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A sudden blackout spreads through the community, and as rumors circulate among the residents, a power outage somehow becomes a harbinger of war. Amidst the panic and fleeing crowds, Liu reacts very differently — he simply wants to keep his fish alive. The fish, however, isn't just any fish; it speaks. On this strange night, with an arrogant fish in tow, Liu embarks on a journey to explore the possibility of mutual understanding.

Blending stop-motion animation and silent film, a new narrative unfolds. The story follows a stubborn "tooth mouse" who clings to the past, and a restless "shark girl" who only chase the future. Their paths collide in a fierce, ritualistic battle on an altar. Can the mouse accept change while protecting what's dear? Can the shark acknowledge the weight of memory while relentlessly pursuing the future? This confrontation will ultimately lead them toward a "fatal growth", where both must destroy their old selves to be reborn.

Cheng, a female student director, attends a director’s audition workshop. Unable to keep up with her Japanese teacher's fast-paced question-and-answer sessions, she is inferior to other attendees on her first day. In the workshop, the same love scene is played out every day, but no one even follows the instructions of the script! Cheng, who has no experience in relationship outside the studio, can only rely on her own imagination to direct this love scene, while several characters outside the studio seem to be playing a love game that is more realistic than the script……

While preparing for her art school entrance exams in ninth grade, Jing-An develops a delicate and unspoken bond with her teacher. As the years go by, the only thing that remains is the secret they once shared.

While performing an opera about a princess whose misplaced love ends in her father’s death, a fallen kingdom, and her own suicide, a Taiwanese actress discovers she’s pregnant by her ex-husband. Caught between the roles she’s expected to play onstage and at home, she begins to sense another ending may be possible.

Three women from different generations in Macao face pivotal moments in their lives, while struggling to protect their best friends - three magical balloons.

Cheung Chau, once a fishing village in Hong Kong, has transformed into a tourist spot. Ri-Tai, a food stall run by A-Cheung, reflects local life, absurdities, and societal realities. A-Cheung spends his days playing games with customers like Plumpy, forming bonds that transcend generations. However, the onset of COVID-19 disrupts this sense of community, leaving the island deserted and questioning whether Ri-Tai's simple way of life will vanish.

LA-born Leon returns to his father’s hometown, Chihai—a small seaside village on the west coast of Taiwan—after discovering that his supposedly dead grandmother is still alive. While trying to get to know her, Leon meets Wen, a mysterious girl who has rented a room in his family’s house. As Wen uses her hypnosis skills to help Leon with his depression, the two gradually develop a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, they uncover dark secrets about Leon’s family and Chihai.

16 years ago, Chen Huo-sheng was a captain and the central figure in a drug trafficking case. He believed the justice system would eventually clear his name, not knowing that the clouds of injustice were harder to escape than the pirates at sea. While a wrongful conviction may seem complex, a closer look reveals its stark clarity.

After her birth, Nien-hua never met her father and was raised solely by her mother. She lived with her mother and older sister in a community building named “Viva Family.” To outsiders, her mother seemed to excessively pamper her children, but in reality, she used various forms of violence to discipline them. At the age of 23, Nien-hua receives a strange message on Facebook from her father, who had never been present in her life. He talks about their brief marriage in a way Nien-hua has never heard before. This regret of never having met her father leads Nien-hua to decide to meet him. As the director seeks to unravel this repressed event, she discovers that each person remembers it in a vastly different way. In the search for truth, everyone reveals their own secrets and inadvertently confirms a recurring dream.

If even one child becomes better because of my persistence, then all my efforts are worthwhile! This film deeply portrays every little detail and hardships of the teaching profession. It’s not just a story about one teacher but a mirror reflecting the dedication and perseverance of every teacher. We hope that through this film, we can pay the highest respect to all teachers silently working in education, sparking greater awareness and respect for education and teachers, and together, rekindling the passion and dignity of teachers before it’s too late.

My mother left our home when I was nine years old. For about ten years, it was just my father and me. When I turned twenty-one, she came back—moving into the master bedroom that had been locked for a decade and digging out countless old photographs from the past.

A Tayal family faces emotional and spiritual challenges after the passing of their grandfather. Their unfamiliarity with Gaga, the ancestral ethical system, reveals deeper cultural dissonance and generational gaps shaped by decades of assimilation policies and influences. Set against a postcolonial backdrop, SPI traces how one family, caught between modernity and indigenous memory, strives to carry forward the Tayal spirit left behind by their elders.

The once prosperous mining town of Houtong. The film collects voices of elderly folk who lived through those times—encounters with the supernatural. Their stories are lights cast down into the darkness of that near-faded history.

In a remote village, the deadly legend of "Pitaya" haunts the night. After his parents vanish mysteriously, a guilt-ridden boy teams up with a madman claiming to have seen his father. Together, they brave the dark with only a flashlight and fireworks, facing the terrifying creature lurking within.

Private cook Lai solves her clients' problems but struggles with her husband. Secretly learning to drive becomes her anchor. On her first road lesson, a small change unsettles her life.

An old hotel room, a freshly wrapped zombie film crew, and a mysteriously vanished memory card. The production team of ZomBite You gathers in director Chen Fei Hong's room for a night of unwinding. Amidst the chaos, the director accidentally misplaces the memory card containing the final footage. A frantic search ensues. In the cluttered room, accusations fly, some try to solve the problem, while others grow increasingly paranoid. What kind of absurd, chaotic, and utterly mad night awaits this close-knit crew?

Gay men Gu and Chang meet on a dating app, and head to a hotel for a hookup. The two strangers start with some small talk to break the ice, but Gu seems anxious, prompting Chang to ease him into the mood. As their conversation progresses, Chang discovers that Gu is hiding a secret.

The Tai-Hwa Ferry is a ship that sails between Kaohsiung and Penghu in Taiwan. Once, visiting Grandpa in Penghu was a yearly routine for the director and her mother. However, with Grandpa's departure, the ferry is also about to retire. As delayed messages slowly appear on the phone, it signifies the boat nearing its destination. In this journey of becoming survivors of suicide, what truly constitutes nearing arrival?

A stand-up comedian performs a routine about his father's sudden passing, only to be met with silence from the audience. However, an unexpected incident exposes his deep longing for his father's love. His absurd yet heartfelt performance ultimately earns him a roaring ovation.

Seven years ago, Lin Cheng was jailed for his father’s death. Finally released, he and older brother Hsiang, the real culprit, must face the consequences of the past together.

In the Taiwanese countryside, a high school senior, Shuan, is passionate about playing guitar. One summer day, his parents argue heatedly about money. Pretending to attend the study group, Shuan escaped his household chores and went to the city to hang out with his bandmates. Later that day, a typhoon hit, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Meanwhile, Shuan’s mother had not yet returned home, and his young sister was nowhere to be found.

On the journey to depict "borders," Because Watching Pacifies captures two KMT military dependents' villages established for surveillance purposes following the Chinese Civil War. In the mountainous region traversed by Taiwan's Central Cross-Island Highway and the highlands that border Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, the villages were established in conflict zones along ethnic frontiers.

A mother and daughter are haunted by sinister 'Elder-Graphics'.

On screen, Master Luo is all charm and flavor, crafting perfect mango ice. Off camera, he's weary and worn. After filming, he rushes to the hospital, gently caring for his ailing mother in silence, fearing to disturb her when she was sleeping soundly on the bed...

After the sudden death of his wife, Guan discovers her unfinished novel—a tale intertwining the endangered clouded leopard and the Rukai tribe’s sacred origin myth, which tells of their descent from the elusive animal. Grief-stricken and seeking connection, he sets out on a surreal journey into dreamlike scenes—a maze of the subconscious, mist-shrouded forests, ancient tree hollows, and symbolic inner landscapes.

The film, which took five years to make and was initiated by Senate President Vystrčil's visit to Taiwan in 2020, maps the current geopolitical situation of this island nation and seeks not only historical but mainly current parallels between Taiwan's position vis-à-vis China and Russia's position vis-à-vis smaller countries, including Ukraine, the Baltic states, and even the Czech Republic. China's pressure on Taiwan is intensifying, and this island state is increasingly under threat. Will it maintain its freedom and independence in today's complex world, where conflicts are on the rise and, with the possible help of the democratic world, it is becoming increasingly complicated?

On a sweltering summer morning, just as Wei-Han was heading out for delivery run, he discovered that the fridge had broken down—all of his girlfriend Chia-Lin’s ice pops had melted. Chia-Lin called the landlord, insisting that he replace the old fridge with a new one, but Wei-Han didn’t want to escalate the situation. The two began to argue in their cramped rooftop room.

As Yong-Ning’s drag persona Valerie begins to shine in Taiwan’s underground Ballroom scene, his budding romance with Wei-En falters. Shaken by a moment of rejection, the two must decide if love can survive the weight of identity.

If you had only three hours a day, what kind of life would you want to live? A comet has disrupted humanity's biological clock, limiting people to three waking hours a day. On his journey, Ian meets families with distinctive views on time, exploring different life choices along the way.

Cheng, Pei, Wei and Ah Doa went to Hualien for a 2-day trip. To 3 of the friends, this trip was meant to keep Cheng’s company due to a recent break-up. To Cheng, it has different meaning: to return something to the sea.

A dying girl and a living girl in a conversation on the top floor, navigating the journey of understanding each other. Why live? What to live for?

Trying to fit in with the “cool” clique at school, the quirky girl Tian strikes up a conversation with classmate Niu Niu, hoping to buy weed. A spiral of misunderstandings unfolds.

A mermaid receives the legs she longed for, but the gender is not quite what she expected. How will she navigate this unexpected transformation?

A seventeen-year-old girl's family, drowning in debt, agrees to a marriage proposal out of desperation. But the wedding hides a dark secret, a terrifying ritual demanding the sacrifice of five brides. Caught between survival and horror, she is about to face a nightmare far worse than she imagined.

Meilian and her husband Jianhe are the most loved-up couple, but three years ago, Jianhe became a vegetative state due to an accident. To cover the substantial medical expenses needed for their son’s long-term care, the Xu family has had to rely on various government subsidies to survive. One day, they were about to undergo an assessment to apply for a new subsidy, but unexpectedly, their son Jianhe passed away! Jianhe’s mother Yinggui and father Fuqiang, desperate to receive the subsidy, coerced Meilian into creating the illusion that Jianhe was still alive, leading to a series of absurd and comical events.

A man haunted by his sister's childhood death returns home after 40 years. Consumed by guilt, he loses grip on reality, unable to tell the living from the dead, ultimately trapped forever in his childhood nightmare.

Recipe for C is a collaborative creation by visual artist Jie-Huai Yang and graphic designer Changwei, inspired by their shared experiences with a mutual ex-boyfriend, C. As a restaurant chef, C centered his life around experimental cooking, with his notes and recipes serving as the foundation for this project. Though a recipe book and a cooking tutorial video, the work transforms intimate emotional memories into a public sensory and visual dialogue. Cooking becomes not only a retrospective of a past relationships and sexual roles. By kneading and blending ingredients, the work reinterprets fragile yet profound memories, showcasing the vulnerability and resilience of emotions. Recipe for C unveils private stories hidden in the shadows, like a dish releasing its lingering aroma, challenging viewers' perceptions of emotions and gender roles.

In the not-so-distant future, a new psychological disorder emerges among humans. Novel Fulminant Depressive Disorder (NFDD), a condition so severe it causes patients to fall into a coma due to overwhelming depression. Counselor LIN Xin-yan, whose best friend is afflicted with NFDD, crosses paths with WU Tian-rui, a brain science and engineering researcher. Combining their expertise, the two strive to piece together the inner world of the afflicted—the Abyssverse—in hopes of helping them break free. Yet, amidst their investigation, a subtle connection begins to form between them. As they went closer to each other, they also draw nearer to uncovering the truth behind the illness. Each of us lives within a sealed universe of our own. And behind that fissure of the collapse, lies either a deeper abyss of despair…? or a different kind of salvation?

In the 1980s, Taiwanese families arrived in Argentina; years later, many who felt Argentinean ended up in Taiwan. Parents leaving, their children returning; identities and memories divided, worlds we build to find each other.

“Stone and River... They used to be together for the past lives. This life, they haven’t recognized each other yet.” Today, Stone goes spelunking in Shoushan with River, surrounded by the beautiful karst and lovely animals. When they sit in nature, they encounter the most beautiful moment. However, River is afraid that Stone might leave her one day...