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Nineteen-year-old Yi-Xin has been raising her younger brother Chen alone. One day, her father’s former mistress leaves a young girl named Xin-Fang in her care. As the days pass, the three begin to form a bond—one that is tender, fragile, and far more complicated than Yi-Xin expected.
In a tender yet gripping portrait of resilience, the film follows Zane, a 10-year-old Indonesian boy, navigating life as a quiet pillar for his struggling family in Taiwan. As his parents wrestle with buried trauma and cultural dislocation, Zane finds strength in unexpected places, shaping a powerful tale of migration, identity, and belonging. Interwoven with stories of fellow migrants and a poignant radio broadcast, this emotional journey speaks to anyone who's ever searched for home. A hauntingly beautiful ode to healing, "Tuned In" invites us to listen closely, to what's said, and what's left unsaid.
On Christmas Eve, Miss C’s life falls into chaos—tangled Christmas lights in her Pilates studio, a sudden lack of enthusiasm from her dating app matches, and even a rude old man insisting on joining her class. Overwhelmed by these frustrations, she struggles under the pressure. But as she navigates these unexpected challenges, she gradually regains her rhythm and comes to understand the true meaning of waiting and choice.
The metamorphosis of the story “Madame Butterfly” told through the perspective of three women over the past century.
This film is like a person standing naked in the middle of a square, covered in wounds, holding up a sign that says “Free Hug.” Many people come to embrace him, and he embraces many in return. Yet this does not mean that those who embrace him are unscarred—it is only that they are clothed. — Director Zhang Yu
In 1871, a ship traveling from Miyako Island to Shuri to deliver annual tribute was caught in a storm and drifted to southern Taiwan. Onboard were 69 Ryukyuan passengers who reached an area inhabited by the Paiwan people. However, some Ryukyuans were killed in a tragic incident that later became known as the Mudan Incident. This event was used as a pretext for Japan’s invasion of Taiwan (the 1874 Taiwan Expedition) and also influenced Japan’s annexation of Ryukyu, significantly shaping the geopolitical landscape of East Asia.
Lin Yi can see seven seconds into the future, but not for Xia Pinrong because he's fallen for her. About to confess, he glimpses a future where they drift apart. He gives up, only to reunite with her seven years later.
At the peak of his career as a choreographer, Bulareyaung felt lost. He returned to Taitung to work with young indigenous performers. These mostly untrained dancers are fulfilling their dreams in their homeland, and their free-spirited personalities remind him of his youth. Surrounded by dancers who feel like family, Bulareyaung gradually discovers that returning to his indigenous community through dance rekindles the child within him.
My mother was born in Kinmen, a tiny island just off the coast of China. Sexism/Male child favoritism is often found in Asian cultures and is even more apparent in a closed off community like the one my mother grew up in. My mother has two younger brothers, so while she carries the responsibility of taking care of my sick grandmother, her efforts are never appreciated by her family, especially not by her mother.
Hua Yang and Afa are two competitive freediving athletes. One is focused on breaking the deepest record in Asia, while the other aspires to claim the crown of Taiwan’s top freediver. Both received invitations to compete in the prestigious Blue Hole Vertical Blue Depth Competition. This documentary follows their journey from land to underwater,capturing their contrasting styles and perspectives as they merge in the tranquil yet mysterious blue depths.
Xijiyu, a village on Taiwan’s offshore island of Penghu, became uninhabited following a government-mandated relocation in 1978. Through image, sound, and 3D animation, this film recreates the village and its famed “King’s Boat” ceremony.
After her friend’s suicide, Toothbag buries her grief beneath anger and denial. Haunted by memories she can’t stop replaying, she struggles to accept the loss. But in a vivid dream, a final conversation with her friend shifts something in her. Waking up, she begins the painful journey of letting go, learning to honor her friend’s choice and confront her own sorrow.
After family chaos from his brother's death, Xuan tries to hold things together. Months later, while his parents visit the Spirit Bone Tower, Xuan sits alone in the car, quietly staring out the window, lost in his own world.
A girl, Ping, faces conflict with her girlfriend Lala’s homophobic and aggressive father, The Man. As tensions escalate, Ping is forced to take drastic action to save herself and kills The Man.
Four Indonesian female caregivers, each from a different generation, share their lives in Taiwan. On their days off, they gather at Taipei Main Station, reclaiming their freedom while facing the struggles of migrant women. This film unveils their stories, highlighting resilience, identity, and empowerment.
Dark, unusual clouds gathered in the sky, slowly drifting toward the memory-laden hillside. With the typhoon approaching, people made their way to the cemetery atop Jian Mountain, hoping to reclaim the fading fragments of the past before the storm arrived. From deep within the mountains came the occasional sound of dogs barking—whispers, almost, of buried stories: ancestors who were relocated, stray dogs that were driven away, a woman still waiting for her husband’s return, and myself, trying to find a connection to my father in the cracks of memory—and perhaps, to find myself as well.
Portraits:Taken from Our Days is a personal and family-centered film, built from fragments of daily life and letter exchanges with my father. Through these intimate recordings, I explore shifting family relationships, unstable living environments, and my own psychological states. By revisiting family archives, I attempt to reconstruct an image of “home” from scattered memories.
In northern India's Dehradun, an all-women police unit tackles troubled marriages with unexpected wisdom and authority. Inside the bustling station, couples confront domestic turmoil while the officers balance tough love with surprising moments of humour.
In war-torn Myanmar, 2025, a bread factory trapped on the front line faces a power outage and an indifferent boss. As explosions draw near, the supervisor calls a vote: stay or flee. Some hold their ground, while others quietly depart—hope, fragile yet enduring, traced delicately in icing and flour.
Through dance, image and sound, the work explores how the pandemic has affected our perception of safety, identity and senses.
My father often jokes that he's both a police officer and a hunter. While he has a busy job, he always returns to the tribe on his days off— to check traps, clear the water source, and weed the land.This film documents the time we spent together at the mountain spring. Step by step, he passed on his knowledge of the forest to me. I came to realize that he was trying to hand down the wisdom of my grandfather — how he drew water and lived in harmony with the land.
It’s been 10 years since the landlord sold the house and the family lived apart. A portrait of my imaginary family having a reunion dinner in my old home awakened my longing for this lost space. A journey of reunion with my old home and a journey of saying goodbye.
When the world disconnects, what connects you? Do you feel truly connected in your daily life? As we navigate through the crush of conflicts, wars, and climate change enveloping our globe, we must ask ourselves: are we truly understood and embraced by one another?
Sosowon: The Season of the Flying Fish is a VR tale set on Lanyu, an island in southeastern Taiwan, featuring a boy, Masarey, and his grandfather, Syapen. During the experience, the viewer will join Sosowon, a flying fish who, to escape a fisherman's net, must perform a feat to save his family. Along the way, Sosowon will go through ordeals, will be overcome by remorse, and will retrace his steps to rescue his family. As an intergenerational tale, the experience opens doors to Sosowon's fantastical world, and evokes a universal theme of love and sacrifice for loved ones.
When her boyfriend leaves to live with his mother, heartbroken Xiao Meng runs into an old flame. The encounter awakens buried memories, driving her to prove, against all odds, that love still exists.
"Vestige" is a 5-minute 2D animated short film in the form of a graphic novel combined with limited animation. Through intricate and atmospheric illustrations, the story portrays the journey of an artist in search of her long-lost childhood friend. As she walks through the war-torn and forgotten hometown of her past, the contrasting lives of these two women unfold, revealing their sorrows and loss in a bittersweet light.
Where do we go when we zone out, and how do we find our way back to reality? Sense of Nowhere is an invitation for the audience to explore the subconscious, piece together hidden clues, and find their way returning to the present moment.
A girl lying in her room in Taipei gets bored and goes to sleep. Heavy rain starts, and the story goes into a dream world. She mounts on her bed and starts her trip guided by mice. The background music is Maiden’s Prayer which she finds played by mice. After diving into the water, she starts dancing with the mice.
In a society where thought is tightly controlled, children within the Asian education system are taught from a young age to become "perfect melons"—obedient, quiet, and indistinguishable. This experimental animation uses the metaphor of a watermelon to expose how conformity is instilled and individuality erased. It reflects on generational conditioning and questions whether we can still remain who we truly are.
Two friends go on an adventure, gathering all kinds of ingredients to cook up an epic meal!
Fifteen chapters unfold across the Bunun villages of Litu and Wulu in Taitung, Taiwan, and the surrounding mountains and forests. Children dream of chasing — or being chased by — spirit animals; elders recall lives shaped by snake and bear myths; strange encounters emerge in the habitats of birds.
The poetic short film by The Bomber (2023) director Hou Zonghua (侯宗華) draws its inspiration from the poem “Pawnshop” (〈當鋪〉) by Benito Tan (和權).
A brief cinematographic exploration on Super8 that examines Taiwan's complex national identity through the prism of political utopia. Shot in emblematic locations such as the Legislative Yuan, Liberty Square, the National Human Rights Museum, 228 Memorial Park, and TSMC headquarters, the film juxtaposes these symbols of democracy and autonomy with monuments from the authoritarian past like the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Cih-hu Memorial Statue Park. Through these evocative images, the film reflects on the historical, diplomatic, and geopolitical tensions that have defined Taiwan for many centuries and specially since 1949, when the Kuomintang established its government on the island following the Japanese surrender in 1945. This work explores the Taiwanese paradox: a nation functioning as a sovereign democracy while navigating a diplomatic limbo, pursuing a political utopia where its self-determination might be fully recognized.
Haunted by past failure, Ah-Zhi faces towering stakes that mirror his inner fears. Pressured by his mother to focus on exams, he sinks into doubt—until Xiao-You's quiet support helps him rise. In overcoming fear, he begins to truly see himself.
Son of a glove puppetry master, Xiao Guo, after his parents' divorce, could only accompany his father backstage at outdoor performances, often lacking stable meals and motherly care! At one performance, the puppet beside him comes to life and tries to take on the role of his mother...
Telling the story of a farewell between a bird and a tree, it weaves together the thrill of growing up, the struggle of decision-making, and the emotions of longing and attachment.
A grandmother, who once dreamed of becoming a dancer, spent her youth clipping tickets, bound by duty. Marriage promised freedom, yet life wove tighter threads. Facing her own frailty, she casts off the past, rowing toward the unknown — refusing to let her daughter inherit her cage, vowing to dance forever.
The Tiger God project originated during the artist’s residency at Cien Art Village in Hualien in 2021, inspired by a Sikawasay (Amis priest) who said a concrete tiger carried a soul. The work explores encounters between Han folk beliefs and Amis spiritual traditions, reflecting on suppressed indigenous histories in eastern Taiwan under colonial and religious forces. Nighttime fireworks symbolize external impacts on the land, linking concrete animals, mining, and colonial imagination. The ritual opera returns the footage to the land and gods, weaving ritual, research, and reflection into a narrative about silent objects and memory.