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Eerie Hometown

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.

Eerie Hometown

NR 2025
SEAGNAL: The Ocean's Last Call

The ocean is the beginning and end of all life. Yet now, this vast cradle of life is collapsing. SEAGNAL follows the final signals from the ocean, leading us on a journey to confront the truths we’ve long ignored. From marine debris and ghost fishing caused by abandoned fishing gear to overfishing that pushes marine species to the brink of extinction, and coastal villages sinking due to rising sea levels... Our oceans are dying due to humanity’s unchecked greed, ignorance, and indifference. SEAGNAL follows seven individuals who have sensed the ocean’s warning, asking not just to heed the alarm but to reconsider how we coexist with the sea. The ocean’s final signal, SEAGNAL. Are you ready to listen?

SEAGNAL: The Ocean's Last Call

NR 2025
Paws Land

For many, home is a refuge and a sanctuary; for stray animals, however, a loving home remains a distant dream. From 2019 to 2023, director Au Cheuk-man followed the non-profit organisation Paws Guardian on their harrowing missions to rescue and rehome stray animals – many of whom were abandoned, abused, or tortured. The result is a heartrending collection of stories on survival and resilience, highlighting the brutal realities faced by stray animals: of the 40 stray dogs featured in this documentary, only four ultimately found new homes.

Paws Land

NR 2025
Recipe for C

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.

Recipe for C

NR 2025
Taste of Tea

In the summer of 2044, as the “Drone Medicine Delivery Project” was set to launch in the remote mountain villages of Northwest China, the lonely Mr. Ma detained a drone, compelling Doctor Li – on the verge of moving to the city – to make one last visit. On this final mission, Doctor Li delivers medicine to isolated patients. Mr. Ma, in turn, offers him a cup of hot tea. In the quiet of their shared prayer, they silently understand each other’s concerns and bid a final farewell.

Taste of Tea

NR 2025
Beyond Now, Nyein

Choi Jinbae from Korea and Nyein Thazin from Myanmar are an international couple. They married seven years ago in Mandalay and, after a ceremony in Korea, planned to return. But COVID-19 left them stranded in Seoul. One day, a photo arrives from Myanmar showing a village destroyed by the coup. Urged by fellow Myanmar people to share their country's reality with the world, Choi picks up a camera. An ordinary family's life is suddenly thrust into questions of pain, solidarity, and the ethics of bearing witness.

Beyond Now, Nyein

NR 2025
I am Taiwanese

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?

I am Taiwanese

NR 2025
Truth or Lies

Risa Tanaka is a 30-something who is super sincere and hates lies, but after her mother dies and her boyfriend cheats on her, she takes up work with a human rental service. Despite reservations, she begins to play girlfriends, talent managers, and other roles for people across Tokyo who she is hired by. All the while, between experiences with her clients and life lessons from her laidback boss Teramura, her experiences begin to heal her heart while her wholsomeness rubs off on them.

Truth or Lies

NR 2025
Nostalgia or backwards

An art curator is told about a past visit to Searles Lake, a salt desert near California's Mojave Desert, and the nearby town of Trona, while pulling out a burned pharmaceutical encyclopedia. Trona's borax serves as a raw material for film developer, becoming becomes a link between the memory of the place and the act of filmmaking. Long-held memories of conversations with the filmmaker's mentor James Benning, colleagues, and other mentors about the book found in front of a burned house in this borax-mining village are restored as script.

Nostalgia or backwards

NR 2025