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Two best friends, Mugen and Bingjie, are both re-taking the college entrance exam. As comrades, they understand and support each other’s dreams. On this day, Bingjie, as usual, goes over to Mugen’s house. They soon shift from earnestly preparing for the college interview to having a few drinks and having a heart-to-heart talk, cherishing these final days of their struggle together. However, a secret is unveiled under the influence of alcohol. On this stormy winter night, their relationship begins to falter…

Black and White – Malayan Tapir, hopes to apply an encyclopedic narrative style to deal with the equality between people and non-humans, man and nature, and to explore the changes in the way modern people view images. The scenes switch from the National Gallery Singapore, the National History Museum, Singapore Zoo to search engines and multiple windows. The political relationship between the history of the zoo in Southeast Asia and the colonial era leads to the drawing of a scientific illustration, biology, civil division and the local legend of Malayan tapir.

Inspired by a true incident rooted in Taiwanese folk beliefs, To Set a Spirit Free begins with a religious fish-release ritual that takes an unexpected turn—someone brings a fish home instead of setting it free. Days later, an elderly man named Sheng-Bo mysteriously disappears. A local temple deity declares that he may have blocked a wandering soul’s path to reincarnation—and has been taken by a ghost. What begins as an act of kindness spirals into fear, accusation, and superstition. As rumors multiply and blame shifts from one person to another, the community slowly confronts an unsettling truth: sometimes, there is no one to blame. When facts fail us, what do we choose to believe—and why? With dark humor and quiet spiritual tension, the film explores faith, folklore, and the stories people create to make sense of the unknown.

Andy is a novelist who works from home. One day, a girl mysteriously appears in his toilet. She claims to be from the future and needs his help. Her name is Pomegranate.

The film portrays the concerns and attitudes faced by young people in this generation. Sleep all day and go out at night became the daily life for three university students, Lao Ma, Hsiao chi, and Guan Ting. While their classmates are starting to achieve success, they remain stagnant. What could bring something diffident to their life?

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On a long winter day, the idea of "death" creeps into Yang Yang’s young heart. When longing transforms into poetry, memories endure eternally in the form of light and shadow.

Clad in white and wielding the deadly Ringing Sword, the beautiful Yeh Chiu Lu wanders the countryside righting the wrongs perpetrated by the White-Haired Warlord, Tsao Tan (Law Bun, "King Of Kings"). Determined to wipe out the Chiang Clan, Tsao Tan sets his swordsman to capture Master Chiang (Kong Ban, "Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue"), the last of the clan. Only the Ringing Sword and a mysterious ninja, with his own vendetta against Tsao Tan, stand in his way.

The film is based on the Founder of Causeway Bay Books - LAM Wing-kee’s experience after he was temporarily released back to Hong Kong after 8 months of detention in Mainland China. LAM was demanded by the authorities to retrieve his computer in the bookstore in Hong Kong, alongside with the information of his customers. Only when he found out that his colleague handed over to him the wrong computer, should he start to think about possibilities besides submitting to authorities from Mainland China. The film re-enacts the events happened in the two days he was allowed to return to Hong Kong and explores LAM’s decision to defy, and refuse to leave his homeland.

Annie and her family are spending the holidays with an old aunt at a remote mountain village. For this city girl, the big adventure begins at The Ching-Hsiow Villa! Here she learns of the old aunt\'s love story during the Japanese colonial era, meets a magic raccoon, and makes friends with the local Native Taiwanese. Full of surprises - and some minor dangers, too! - this is an unforgettable vacation for Annie and her family. One of the few outstanding Taiwanese animation productions in recent years and a nominee for Best Animated Features at the Golden Horse Award in 1997, ANNIE\'S MAGIC RACCOON is a simple and yet profound tale about the heart. It also reflects the emerging awareness of environmental and political issues in Taiwan in the early nineties.

On the vernal equinox, teachers of the fifth and sixth graders ask for a temporary leave. The school asks everyone to study on their own.

The expression hidden underneath the makeup is sad, but the clown forces a smile on his face. Kun, the clown in a dance troupe, performs the warm-up act but always gets booed by the audience, who cannot wait to see the sexy girls. In the end, the troupe owner fires him. Fortunately, Chu, the most popular dancer in the troupe known as “Swan”, is willing to leave the glamour on the stage behind and start a new life with Kun. However, although Taiwan is undergoing an economic boom, the fortune doesn’t trickle down to the bottom of society. Kun, who has been struggling, decides to leave Chu since she has a better chance to succeed on her own.

A Liang a timid rookie hearse driver accidentally kisses a corpse on his first job awakening the amnesiac ghost Zhang Wenshan who begins to haunt him Seeking help he receives a bizarre time limited mission from an eccentric priestess As troubles and police pressure grow an unexpected bond forms When the mission fails he escorts the ghost home only to discover it is his long lost father. The spirit fades leaving him to face a long overdue goodbye.

A thriller by Karen Yang Chia-Yun

In the Wulu village of the indigenous Bunun people deep in the mountains of southeastern Taiwan, a visiting Han Chinese director poses a question: "Even this unique culture will disappear sooner or later, don't you think?" The village used to be isolated by the mountains, but since a new road opened to traffic and exposed them to the outside world, the villagers have become concerned about passing on the Bunun language, music and weaving in order to protect their traditional culture.

A pioneer in Taiwan’s contemporary dance scene, Lo Man-fei receives a beautiful tribute from director En Chen, a decade after her passing. Three years in the making, Manfei traces the life and work of the dance legend, including her early days at the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, her studies at New York’s most prestigious dance schools, and the founding of her Taipei Crossover Dance Company. Featuring rare footage of Lo’s graceful performances as well as candid conversations with her closest friends and collaborators, Manfei is a stirring journey into the heart of a true artist and a moving remembrance for a dearly missed member of the Taiwan art world.

A sex worker falls into a coma. Bailan's work has provided solace to many, supported her family, and cared for a group of stray cats. What happened to her and her sisters after the licensed prostitutes were banned? We go on a journey to accompany Bailan's recovery and to see the struggle of the marginalized community.

A Taiwanese opera (koa-á-hì) tiayupian by Lee Hsing

Conflicts reach their boiling point during a mass protest. Law enforcement stationed at these demonstrations are made to work overtime; long hours away from their families have since become the norm. Police sergeant Ah-Wen, who is thrust into the heart of these clashes, struggles to find a balance between his already precarious marriage, and the high pressure and strenuous conditions of his working environment.

The devil, longing for the angel's love, put him in a cage to make the angel accept him, and even did things that hurt the angel's siblings. However, these actions caused irreversible and serious consequences.

A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”

In 1949, the KMT government retreated from Mainland China to Taiwan, bringing along an army of 600,000 people. The director’s father was one of them. They thought they would be returning to the Mainland before long but ended up waiting for forty years. A hairpin belonging to the director’s grandmother allows her to walk into her father’s world, and to discover the memories of these old veterans.

Yu Ting, a 16-year-old high school student, comes home one day to find a "sister" of her age, her cousin from Vietnam, her mother’s hometown. Yu Ting's mother has promised to get the underage girl to work in Taiwan under the disguise of her "adopted" daughter Yu Lan.

Slow Coach and Luck Boy are two knockabout scheming orphans who were saved from a life of begging by Granny- a fierce kung fu mistress. The Leopard Fist dispatches Granny iand now Slow Coach and Lucky Boy have to step up to the plate and avenge the Granny and fight for the survival of the Xin Yi clan.

Twenty years ago, AJ returned from San Francisco and began hosting parties to give Taiwanese lesbians a place to meet, dance, and feel free. What started with a few hundred attendees has grown into LEZS Party, a cornerstone of lesbian culture in Taiwan and Asia, expanding into media and branding while paralleling Taiwan’s equal rights movement. This film follows AJ as she plans the 20th anniversary, revealing her emotions, beliefs, and vision to empower more lesbians to challenge the system and make their voices heard.'

Wall to Wall is a triptych of stories created across different moments in time, each orbiting the theme of love: a reunion after a breakup, the quiet friction of daily life, and a conversation altered by experimental influence. Through silence and speech, the film traces the subtle marks left by time.

The story is based on a play written by famous playwright Yao Yiwei whose work takes adaptation from the novel in Sung Dynasty. The film describes Xiuxiu, a daughter of an aristocrat,who falls in love with her cousin who is a talented sculptor. Nevertheless they experience all kinds of difficulties during the process of trying to get married.

The film documents the harrowing experiences of 16 survivors of Taiwan's White Terror period. Using a minimalist aesthetic, the documentary features the victims speaking directly to the camera against a stark black background, interspersed with rare historical photographs and archival documents.Without any added narration, the film allows the survivors to piece together a collective memory of state oppression. They recount their personal nightmares of being arrested on fabricated charges, undergoing brutal interrogations and torture, facing unjust military trials, and enduring years of forced labor and ideological re-education on Green Island. It serves as a powerful oral history, capturing not only their past suffering but also their resilience, solidarity, and the difficult journey of returning home.

Upcoming Hugh J. Service Taiwan Documentary.

On a Saturday morning, Shan and Xuan have a fight over a missing item. The story gradually unveils the true aspects of each individual when the issues inevitably surface.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Fu and his son Lou-yang ran wild terrorizing the vassal state of Henan. Their only block was the 500 monk-soldiers protecting the Shaolin Temple. Under the pretense of an order from the Emperor, Prince Fu sent all 500 monk-soldiers away to fight bandits, leaving Shaolin Temple unprotected. Guang Ci had been training some of the young monks in martial arts. With the 500 monk-soldiers gone, Prince Fu planned his ambush and his army began surrounding the Shaolin Temple. Aware of Prince Fu's evil intentions, the young monks defend the temple with Tong Deng leading. Only his "Tong Zi Gong" can overwhelm Prince Fu's "Light Kicking" in this struggle for consummate power. Superb Wu Shu fights in the tradition of Jet Li's, Shaolin temple.

This "site-specific" animation works in "Eslite Book Art Studio" and "Fuzhou Art Village" ,made during the creation of in-store,Used 26 days in the bookstore collect 26 clues, randomly selected 13, and accord- ing to in-store shop in the observed period of readers, the occurrence of the phenomenon, reading books and articles, continuous painting images presented in writing to the store Kinks, made into 13 very short mini-drama unit and situations to concatenate dynamic way of painting their records and fantasy, and finally concentrated in store logs written to the image to become one of the units on theater happening here.

The film narrates the story of an innocent and naïve lady, A-Xia, who always pleases her family and friends, even if it means to work for underground syndicates for income. Even so, she constantly feels neglected. Only after a life-saving incident, she come to understand the value of her existence.

This animated film presents the journey of a queer person, exploring sexuality and the queer community. It illustrates an observation of the modern queer society and fantasies toward the freedom of gender fluidity, reflecting the real situation of the community where discriminations, freedom, and love coexist.​

"Mazu" or "The Sea God" has been the most important religious belief of ordinary people in my hometown for four hundred years. Along the coast of China and even in the Nanyang region, there is at least one temple dedicated to Mazu in various seaside cities-this geographical and historical distribution coincides with the contemporary economic or industrial area of Chinese society. It is frustrating that rapid economic development has led to global warming. The factories located on the coast of southern China from all over the world will eventually cause flooding and inundate these temples dedicated to Mazu. This is indeed a very ironic discovery for our civilization, "We", not only Chinese or all human beings, now or in the past, how can we Chinese avoid this upcoming tragedy?

Jessie is going to be 18, a grown-up. After Jessie's father left them, her mom wants to start a new life and ends the gas service store they own. Mom wants to erase anything about her husband. She even wants to throw away the motorcycle which helped them carrying the gas tank. To Jessie, gas service store is not only a gas service but the whole picture of family. Motorcycle carries not only gas tanks but also the memories. Jessie's dad becomes her secret coach, teaching her how to ride motorcycle behind her mom. When Jessie rides the motorcycle with her head down, her dad always encourages her to head up and to look forward. On the runway of the motorcycle test, Jessie tries to keep the balance between parents, motorcycle and herself. Does the 7 seconds mean the starting bell of her life or the final?

In a small town, a glamorous hairdresser from Shanghai makes all the men crazy for her, and arouses the jealousy of the local women. Only a little boy notices her unknown past.

An older woman and her mentally disabled son arrive at a train station. Even the dispatcher wonders what they are doing there, as they sit and watch passing trains. The film will remind you how nice it is to stop and look around. Best short film at IFF Venice in 2005.

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Dance educator LIN Ssu-tuan is the first professional nude model in Taiwan in the 1950s and the 1960s, the muse for painters and sculptors in the art world, and the face for photographers’ salons around the world; in the end, she reversed the dynamics of the subject vs. the object and went on to perform her first solo modern dance in 1975, turning herself from the state of passiveness to an active educator of the art of dance. LIN is over 80 years old, but she still fervently pursues her ideals and passions with her body; her path of life is indeed a book of female art history that communicates with the society in Taiwan.

When female student Chen Jingfen went to Hong Kong to visit her fiancé Bai Kanru, she met Bai's classmate Lin Huaibing. Because Bai was secretly engaged in the work of purchasing and transporting arms for the Communist army, he had no time to take care of Jingfen, and soon she fell into the arms of Huai Bing. Huai Bing was used by a female spy, and his arms were blown up by the enemy. Jingfen was very disappointed with him, and she returned to the mainland to join the death squads...

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Taiwanese drama

Faires decay with self-irrrtation. Sweltering heat, sweats pour from their armpits.

A documentary about Nogami Teruyo, who for nearly half a century stood by Akira Kurosawa as a screenwriting collaborator, a script supervisor, and a companion.