, Taile sought out a queer community to be a part of, and that is how they came to meet LT. Rose is a captivating performer whose persona sits successfully as a caricature of masculine tropes. Drag has allowed these individuals to push boundaries in ways they never thought possible. Follow a journey of freedom, empowerment, and self-discovery through these three.
A runaway tomb on its journey represents a nomadic existence. Life is like a road trip that eventually leads to rebirth for all. Have a good death.
“One Day I Will Return Home" is the story of Taiwanese veteran, Lai Xing-yang and his imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp. Although the story contains nothing that pushed the events along or heroics of any kind, his 96 years of life were still filled with shocking moments!
A man did obscene things to a bunch of shoes in a gay sauna.
Conceived by new media artist and choreographer Su Wen-Chi, this film is an experimental project on how to imagine and perceive the abstract gravity in astronomy with dance, sound and light.
Ring of Fire, Annular Solar Eclipse, June 21, 2020. The covid-19 Pandemic is still changing the world. The Queen said, "Better days will return. We will meet again."
In mid-19th century, an American civilian merchant ship from Swatow, China passed through Taiwan Strait accidentally drifted to Vele Rete rocks and hit a reef. 14 crew members land on the coast of Kenting, Hengchun. They accidentally entered the aboriginal territory and was attacked. Only one crew member survived and ran to Takao, brought the incident to the light. This incident triggered a series of international political and diplomatic disturbances in the future, and also affected the far- reaching destiny of the aborigines in the southern tip of Taiwan. 150 years later, what was left after the accident that caused an international sensation?
The vigorous development of modern folk religion in Chiayi, combined with the lumber industry chain in the area, created an era where the art of crafting shrine tables flourished. However, times are constantly changing. How can Daxin Woodworking Co., which makes exquisite shrine tables, pass on the traditional art of crafting shrine tables and adapt to the declining market caused by the changing times? Learn about the perspectives and stories of Daxin Woodworking’s three generations of craftsmen, see the development of shrine tables in Chiayi City, and observe how they deal with the challenges of the modern era.
PRISCILLA'S DREAM is a film about a cat's dream journey. The original film footage comes from the American director Carroll Ballard's 1969 film THE PERILS OF PRISCILLA. In PRISCILLA'S DREAM, real danger turns into an adventure in a dream. In the original film, Priscilla shuttles through the human home environment, and in PRISCILLA'S DREAM, she dreams of breaking away from human society, into the dream, into the state of flight in the dream, and finally out of the dream and into nature, and gaining complete freedom. This film removes the dangerous encounters and restrictions in the original film, changing the situation in which cats cannot escape from the human living environment.
More than 60 years ago, my father followed his parents and took the train to Kaohsiung. Little did he know it was a one way trip and grew up in Liuhe Night Market ever since. Then he became a Japanese tour guide, traveling around and accompanying countless families. The most complete time we spent together was to go out with my father’s group–a way to improve intimacy. Due to the pandemic, his work has been suspended. If the past is a kind of scenery where sight-seeing is laid above; this film is a journey of himself.
One of "2020 Taiwanese presidential election" short film series by Next Film (一丁目), a short-lived streaming platform by Next Digital (壹傳媒).
Albert Camus pointed out that Sisyphus may be pleased with his punishment as he pushes a giant rock up to a hill repeatedly. Because when he accepts his fate and lives on independent consciousness, the punishment of the gods on him no longer makes sense, and the meaningless punishment is no longer in vain. The film cites the philosophy-mythology, where the three characters played the same role, the crowd. Their unrelated daily lives are like destiny and cycle, without beginning and ending, without joy or sorrow. They share the same memory of counting down numbers repeatedly and begin a karma through the passing of a boulder.
We are always going faster on the way back home. In the experiments carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the protons apparently only exist for a billionth of a second, travelling at approximately the speed of light. Feelings are broadcasted like the passing of time.
To the dearest all who always gets messed up in life, no matter by your own self or by others. Whisper to your heart, even at the most desperate moment, GANBATE (Keep going on)!
A boy struggles in the middle of an art exam while others are working on their masterpieces. His mind starts wandering as time flies by, and he realises that as long as he enjoys the process, no-one else's opinion matters.
A spirit gets lost in the sea of flowers, looking for the flower that belongs to her.
A man enters a room of pouring rain from a deserted, dry land. What bothers him is not the rain, but how vulnerable he is against it. This film is based on a short story by Franz Kafka.
A journey of lost, exile, and going home.
Situated in the middle of a traditional three-section compound, “tangˊhaˊ” is the shrine where the Hakka worship their ancestors. The tangˊhaˊ fire burns all night everyday, leading generations of offspring home—except for the married daughters. As responsibilities are passed on to the younger generations, some Hakka clans have begun to relax the restrictions, although there are still many hurdles to overcome....
The Goldfish symbolizes the beauty and weaknesses of the girls. Qian, the lonely girl and Yu Chen both have wounded hearts. They first met at the swimming pool when Yu Chen was going to commit suicide. Soon, the two girls began to comprehend the warmth of companionship and gradually extricated the loneliness in their hearts.
Fu-Jia the farmer grows lemons on a riverside flood-land. He borrowed a camera in 2009, saying that he would make a documentary on why the market price for lemons remains low. Not even a month later, Typhoon Morakot caused havoc in Taiwan, resulting in the largest flood in 50 years. Fu-Jia then documented the devastation with his camera. Upon learning Fu-Jia's story, we decided to make a documentary entitled "Fu-Jia's Home Movie" –about the man who has been making a documentary.
Creatively inspired, but the puppet can’t seem to execute his ideas. After repeatedly revising, he finds himself dominated by his creation instead. A creative beginning results in an unexpected ending. The subjective “human” becomes the object.
Alice sees a stranded whale. When the lifeguard goes in to rescue it, a wave swallows him. Then Alice turns into a whale to save him.
The year 2003 is a rather turbulent period for Hong Kong – the economy was in recession, the government constantly implemented futile policies, the SARS outbreak, and, on July 1st, 500,000 people went on strike opposing the adoption of Article 23 of the Basic Law. It was against this political atmosphere that YIN Zhao-Jian gave up his social worker job, a 10 year long and steady career, and joined the political circle and participated in the district councilor election, which he had no idea about.
Bathing but no murder! Chun-Hui Wu deconstructs Marion Crane's motel room ablutions in Htichcock's classic "Psycho", reframing and reanimating the famous shower scene into a whole other narrative of frustrated suspense with erotic overtones.
This documentary tells the sorrow and helplessness faced by villagers in Nansalu Village (Ming Tribe) of Namaxia Township at southern Taiwan, a hard-hit area by typhoon Morakot. The twelve short stories about homes depict the kind of emotional entanglement experienced by the tribal people after going through a drastic disaster. These stories portray the cruelty of reality and allow the audience to see how it forges endurance of life.
Illusion, Karma, Apocalypse, Autism. A passenger finds himself being trapped inside a game of gods.
Jay wonders about the nature of the fear that he has towards his father. Where does it come from? Where should it go? To learn about their relationship, Jay uses a camera to observe their daily interactions. He investigates the grandfather he never knew and gradually discovers a strong intergenerational bond among all of them. As he learns, he begins to feel bolder and uses the camera to have a dialogue with his father about what he never dared to ask: about his identity and the politics surrounding gay marriage laws in Taiwan.