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In Taiwan's southernmost Manzhou Township, a group of local women—ordinary homemakers—transform into acclaimed folk artists when they pick up their moon guitars. The documentary Manzhou Ladies chronicles their lives, led by folk treasure Zhang Rigui, depicting their resilience in preserving local ballads across decades. Now, as young apprentices struggle with language and cultural gaps, the future of these timeless tunes hangs in the balance.
2024 release
Amidst mountains of scrap metal, two small robots, 12 and 08, undertake a crazy challenge: to build a tower towards the light to escape the darkness of the “Square Hole”.
Two ant brothers, who have always been at the bottom of their kingdom's hierarchy, discover a taste for blood and power. Driven by hunger and a thirst for destruction, nothing seems able to stop their chaotic rise to power.
Ant and spore accidentally bump into each other among countless beings and go on a journey.
A strange cupping mark suddenly appeared on Jinmei's back, growing darker and darker, while the dampness inside her body worsened.
In the Amis language, a moment signifies peace and a sense of ‘home’ when the ocean calms. This metaphorically relates to the journey of a group of Amis people who left their coastal homes in the 1970s for city work. In Taipei, they established the “Xizhou Tribe” near a riverbank, contributing to urban development but ultimately facing displacement. This dichotomy highlights the choices they made: some stayed in cities, while others returned to ancestral lands. Decades later, as they completed new houses, their story reflects a deeper narrative of indigenous urbanization—a crossroads of starting anew or enduring broken connections with their past and identity.
2024 release
The Last Mongolian Horseman follows the life of a nomadic shepherd family across four seasons in the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Through quiet observation and poetic imagery, the film captures the rhythms of traditional Mongolian life amidst growing pressures from industrialization and cultural displacement. As the family tends to their animals and sustains their ancestral way of life, the documentary reveals the ecological and spiritual fragility of a vanishing culture. This intimate portrait becomes a powerful meditation on identity, survival, and the unyielding connection between people and their land.
A mysterious old man is hitchhiking. The destination is..."Rome". The old man doesn't even have a plane ticket, and the young driver is confused. The journey begins.
Chanhee, Who can 't carry a tune, wants to have an Adam's apple on Sungjin's neck,who suddenly became a good singer.
In a world, where everything is connected to the internet, there’s someone who remains completely disconnected.
The protagonist abandoned his dreams of the past due to an accident, and the trauma made him afraid for a long time to confront the things he once loved. It wasn't until middle age that a fortuitous event allowed him to face his true feelings again.
Blending real family archives with fiction, Flying Fish tells the story of self-discovery through childhood portraits, cross-dressing, and imagination. In a dreamy photo studio, a group of crocodile companions dance freely.
On his way home from work, Youngsik talks to his mother on the phone. The moment she asks how he is doing, time begins to flow backward.
From the perspective and tone of youth, this article describes some gray emotions that the post-2000s generation did not embrace, as well as the spiritual state and life exploration of the youth.
While preparing for her film school portfolio, Tong accidentally witnesses a secret deal about funeral affairs. Meanwhile, she finds the inseparable connections between a missing social deviant and a suicide at her school. These coincidences let Tong make a horrible guess. Destined to grow up, she bids farewell to her childhood and steps into adulthood.
This film is one of the video documents of the retrospective exhibition "Qingming Project 2013-2024".
A film by Harue Chan
When a woman is approached by a girl who claims to be her daughter from the future, she begins to reflect on her own childhood and adolescence. From her dream as a young girl to live longer than her own grandmother, to her teenage uncertainty about whether she would be able to grow up in the ways society expects of her. A quirky, offbeat and singular animation, with unique characters and a peculiar charm.
A daughter of a woman, a mother of a young child, a woman separated from her husband, and also a school counselor, Doa stands firm in the face of violence arising from these various dynamics and statuses, becoming a grey rock that withstands it all. However, through expressive art therapy, Doa begins to transform from a crouching, defensive grey rock into a moving, swaying rock, ready to confront and overcome even her deepest traumas. Can Doa simply live well as a human being, without any added descriptors? Through expressive arts therapy, Do-ah confronts her deep-seated trauma, transforming her life from a static existence to a dynamic journey of healing and growth. "Gray Rock" explores the resilience of the human spirit in overcoming inner conflicts.
The girl waits for her mom every night, but one day her mom didn't come back. Maybe she will never come back...
A symphony of flapping and vibrating imagery set to a whirlwind of perfectly synchronised optical sounds.
Two geometric objects explore and challenge each other’s domains by switching tactics and transforming body forms.
When the Korean War ended and my grandfather returned his home. The house was completely burned down and smoking. My grandfather started rebuilding his house with his family. And 70 years have passed..
When the contract period for a resident artist ends, they have to move their studio. Many artists have begun to move from one neighborhood. Moving has become a common routine for the artists of the 'Totatoga' residency working in Jungang-dong, old downtown Busan. A story about our rooms, doors, windows and the ways.
Yeonseok, the head of a household, suffers from insomnia. The cause of his insomnia is the monster under the couch. People around him laugh, dismissing it as a nightmare that only children would fear. Even Yeonseok is unsure whether the monster is real or just a figment of his imagination. Then one day, Yeonseok comes face to face with the monster under the couch.
During the 1960s, on one of the countless islands in southern Korea, Sujeong lives on a rocky island where, as the eldest daughter, she stays busy working under her mother's strict commands. One day, she discovers a mysterious bundle of blanket on a hill.
The shape of light that seeps through the trees and the texture of the sand that passes through them.
I've tried creating a stop-motion animation of a story that begins with a camera and a toe human being, both physically incompatible, sticking their heads into each other's holes.
In the 1990s in Nanjing, high school students Wu Nan and Chen Xiao forged a profound friendship. However, when Chen Xiao was about to leave Nanjing for family and academic reasons, Wu Nan began to question whether his feelings for him had gone beyond friendship. After Chen Xiao's grandmother passed away, Wu Nan's emotional struggle felt more intense. He eventually chose to confide in Chen Xiao through an email. When Chen Xiao returned to Nanjing, the dynamic between the two became complex, leaving Wu Nan confused and uncertain. Meanwhile, Wu Nan's relationship with Xiao Jing also faced its own set of challenges. On the day Chen Xiao left Nanjing, Wu Nan, overwhelmed with emotion, shed tears of farewell, marking the end of their story in the early summer.
When my grandfather returned home after exile, he found his house burnt-out and smoldering. He and his family began to rebuild their home, and 70 years have passed.
A feature horror film.
This is the 111th installment of the “Posted Grudge Spirit Footage” film series.
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 6 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 16, 2024, at Hokkaido Prefectural Kitami Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It was broadcast on NJPW World.
The director herself, who returned from Japan to a provincial city in China where patriarchy remains strong, explores the state of marriage, childbirth, and homosexuality in the country. A serious and heartfelt video expression that uses performing art and animation to depict the "chains" of custom.
Korean Short Film