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A rhapsody for those who fall chasing desire. A crowd climbs toward a “bird”, symbolizing success and recognition. After many falls, one person realizes it cannot be owned and chooses not to grasp it, but to fly.

March 2011: The worst-case scenario for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident involved the evacuation of all of eastern Japan, but a secret plan to contain the crisis was being prepared.

fotoficion is built from photographs of the director's hometown taken since 2011. Some images were created using materials from the land—cuttlefish bones, bird feathers, and organic matter from her family's tangerine farm—imprinted onto analog film. The work unfolds as an ongoing narrative of memory where home, land, and generational time overlap.

A struggling couple in a Shenzhen urban village find hope in a friend's investment fantasy — until job loss and deception shatter their fragile relationship.

When the gambling-addicted Princess Yuki runs off yet again, her yojimbos (bodyguards) Eggers and Lenni do everything in their power to catch her before her uncontrollable daimyo plucks out every single one of their feathers. In the process, they encounter not only the usual suspects—shinobi, yakuza, and kauji—but also a magical monkey with extremely annoying principles. Kawaī alert! Prequel to the famous tale: The 5th Monkey from Hell Valley.

Midori Wakui, a private tutor, harbored special feelings for her student's mother, Saori. Midori seized every opportunity to seduce Saori when they were alone. Saori, too, was drawn to Midori, but her sense of responsibility as a mother kept her resisting. After a quiet yet intense battle of wits, the two finally crossed the line. Just then, Saori's father, Koudai, returned home after a long business trip, creating tension in the intimate atmosphere between them.

Yuho Asaka was born in the 1950s with osteogenesis imperfecta – brittle bone disease. Growing up in less inclusive times, her childhood was far from easy. Yet she overcame prejudice and became a pioneer for disability rights.

Porsche and Chakrit’s vacation turns tense after a minor mishap ruins the mood. Feeling the pressure, Porsche slips away to a bar where he unexpectedly runs into Beer, an old friend.

Animated short film

"Wonder World" follows Bret, a young man who secretly dreams of exploring the big, wide world. Little does he know that after wishing on a falling star one night, his wish is about to come true! With the help of the mischievous wish-fairy, Hailey, Bret is transported to Wonder World, the magical realm where dreams come true. But, as Bret’s about to find out, getting everything you've wished for isn't always all it's cracked up to be…

In his later years, the sculptor Lu Hengsheng returned to his hometown and held a desert sculpture exhibition. During this time, he recalled three behind-the-scenes stories closely tied to his artistic career. On the day his final piece was unveiled, Lu Hengsheng drove deep into the desert and mysteriously disappeared...

"In the Making: An Australia–Taiwan Indigenous Art Exchange" is a 43-minute bilingual documentary co-produced by Australia and Taiwan. It explores a five-year exchange program between Indigenous artists from both regions. Filmed mainly in Taiwan in late 2024, the artists' first in-person meeting reveals the depth and transformative potential of cross-cultural collaboration through interviews, shared creative processes, and the creation of new collaborative artworks.

Akari Takeshita (28), recently divorced, comes to the ballet studio run by her father, Junichi Takeshita (52). Junichi finds Akari a nuisance. Akari receives a spare key and ends up living at the ballet studio. As Junichi is leaving, he invites Akari to a restaurant for her birthday. Akari is delighted by the invitation. Akari has a past of being abused by Junichi. Because of this, she repeatedly puts on a child's leotard and suffocates herself to derive pleasure from it. One day, Natsuki Imai (25), a former student of Junichi, comes to the studio. Junichi is happy to see his student again. Akari is jealous of Natsuki and tries to get Junichi's attention by speaking ill of her. On the night of her birthday, Akari waits for Junichi at the studio, but he doesn't come. Akari gets tired of waiting and falls asleep. When she woke up, Junichi and Natsuki were happily drinking alcohol. Then Junichi found a child's leotard in Akari's belongings...

The Kazuo Shinohara–designed "House on a Curved Road" was the home of my father, Shirouyasu Suzuki. After my father and mother passed away and the rooms were cleared, only light moves within my memories. By capturing this wavering light, the work is an attempt to grasp how the foundation of private expression exists through changes in the external world.

When an unplanned baby enters the lives of a conservative mother, neurodivergent daughter and detached gay son, the trio travels back in time through their diaries and family photos to mend ruptured bonds and prepare for a new cycle of motherhood.

Living with half a body and longing to become whole, Bani, a half-girl, sets out to find her other half. She keeps the secret that one of the half-bodies must die to truly become one person.

In the capital city of Beijing, a middle school is about to hold a flag-raising ceremony. However, the flag raiser, Feng Xiao, is is struggling with a growing urge to step down. Unfortunately, this is not a gentle winter for him...…

Short film by Park Kyujae. 2023-2026.

2026 release

In 2000, "Mungchi" became a global sensation as the star of the hit children's program Mungchi and Friends. However, for reasons unknown, the actor behind the character has long refused to remove the mascot suit. As rumors swirl regarding their true identity, Mungchi finally takes off the suit.

On her city balcony, Audrey delights in the flutter of tiny birds—fluffing their feathers, chattering, and sneaking tangerine bites. Their chirps sound like cheerful hellos and playful spats, inspiring her to invent a bird-language translator that unlocks their secret conversations.

Town of violence. Girl of love. Truth of lies. To protect her idol, she allies with a marginalised youth, only to learn that the only truth about love was its own fiction.

The second night of G1 Climax 36 took place on July 18, 2026 at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

On the night before his marriage, a queer Muslim man revisits his relationship with his boyfriend while confronting his mother’s memories of a marriage she never chose.

A phantasmagorical odyssey into the mind of an alienated amusement park worker's search for acceptance across Shenzhen, Paris and Beyond.

Convicted as a rioter rather than a documentarian at the Western District Court, what did the director capture? A documentary reflection following the people's gaze that never stopped, even as the world collapsed.

Ming unexpectedly becomes pregnant in a dull relationship, and her life seems to have come to a sudden halt. She embarks on a journey to the China-Vietnam border alone, encountering gods and ghosts.

Hyodo lives near Tokyo in a vibrant house filled with hundreds of sex dolls. An unconventional character living amidst the normalcy and conformity of Japan, his life blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Hyodo’s hedonistic, imaginative world is explored unflinchingly in an affectionate portrait of a deeply complex man.

The story of five people who work at a mountain hut on Mount Nasu until spring. The ski resort where they work every year has been closed... A young woman who feels inferior to her family works tirelessly in a lotus root field, getting her entire body dirty, while the second son of a dairy farmer hesitates to take over the family business. A young man who grew up in an orphanage and a girl who witnessed her father's suicide. A story of renewal where the townspeople warmly support them.

Each year, over 10 million students enter Chinese universities. Their first lesson is two weeks of mandatory military training, from combat drills to patriotic education. With youthful zeal, under state direction, they begin learning to become warriors, marking their first political baptism into adulthood.

This independent documentary explores Bangkok’s vibrant shibari subculture through the voices of the community itself. Practitioners speak directly to camera, sharing their personal journeys—what drew them to rope, what sustains their practice, and how shibari shapes their inner lives.

The eighth night of G1 Climax 36 took place on July 29, 2026 at Yamato Arena in Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Minjun is a severely timid office worker, finds an unidentified object heading to Earth, but he can't even tell his wife, Jieun. A week later, on the day the object falls to earth, the couple's secrets are revealed with an emergency alert.

Where Comes Mulan follows artist and filmmaker Tianyi Zheng as she returns to her ancestral village in Huangpi, Wuhan, where the legendary figure of Mulan is said to have originated. Beginning with intimate conversations with relatives and local residents, the film traces how Mulan has been remembered or forgotten in everyday life, only to collide with how local authorities have transformed her image into a powerful tourism brand. Through walks across tourist sites and abandoned ruins, Zheng questions the gap between lived memory and official narrative.