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A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.
Who really benefits from technological progress? In Silent Engine, Korean interdisciplinary artist Kahee Jeong uses image and sound to examine the growing digital divide and the exclusivity of our technological future, revealing its impact on society.
As a bird that briefly perches is a cinematic diary that weaves together the filmmaker’s sentiments about homeland with reference to the geology of Hong Kong; an analogy between human nature and greenhouse gardening; and her reflections on the choice of living abroad as she studies the everyday life of migrant farmers and their adaptation on foreign soil, reinterpreting agricultural processes and the migration of species. The work explores the implications of rooting, re-rooting and growing as the artist contemplates on the evolving dynamics between land and human.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the Aoi family in Japan has been plagued by a curse for generations. To change their family's fate, Aoi travels to China in search of the legendary Lu Ban Axe. Upon learning of this, Xu Mochen, Chu Han, Zhou Dasheng, and other descendants of the Five Dragon Seekers prepare to stop Aoi from entering the underground palace. However, they are repeatedly threatened by Aoi's subordinates, Tia and Hu Jiu, and obstructed by the Four Ghosts of Mount Li. To better protect the cultural relics, Xu Mochen and his companions follow Aoi into the underground palace, a century-old, immortal, and exquisitely crafted place. It is here that Xu Mochen and his companions begin their battle with Aoi.
An anxious brother delays telling his sister the truth about his upcoming wedding, an uncle takes drastic measures to "make a man" out of his closeted nephew, and a young man reflects on his turbulent teen years and the experiences that pushed him to leave his hometown behind. A powerful collection of shorts about the quiet ways in which we learn to stand up to prejudice and doubt.
Fifth-grade boy Sun Yue was asked by his teacher to dress up as a girl to participate in the chorus competition to make up for the imbalance between men and women. Facing the pressure from the collective and the teacher, on the day of the competition, Sun Yue made a bold decision...
Two technicians from a counter-surveillance firm are hired by a woman who believes her husband is secretly monitoring her. One shrugs it off as paranoia, but the other starts to wonder if she might be right.
Solo concert produced and starred by Kawashiri Ren from JO1 on 01/27 at Theatre G-Rosso. This concert is part of a series of mini-concerts that occurred during LAPOSTA 2025, event organized by Lapone Entertaiment.
2025 release
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.
30-year-old Hei grew up in Sha Tin. As he aimlessly runs every day to escape from his broke family, he realises his true pursuit is in the pure speed of a horse.
PAN Zhaode, a rural youth living in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, immerses himself in the work at a local distillery with enthusiasm and hope. Balancing family and work is the greatest challenge he currently faces. He travels daily between the factory and his home while also frequently visiting mental hospitals and clinics. His aging elderly father, his memory loss-afflicted mother, his wife who has left him, and his two young daughters form the reality he must confront. The cracks in personal destiny and the growing pains of social development intertwine. How will this ordinary rural youth face his limitations and adapt to the changes in his external environment?
A man uses a song to search for the important person who once gave it to him. Though he has forgotten them, he keeps playing the song over and over, hoping that one day they will meet again.
Vampire Yu-jun and human Jin-ah are in a romantic relationship. Yu-jun survives by feeding on Jin-ah's blood. However, Jin-ah is unhappy with the relationship, as she is the only one who suffers. When Yu-jun's fangs mysteriously stop growing, leaving him unable to feed, Jin-ah seizes the chance to upend their one-sided relationship.
Luo Fuxing is the ‘godfather’ of Shamate, an alternative Chinese subcultural movement. Two decades into his career he takes on a new challenge: theatre.
A hybrid documentary blending dramatized reenactments and real-life interviews, exploring the revitalization of rural Fujian through the lens of the "Elderly Learning Centers," highlighting cultural inheritance and community empowerment.
Bo lin lives in the countryside, while Yu xin lives in the city. They are an eyesore to each other. However, on a stormy night, Bo lin's carelessness resulted in Yu xin getting lost. They went to a lot of trouble to find him! Upon returning home, they shared steaming hot typhoon noodles, a typical nickname for noodles in canned mackerel tomato sauce. This shared history not only brought them closer but also made them begin to accept each other.
A meditative animated short film set in a reimagined Japan during the Warring States period. Combining myth and history, it depicts an intense yet introspective duel between two legendary warriors, not as a celebration of combat, but as a serene reflection on honor, conviction, and the search for inner peace.
Ja-yeon, struggling with infertility, becomes increasingly disturbed by the sound of a baby crying next door. As the pressures of her daily life mount, the crying grows into an unbearable noise. Then one day, after the family next door suddenly disappears, Ja-yoen begins to experience strange occurrences.
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...
Matsuko Deluxe explores the seemingly familiar yet overlooked facets of Japanese culture through real-life experiences.
Young Teto rides to school on his bed to school, the lonely lighthouse keeper asks the seagull for breakfast. As various people dream of tomorrow through their imaginations, harsh, rough waves of reality crash into their imaginations as Teto wanders into the darkness.
Through text, researcher-writer Alexandra David-Néel’s journey across the Himalayas a century ago unfolds via her letters home—seeking answers in a world fractured by colonial entanglements, wars, and human ferocity. In audiovisual spaces, the filmmaker's experiences in eastern Tibet are reflected via her own lens and those of native Tibetan people. What begins through her encounter with a legendary school in the region becomes, by the film’s completion, an elegy — as violence eclipses “history”, yet fails to erase memory. Meandering between past and present, the work invites viewers into a meditative space open to contemplations on life, death, history, remembrance, the self, and more.
fú píng (“duckweed”) is an essay film that follows a woman as she drifts through memories of home, family and womanhood. Through quiet imagery and poetic voiceover, the film reflects on generational trauma, cultural displacement and the unspoken tension between mothers and daughters—floating between time, language and place.
AZKi’s solo live concert for 2025, performed at Pia Arena MM 11.19.2025.
On the first day of their mother's funeral, while Namsu and her older sister Suyeon are asleep, their mother's spirit appears in front of the funeral hall. When Namsu wakes up, she encounters her mother, who asks her to retrieve a delivery package before the burial ceremony. Over the matter of their mother's package, the sisters' mourning begins to drift apart, gradually separating them in their grief.
On a summer night two years ago, Kai disappeared into the sea. His girlfriend Mari and his best friend Koichi find solace in each other’s company as they silently struggle to cope with their loss while trying to return to a life of normalcy. However, an unexpected reunion begins to unearth all the emotions they had kept buried in their hearts.
Si-rak participates in rehearsals with the cast to write an audio description for the performance.
The eighth night of the tournament took place at Okayama Convention Center 3rd Floor Convention Hall in Okayama, Japan Japan on August 10, 2025.
The Hundred Squares: "No more delays," the cry of citizens echoes from the lives of those barely holding out against discrimination and hatred. Struggling with diverse identities in their daily lives, citizens reflect on the meaning of "discrimination" through their own experiences and testimonies. They question and reflect on what is needed to eliminate it and speak out before the camera. The Blooming Equalities: discrimination law that has been on hold for 20 years. A lawyer, a researcher, a religious figure, a writer, and an activist stand in the square again after a year, and, in this time of rampant right-wing extremism and hate, they speak of an anti-discrimination law as "the right answer to ending the insurrection, the last line of defense for human dignity, a current that can no longer be held back, a square that cannot at all harm families, churches, and the nation, and a place where the voices of the less fortunate can be heard."
2025 release
Common Paper
A director blames the failed shoot on personal feelings toward their actor. The actor auditions for a role in a shamanic tale about a goblin that's entered a woman’s body. The story is told twice, solely from one person’s point of view, but differently.
The foreman, Lao Niu, is being pressed for unpaid wages by his fellow villagers. Unfortunately, the contractor and construction subcontractor, Manager Gao, is also owed contract payments by Song, the developer of the "Fenhe Garden" project. As the real estate market continues to slump, all those involved, burdened by their own wrongdoings, are trapped like a row of doomed grasshoppers tied together— roasting over a fire with no escape in sight...
During the Christmas season, a designated driver receives a call from a woman. She falls asleep in the passenger seat, resting her head on his shoulder as the car moves. When they arrive, he gently wakes her. Seeing her makeup on his sleeve, she hands him a handkerchief before disappearing. The driver returns to the same spot, hoping to receive her call again.
An artist features work based on the death of a former colleague Yoon-min for a retrospective on Yoon-min. The choreographer, brought in to collaborate on the project, soon begins to question the artist's integrity. Is the work a genuine act of sincere mourning, or is it a sensational exploitation?
Ae-young and Ji-woo go in search of a rainbow for a perfect breakup.
Coincidence comes out of the blue, fleeting like a whisper. It touches us, leaving layers of memory. 'Yul' rescues a kitten from her apartment's stray cat feeding station. For the first time in her life, she crosses the fence to uncover the circumstances of the kitten's abandonment.
2025 release
In an old housing complex undergoing demolition, a girl named Rui and a boy named Ueki, who once attended the same kindergarten, reunite. Amidst the echoing metallic sounds of construction, Rui immerses herself in drawings while Ueki gently watches over her.
Your apartment is making you anxious. No, it’s not neurosis this time. A phone call causes wild, blood-curdling panic. Your present didn’t begin just now. The small music box carries you into a liminal space — somewhere between the sofa and yesterday, between childhood and analog cinema. What even is this place I call home? And who is this person that reminds me of myself?
Alarm bells are ringing in Thailand with widespread reports of a dramatic decline in mackerel populations, sparking fears of near extinction. But is this a genuine crisis threatening a beloved staple, or merely a fabricated headline designed to stir the pot ?
Doggy Dong and Gold fell in love. Gold’s dad kept warning him not to fall in love. He never wanted to listen. Life has beaten him hard because the words from his dad were coming true…