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In the harsh winter of Inner Mongolia, two young men, Aoqi and Chaligan, spend their days trapped in a dim, cramped room. The desolation of their existence drives them to hatch a plan to scrape together money and flee south. Thus begins their journey between frostbitten cities and the vast, unforgiving grasslands of their homeland.
After hearing the story of the "Paper Crane Girl," a young victim of the Hiroshima bombing, a boy named Aki sets out alone to see the Children's Peace Monument.
Nanny Dong Lan receives news of her nephew's death. Fearing her superstitious employer would deem her unlucky and temporarily lay her off, she lies and asked for leave to return to her hometown. During the funeral, Dong Lan's son steals some of the sacrificial candy, and a local fortune teller warns Dong Lan not to lie for seven days.
Upon arriving at her accommodation, Min-ju meets a baby and uncovers the stories of three individuals who had previously stayed there.
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.
The village of Guochang ("fruit farm") was established during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-76) as a labor camp – built by prisoners, including the director's father. Later, the traces were covered up: the place was at times both a village and a prison, and later even a drug treatment center. The film is directed against forgetting and silence and attempts to give the spirits of the dead and disappeared a form of redemption.
This documentary portrays the delicate relationship between nature and the Karen ethnics in Maekhong village through the enchantment beliefs, cultures and traditions which are intertwined to the sacred forests, fogs and rivers. Captured by the simplified perspective of an observer who witnessed their life as it is.
All you see is light, and all you fear is the unknown.
Third installment in "Cursed Psychic Video XXX ZERO" film series.
In the middle of the night, on a mountain road, a man was struck down in a motorcycle accident. This was the cue.
There are nine dogs left in a redevelopment area somewhere in Namyangju, abandoned in the heatwave. The dogs under the sun wait for something, endlessly. (@byeollae_stardangdang)
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter/savior.
2025 release
113th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video" film series.
2025 release
I woke up. I had a long dream. Like a sandcastle on the shore, there is no trace of it left now. I trace its barely remaining outline. Another day begins. I dreamed of waking up from a dream. It was like a bubble had popped. Another day begins. Again. And again.
Short film by Reiji Saito.
Set against the backdrop of the reconstruction of the Baima villages in Pingwu, the film follows the daily lives of four sisters and their family in the Baima Eri Village. Interwoven with memories from two decades ago, it traces their journey of resilience and renewal amid the sweeping changes of the times. Through their personal stories, the film also reveals the living heritage of the Baima Tibetan culture — its legends, songs, dances, language, and the traditional ritual of Cao Gai — offering a poetic reflection on identity, endurance, and the passage of time.
Riel, high school student with satanic blood, is a guitarist for heavy metal band. After her band fails to perform at the school talent show, she fell in love with school’s handsome senior, Junhyeok. Junhyeok offers Riel to join his CCM band, but there are procedures to take.
Hoi is a van driver who was a photographer before COVID-19. One day, he received a message from his ex-girlfriend Yin, who had already migrated. They met on the night before she left Hong Kong again. After separating for a few years, the discussion on the long-forgotten love seemed to be the hidden agenda of this night. The two individuals, who had already embarked on completely different journeys in life, had to find a way out for their complicated relationship.
Amid a shortage of public water supply facilities and growing distrust of tap water, the bottled water market has surged to a staggering $300 billion industry. In India, private water suppliers known as the ‘Water Mafia’ thrive, while in Chiapas, Mexico, Coca-Cola has become a substitute for water itself. Against this backdrop, an astounding one million plastic bottles of water are sold every minute. The carbon emissions of bottled water are 700 times higher than those of tap water. Yet, some bottled water products bear a "carbon-neutral" label. How can water packaged in plastic, derived from fossil fuels, and transported hundreds of kilometers be classified as ‘Carbon neutral’?
Every time I travel, I end up with hundreds of train videos, it was time to finally make something with them - a short video exercise for a short film I am writing.
“herstory” is a project that borrows the word history and retells it through women’s perspectives. It presents stories situated in various contextual ‘spaces,’ which serve as backdrops revealing the ‘emotional spaces’ of female characters in film. Through their voices, the narratives convey their emotions, political frustrations, and the quiet pressures imposed by social structures.
Jong-ha, a lonely delivery man at a Chinese restaurant who has long been waiting for a breeze to stir his stagnant life, feels a whirlwind the moment Sae-bin moves in next door.
Hsiao Le tries to reconcile with her friend by inviting her to fulfill their old promise to set off fireworks at the summit of a mountain. Through their conversation, she realizes that the changes in their lives are irretrievable, forcing her to confront the reality of their altered relationship.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the walls had ears. Like prisoners in solitary confinement communicating through Morse code, we have become more aware and sensible of our neighbors' presence through sound during quarantine. Fortunately, not all neighborly sounds come across as noise; sometimes the simple beauty of a passing melody can resonate deeply, even in the midst of deep isolation and despair.
Once a spirited and ambitious young man of the Miao people, Chong Sheng (Wang Yu) lived for his dream of performing the traditional lusheng dance. A tragic accident left him with a broken leg, forever shattering that dream. Consumed by despair, he retreats into silence, until, two years later, a failed attempt at ending his life propels him into a haunting journey through layered dreamscapes. Azalea is a meditation on broken aspirations, resilience, and the fragile border between life, death, and dreams.
"Can seeing become a site? Seeing as a space. Sight as touch. Sight as trace. Can we feel our sentient eyes long for what they cannot see, soothed by everyday delights, overfed and burnt by images, perhaps too hard to watch? a part of us exposed is an invitation to peer deep, to feel the materiality of our own eyes, their rawness and fragility. Drawing from Audre Lorde’s poem Contact Lenses, the film traces sight and retinal memory against technologies of intrusion and questions what it means to look."
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.
Since 1995, the TransAsia Sisters Association has been a pioneering force in supporting immigrant women in Taiwan, especially marriage migrants. What began as a small literacy class has grown into a vibrant community that empowers women to organise, speak out, and advocate for their rights. The film explores the struggles of belonging, the strength of sisterhood, and the quiet power of everyday resistance. From street protests to storytelling through food and culture, the Sisters continue to reshape the narrative of migration—one voice at a time.
After an argument with her girlfriend Eun-young, Jenny begins to experience the strange symptom of flowers blooming on her face. She calls her ex-boyfriend, who once went through the same phenomenon, and invites him and Eun-young to her home.
Through its little screen, what kind of world does a Game Boy see as it records? As a child, the Game Boy was my most faithful companion at my hospital bedside. Years later, lying in a hospital room once again for surgery, my father couldn't be there because of other obligations. So I brought it with me, hoping to capture this journey through its tiny screen.
“Vegas” had a fake plastic arm code name ‘Kathline’ for scratching his back, while “Joy “ had a chopstick fan for cooling noodles — and they never stopped arguing over whose invention was more useful in everyday life.
Medical examiner Gi-yeon receives the unidentified body of a woman from detective Seok-hyeon. Over time, Gi-yeon finds himself falling in love with the corpse. When he hears that the body is to be cremated, he attempts to flee with it, evading Seok-hyeon. But in the end, the body is incinerated at the crematorium, and Gi-yeon is driven to make an unexpected decision.
Under the rules, we are in a box, and within the box is one game after another. This movie uses the game as a metaphorical vehicle to explore the conflict between social discipline and self-will.
Artist Kim Yoon-ji, overwhelmed by burnout from overwork, begins to forget even the smallest tasks.
Amid a pandemic, Mango leaves the city to join Monkey in a remote mountain refuge. Shot on mobile, this haunting film blends mysticism and reality, revealing nature's beauty, and its harsh, unforgiving truths beyond illusion.
Uncut trees stand beyond the undergrowth of rustling leaves. The lush, diverse spectrum of green undulates, and through it, the man heads somewhere, wandering and searching.
Feel the ground beneath you. We are constantly supported by the earth.
Aisha McAdams, a former competitive runner turned photographer, embarks on a journey to document the triumphs and struggles of famed ultra trailrunners, including Jim Walmsley and Eszter Csillag. Traveling to mythical races—the Western States Endurance Run in the mountains of eastern California, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the French Alps—the film marvels at athletes who maintain their intensity as they run 100 miles of mountain trails while climbing thousands of vertical feet.