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A Japanese girl came to Taiwan to couch surf but something terrible happened.

A detective team receives a mysterious anonymous letter claiming the sender stole their magnifying glass, along with a riddle. Lucky and his friend John embark on a journey from the classroom to the playground, finally reaching the field where they discover the last clue has been taken by the school bully.

After the final exams, a body is found hanging in the men's bathroom, its cause of death uncertain—suicide or murder? With no clear signs of foul play, the investigation uncovers bullying within the class and complex student dynamics. The suspects include a trusted teacher, a class president fighting for justice, a passive gifted student, a weak follower, and a powerful troublemaker. As motives and opportunities are questioned, the mystery of who killed the student unfolds in the near-empty school.

An absurd comedy about the daily life of a three-generational Hakka household in Taipei. The main characters are Huichiao, her grandmother Chunmei, Chunmei’s son Fusang, and daughter-in-law Lichun. The story begins on a stormy night when Huichiao quietly approaches and murders Chunmei, coldly saying, "Granny, just die!" As the story develops, we learn that their conflicts stem from not only daily trivialities but also past memories and complex family relationships. Through multiple perspectives and intertwined timelines, the film delves into this quirky family, uncovering each member’s secrets and sorrows, leading to a dramatic escape where the truth finally emerges.

Billy is queer and depressed. He self-harms and is constantly bullied for his feminine appearance. After his biological father came out, he left an old camera to Billy. Billy’s mother remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current stepfather. After Billy’s younger sister drowned, the family was abandoned by their stepfather and had to return to Taiwan. One day, after taking a bath, Billy muttered to himself, “I promise to accompany you,” with several medicine jars beside him. He then sat on the toilet and fantasized about having sex with a snail, feeling both pleasure and disgust.

One hot afternoon in nowhere, there is one solitary and empty road. A police is spying on a girl who owns a small store on this lonely road. He looks for any clues on her like a hound in nature. however, he is not the only hunter on this road.

Directed by artist and filmmaker Tiffany Sia, The Sojourn (2023) imagines a restless landscape film in Taiwan. Visiting scenic locations shot by King Hu, the short experiments with the road movie genre and its intersection with the martial arts epic. Sia meets actor Shih Chun, who played the protagonist in Hu’s Dragon Inn, Touch of Zen and other wuxia films, as he guides the quest to re-encounter the iconic landscapes where Dragon Inn was shot. He advises on the perfect conditions of mist and weather. Yet, in the journey through the mountains of Hehuanshan, the sublime landscape of King Hu remains ever elusive. She later visits the elementary school of Indigenous filmmaker and principal Pilin Yapu of the Atayal tribe. Absent of conventional subtitles, the essay film employs text burned into the center of the frame as a mode of translation, sometimes refusing total disclosure. – tiffanysia.com/glossary/the-sojourn

On the Sunday after Mother’s Day in 1988, SHEN Yuan was alone at home and received a family letter from the other side that had been blocked for 40 years. The letter revealed that her mother had passed away long ago and that she had eagerly anticipated Yuanmei’s return every day. SHEN Yuan closed the curtains, pulled out a camphor wood box, and retrieved pieces of cheongsams she recalled occasionally. Singing, dancing, and chatting with her mother in spirit, she experienced moments of sadness and laughter.

A-Mao spends his days exploring with his little sister and his buddy A-Bao. When they are hungry, there are sweet potatoes and snails to eat, and sometimes they can eat some of the pork belly that his mother gets as a gift. His father cannot find work and is depressed, often drinking. Apart from washing people's clothes, A-Mao's mother prostitutes herself in exchange for pork to feed her family. A-Mao hears his parents quarrelling and he understands where the pork belly comes from. He starts to detest his mother and refuses to eat the pork belly that he once liked so much.

Cheng-han and his three buddies grew up in dysfunctional and poor families without adults protecting them. One weekend, they meet Pin-ran, who is traveling alone. They have a great time together and Pin-ran joins their “Robinhood” activities and commits crimes: Theft and robberies. However, the boys soon realize that Pin-ran belongs to another world. Cheng-han discovers that he has feelings for Pin-ran. His buddies have other wishes and desires…

Through the real stories of teachers and students in remote rural areas, we can see the profound influence of teachers on students.

After leaving a youth shelter, a filmmaker lost in Christian faith tries to save his friend, who has turned to Satanism for redemption. Their shared need for salvation pulls them into a turbulent journey, testing their friendship and ultimately forcing them to make life-changing choices.

People wear vivid colours to express political stances in the demonstrations in Hong Kong and Taiwan. This digital video artwork explores how colour, particularly skin tone, is ideologically constructed in media and design. Through sampling, glitches, and critical overlays, the work questions the perceived neutrality of colour standards and highlights how visual systems encode racial and cultural biases. Blending theory with experimental aesthetics, it invites viewers to rethink how identity and power operate through the language of colour.

Over twenty years ago, Yao moved to Taiwan from China through marriage and settled in a single veterans' dormitory called "Da Wo Xin She." Now a widow, her days pass slowly, balancing between caring for the veterans and working odd jobs. Looking back on her relationship with her parents, Yao gradually came to understand what had brought her to this point and made her who she is today. With the dormitory’s impending demolition, Yao’s uncertain journey of displacement is about to begin once again.

Liu Ping-hui, gifted with the ability to absorb others' negative thoughts, believes he can bring peace to the world with his power. But instead of becoming a hero, he’s spent 38 years single—until he finally finds a girlfriend. His happiness is short-lived, however, as she abruptly breaks up with him via a cryptic message saying, “Your smile seems fake.” During his search for her, he meets Hsin-chieh, a fearless and passionate woman. As he tries to use his ability to help her, he only ends up creating more chaos in her life.

A dazzling and unconventional documentary where a filmmaker explores their first experience of great loss after her best friends Chun and Yueh go missing. Trapped in a cave in Nepal for 47 days, Yueh survives. Chun does not. Yi-Shan offers an intimate window into the complex relationship of survivors as she traverses the intricate terrain of grief and gender with Yueh. Their conversations are steeped in themes of guilt, perseverance, and identity as they navigate Chun’s legacy with ease, even as elders around them fail to acknowledge their friend’s queerness/transness posthumously.

Through a unique blend of animation, reenactment, and documentary interviews, this hybrid-medium short film seeks to capture the lives of political prisoners at the New Life Correction Centre on Green Island during the 1950s.

This documentary tracks three elderly women from Taiwan, China and the US who are drawn together by the bound they develop with inmates of a maximum-security prison in New York.

Bullied at school and weighed down at home by his dad's drinking, Yukan is eager to escape it all. When his best friend, Watan, invites him on a hike, a physically and emotionally bruised Yukan grabs his machete and the two boys head into the woods.

In Northeastern China, a pair of filmmakers recording a shaman's succession become caught in a deadly ritual, as a terrifying nightmare unfolds.

An irresponsible young couple got a possessed doll by accident, the doll quickly turns into an extremely high maintenance baby overnight, the couple must learn to care for this newly born before it wreaks havoc on their lives.

Father lay on the living room sofa, enveloped in plaster, resolutely clinging to his identity as a patient. Shengwen, ensconced in the driver's training car, fixed his gaze on the instructor beside him. He was reluctant to confront the situation at home and his perpetually elusive father, yet he found himself equally unable to face the instructor by his side. Inevitably, he began to transform into a reflection of his father.

Entering and leaving prison is not unfamiliar to Kaizi, but this time is somewhat different. His girlfriend is pregnant, and the unlucky lot he drew makes Kaizi, who is about to lose his freedom, feel uneasy and fearful. He hopes to be part of his child's growth and wishes that everything remains unchanged when he is released.

A zombie fearing his gradual decay immerses himself daily in formaldehyde. He relies on reading and painting to maintain a sense of freshness in body, mind, and spirit. Initially hoping to survive in society through his artistic talents, he never encounters any opportunities until one day, he secures a job at a flower shop.

"Is cancer a gift?" This unsettling question drives Bowie TSANG, a well-known TV host and speaker active in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, on a six-year journey of exploration. Since 2018, as cancer impacted her loved ones and even her trusted doctor, Bowie sought answers on how to face the disease. Through her Vlog, she documented inspiring stories, exploring not only conventional Western treatments but also alternative therapies such as traditional Chinese medicine, integrative mind-body practices, and more. Along the way, Bowie discovered a profound perspective—gaining peace through a "medicine for the mind." Her journey invites viewers to rethink the connection between life, illness, and healing.

A man returns to Taiwan, the country he left behind decades prior, only to find himself wandering a city he no longer recognizes and in the company of a stranger who took him in.

On the day of the 7th-seven, Lin Sang came to Zhiyan's house to condole. In front of the mourning hall, Zhiyan lit the cigarette in his mouth with a match. One afternoon, Zhiyan's father hurried to school. All he saw was his father nodding his head in front of him. Zhiyan, who went home after his father, saw Zhan Chen at the school gate, with his father saying, "Why can't you just like girls?"

Yuxin chats with friends at a café about the recent days of being single again, recalling the conclusion of her relationship with Yitian . The two had a prolonged standoff, wanting to avoid any regrets. To ensure closure, they composed a breakup checklist and tackled each item before parting ways. Eventually, they drove to the seaside one night, gazing at the vast, dark ocean. As they counted down their final moments together, the sunrise slowly emerged, just like the gradual end of their relationship.

After returning from Tokyo, she meets a director she knew from her acting days. After they meet, she returns to the director's place, and in the dim light, the two see each other's projections and memories of their pasts. Memories of Tokyo slowly overlap with the scene before her eyes.

A third-generation heir of a family-run shrimp business returns to his hometown to take over the family business and arrange his marriage as per his father's wishes. His childhood friend, a filmmaker, documents their journey as they explore what he truly wants in life. This is a story about the leisurely daily life of two young men in a fishing village.

A back-and-forth correspondence between two filmmakers living in Beijing and Tokyo. It began during the COVID-19 pandemic when it was difficult for them to meet in person and continued until 2024. The resulting work, employing various forms such as animation, collage, and 8mm film, develops through quoting each other’s images and sounds, and the result shimmers with the joy of “this is personal cinema!”

Liao and Bruce are about to graduate from college, with Liao also dealing with an upcoming military service exam. The test gives Liao anxiety, not just about serving but also about his own identity. One night, Bruce accompanies him and ends up getting caught in the crossfire of emotions. Where is the line between friendship and passion between the two?

The Black Dog is about Mo, a husband and father, who worries a lot about losing his wife to cancer and raising their 10-year-old daughter alone. His daughter finds him crying out in his sleep.

A naive high school boy and his school crush, sneak into the campus late at night to steal the exam answers. The boy wishes to use this opportunity to confess his love. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with the legendary school ghost.

Yuan Shaohu, who wanted to be a policeman since he was a child, was praised by his superiors and learned that he had been promoted. He happily went home to celebrate with his roommate Yang Qi’an, but found Qi’an left already without saying goodbye. At this time,Yuan Shaohu receives an order from Xiao Qin to help Congressman Yang’s son as a security guard on the wedding day. On the day of the wedding, he discovers that Qi’an, who he thought was an orphan, turned out to be the illegitimate son of Congressman Yang. Congressman Yang wants Qi’an to come back and marry Fan Xiaozhen, the daughter of the chairman of the construction company. Because Congressman Yang was involved in a lawsuit, marrying the Fan family was the last way out.

A high school girl, Yu Shan, has long harbored a crush on her classmate, Pin Lun. She finds satisfaction in stealing his small belongings, as this gives her a sense of possession. She knows Pin Lun's weekly schedule, including when he practices piano. Once, Yu Shan sneaked into the music classroom ahead of time, and reveled in the pleasure of accompanying Pin Lun from a close distance as he played the piano.

A skilled locksmith, gifted with the ability to open any lock, yet he is unwilling to return home. The hostess he pursues has no intention of continuing to keep him company. Facing a profound sense of emptiness, he has turned himself towards another rugged path.

To pay for his terminally ill wife’s expensive medical bills, former gang member Ah Nan decides to risk everything on a potentially lucrative drug deal, but the situation turns out to be far more dangerous than he imagined.

She just wanted to feel a little lighter—her body, her soul, everything. One day, as she left the swimming pool, Jade noticed her bag seemed to be dripping, the dampness seeping into her very being. Determined to shed it all, she made her choice…

"Where was he pushing the car toward? I don't know. Maybe, just for the sake of it. Sometimes, making films, I shoot just for the sake of it."

The wandering teacher, Miao, arrived at a coastal elementary school in the remote areas with an unknown sense of unease. As time passed, like sea glass being polished, she gradually fell in love with this small town, which has various family and economic issues. However, as the end of the semester approaches, will this fate continue...

Once praised as “good helpers,” four migrant women from Indonesia and Vietnam face dismissal after pregnancy and struggle to raise children in a foreign land. As both workers and mothers, their pursuit of happiness is filled with hardship and separation.

In June, a graduation month, a college graduate Ting experiences a sudden separation from her close cousin Jane. During a series of rituals, Ting tries to defend Jane’s choice against their family and seeks an answer to Jane’s suicide and their life.

The buff Lin Chang-Teng silently falls in love with his heterosexual roommate Yang Chih-Chia, but he never dares to express his feelings. Just when he's about to reach his breaking point, Chih-Chia tells him he's getting married and invites him to be his witness. Faced with a doomed relationship that never began, Chang-Teng is faced with the real prospect of sleeping alone.

Joy, a fishing village girl who dreams of becoming a captain, and her friends Smelly and Beans always fantasize about the vast sea beyond the breakwaters. They secretly plan to build a small boat together during winter vacation, aiming for an adventurous voyage before Smelly leaves the village.

When Mom comes home with a newborn baby, a relative brings over a "live chicken" to make soup for Mom during her postpartum confinement. Little Monkey wants to help, so she asks Grandpa to secretly turn the clucking chicken into chicken soup. Should the chicken be killed or not?

One day during the summer vacation before high school, Lil Fish skips the orientation and wants to hang out with his buddies. Still, to get the junior high diploma, all his friends are cleaning up the campus to remove their demerits. Only Lychee pals around with him in their fishing village, as they always do. Lil Fish thinks such kind of life will never change, but what happens that day makes him realize he and his friends have embarked on a different future.

In a post-apocalyptic world, Hao survives in a city under the repressive military, chasing ancient inhabitants who have become monstrous. Hao's girlfriend, Ying, is one of them. Hao tries to protect her despite the danger she represents for him.