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To pass an acting audition, Baegopum enters a fasting retreat, where she is tempted by a resentful ghost who died while dieting.

The pastor of the church asked believers to sign a petition opposing the same-sex marriage referendum. A young church member with rainbow-dyed hair, raging with anger and resentment, sought to prove his own existence.

Children watching a movie on the roof. The film depicts moments of rebirth. The children react differently to each unique portrayal of rebirth - some applaud while others boo. Are these children angels? Fallen angels? Or perhaps gods themselves?

Hoshimachi Suisei Live “SuperNova: REBOOT" at K-Arena Yokohama

Returning to my long-left hometown for my father's surgery, I wait with my pregnant sister in heavy silence. As time stretches, buried scars resurface. Set in a small town in southern China, the film meditates on memory, family, and the quiet ache of unspoken emotions.

Ten-year-old Kozue, who definitely is not one of the popular kids at school, secretly spends her time tossing various objects into the school’s incinerator. When university student Jinta comes to her classroom and invites the children to a shadow play performance, something awakens inside Kozue, and her path toward adulthood begins.

During the Cultural Revolution, armed clashes between rival "rebel" factions in Chongqing were the most severe in the entire country. Excluding those killed in battle, as many as 1,800 people died in mutual massacres alone. It has been almost 60 years. An SWYC (Structure Wave Youth Cinema) production.

Set against the Yi cultural backdrop, the film follows a young girl, Li, struggling between traditional beliefs and personal awakening. Through surreal imagery and Yi rituals, the film explores the complex relationships between women, nature, maternal identity, and mythological narratives. It questions whether women are destined to be bound by “motherhood”, seeking alternative possibilities within ancient legends.

In this short film, director Akemongkhon Mongkhonmaung explores themes of police brutality and homoerotic relationships

After her mother’s death, Nao retreats to a Zen temple to wrestle with grief. Blending family archives, hand-drawn animation and performance art, this seductively meditative documentary explores suffering, and the gentle art of transcending it.

Though Taiwan's rainfall is three times the global average, its uneven distribution creates striking scarcity. Water gives and takes; it sustains life yet brings destruction. Following the sound of currents, the film reflects on water's shifting states, capturing the emotional and spiritual ties woven between people, memory and the surrounding tides.

2026 release

The cicada, an insect that I always associate with Japanese summers spent with family, has become a symbol of comfort for me. Its presence evokes a sense of belonging. Its sounds a constant companion as I navigate life in the sweltering summer heat. Much like my own existence, the life cycle of a cicada is marked by uncertainty and obstacles, yet the insect persists, following its intuition. The unpredictability of printmaking mirrors these experiences, ultimately portraying the inexhaustibility and beauty of life.

In July 2024, record-breaking rains caused the levee to collapse, swallowing Jeongbaengi Village in an instant. Amid the ruins and cold bureaucracy, residents endure their hardships by relying on one another. Cooking meals together in the mud, they begin a journey of recovery. Can the resilience of a community, born from disaster, rebuild lives swept away by the current?

The boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?

Four years ago, I visited Yakutat, the northernmost town in Southeast Alaska. There, I followed uncle Geeneeneik, an elder of the Tlingit Humpback Salmon Clan, through pristine forests and seas. In the fall of 2023, I visited Yakutat again, and I began to record the beautiful world they dreamed of. A flower of hope is blooming in the land where only despair and ruins were thought to remain.

Soohyun is a listless piri player, falters while accompanying a naerimgut ritual, bringing the ritual to an abrupt halt. On the verge of walking away, she faces her past self from the time when she pushed herself to train relentlessly despite all her suffering.

The story of survival upon reaching the Mid-Buddhist Era according to Buddhist prophecy: natural disasters, deadly diseases that return to devour human lives on Earth, as well as the demon Mara who comes to attack and destroy. The warrior Naga Avatar protects Buddhism, gathering the power of all spirits to sustain all existence, linking the present to the era of Maitreya Bodhisattva. The mission is to guide people to endure and to pass on the Buddhist teachings for a full 5,000 years.

During the Japanese invasion of China, Chen Chunsheng witnesses his father brutally killed by the enemy. Driven by an unshakable obsession, he ignores his mother’s desperate pleas, sneaks away from home late at night, and enlists in the army, vowing to fight against the Japanese and save his nation before returning to his hometown. Through bloodshed and hardship on the battlefield, he matures into a soldier.

In Comedy Family Style, stand-up comic Helen brings her son to Beijing to connect with their roots. He wants Wi-Fi and boba—she wants gratitude. Between culture clashes and punchlines, they confront the gap between love and perception, asking: How do we know we matter to the people we love.

Provide some real-life stories or personal experiences about young migrants living in Hangzhou.Assigned a report topic titled "Hangzhou Drifters" by her workplace, Ah Yue chooses to film her college classmate Feifei. By chance, she captures the entire breakup between Feifei and her boyfriend Ah Xing, which stems from their irreconcilable plans for the future.After the split, Feifei heads to Shanghai for career opportunities. Meanwhile, Ah Xing teams up with Ah Yue and Mr. Ma to rent a shared apartment and launch a livestream startup amid the wave of property market bailout policies. The three live and work side by side in this cramped small space, keeping a delicate, fragile equilibrium. Their livestream series "Cyber Spiritual Practice" blows up online out of the blue. Just as quiet romantic feelings begin to grow between Ah Xing and Ah Yue, Feifei suddenly comes back to Hangzhou...

In-young (18), who suffers from a congenital respiratory disease, is haunted by nightmares following her mother"s death. To cope with the pain, she steals other people"s belongings, eventually ending up in a juvenile detention center. After her release, In-young transfers to a school in the countryside and moves in with her aunt. There, she meets Eun-ha (18) and feels a subtle, magnetic attraction toward her.

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A woman attempts to reconcile with her identity as she delves deeper into her violent, overbearing paranoia, colliding with her attempts to find herself or take comfort in memories past.

Sandra, an orangutan who spent two decades in Buenos Aires Zoo, becomes the world's first non-human person recognized by an Argentine court. What seems a historic victory soon sparks a deeper question: where and how should she live as an intelligent being, as law and science seek to understand her mind?

The artist, who never met her grandfather, traces his presence through a photograph and images from Yasukuni Shrine. Guided by her father’s fragmented memories, she reconstructs an absent figure. Through reversals of images, bodies, and landscapes, the film explores shifting perspectives, revealing hidden layers of time, history, and memory.

In 2026, Kyoko Koizumi went on tour to celebrate her kanreki - 60th birthday. This concert was recorded on May 3, 2026 at the historic Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

After studying abroad in Cape Town, a young filmmaker returns to Chongqing, navigating the complexity of modern life in China and fragile family ties, where grief, memory, and longing surface amid distance, silence, and change.

Tyltyl, a shy girl with a torn wing. One day she meets a girl in the same situation, Mytyl.

Film selected for the Cannes Film Festival La Cinéf competition lineup.

Just before a live performance, drummer Kyosuke Amano (25) receives a phone call from his mother informing him of his father's accident. Still shaken, he takes to the stage but leaves the venue without starting to play. Later, while spending time idly in his room, he is confronted with the reality that none of the performance videos he has been sending to his father have ever been seen. One evening, as if responding to the rhythm he was unconsciously keeping, a figure in a spacesuit appears. Led by this figure, Kyosuke steps into a spaceship. Inside, he is led to a place that seems to connect him to past memories, where he meets his father in his youth.

Upcoming Hugh J. Service Taiwan Documentary.

The feature directorial debut of Jiang Wenjie, cinematographer and editor of Keep Rolling, explores the inner lives of three female Hong Kong writers: Hon Lai-chu, Lee Wai-yi, and Human Ip. Though their styles and thematic concerns differ considerably, the film shows that their literary works are all informed by their immediate surroundings, whether that be a childhood home, the streets of Sham Shui Po, or the cattle and woods near Lai Chi Wo village. Time may inevitably erode everything in this city, but these writers continue to tell their hometown's stories in their own unique ways.

Experimental short by Shinichi Miyakawa.

A famous writer nearing retirement discovers that he possesses the ability to "rewrite the past", however everything has their own consequences.

After a war, a woman travels east in search of a new life.

Animated short film

The final chapter of the Taiwan trilogy, exploring the long-term effects of cultural education during Taiwan's military dictatorship.

Seok-hee, a child psychiatrist, spends her days waiting for news from her husband Minho, who is traveling in Norway. One day, she discovers an old notebook in his study and uncovers a secret he had hidden for years. As Minho’s presence in her life slowly begins to fade, Seok-hee finds herself questioning who he really was...