A pregnant woman awakes at the start of a day. The camera invites the viewers along with a placid, light-feeling view, as she goes about her day, taking into view unhurried pedestrians, tricycles, a traditional market place, and a plain city still unencumbered by high rise buildings.
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In disaster-stricken Hualien, heartbroken Xiaoxi continues her solo journey after a painful breakup, only to find shelter with a kind elderly couple. Just as peace returns, a buried secret from Mr. Quan threatens to upend everything.
Journey Out, To Home
In this animation, three tin toys change their costumes on stage and take turns performing. However, they find themselves trapped in a dreamlike state, resembling a mirror image, unable to break free.
Mirror
海之岸
"Zhongsen Theatre" opened in 1968. At that time, the theaters competed with each other. The Zhongsen Theatre still managed its own characteristics in many theaters. However, after 2000, the old city was down, and it was closed to the changes of the times. The company was closed down and idle. As the old city began to recover, the theaters also changed hands, but most of them did not present the cinema, and the Zhongsen Theatre was sold to the construction company in 2016. The film records the demolition of the old theater and the rescue of two antique projectors, hoping to find a more suitable place for them to preserve and continue the spirit of the times. After the demolition is completed, the site is intended to be used as a new residential construction site.
Thanks For Watching
A group of irreverent students band together when their teacher is kidnapped.
Fashion Girl Student
A documentary film about the U2 surveillance planes that were flown by the secret 35th Squadron of ROC Air Force.
Lost Black Cats 35th Squadron
The final chapter of the Taiwan trilogy, exploring the long-term effects of cultural education during Taiwan's military dictatorship.
Homeless at Home
【The Optimist】The album begins with the first song "32.63N 117.14W", which is a landmark located on a beach on the west coast of the United States, and it is the place where the protagonist of the story was last seen. The concept of the new album comes from Anathema’s earlier work [A Fine Day To Exit]. Lead guitarist Daniel Cavanagh explained: "The protagonist of the story suddenly disappeared. Where did he go? Did he start a new life or start a new life? Knocked down by fate, not accounted for, and no one knows his whereabouts." Album producer Tony Doogan [Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals] suggested recording the album with a full orchestra, which is also Anathema A method that has not been tried in many years. Lead singer Vincent Cavanagh said: "Tony wanted to capture the drama of the band, the tension that can only be found when all the members are playing together face to face, and the results are quite admirable."
Anathema: The Optimist
劍塵道魔錄
An unfinished housing complex has been abandoned. The imagined future from the past is taken over by foliage and wildlife.
Abandoned
Back in the Year 1998 Lina from the northeast of China struggles as the new one in class because of her accent and her classmates. Then she falls in love with the young goodlooking English teacher.
Report the teacher I'm from the northeast
"In the Making: An Australia–Taiwan Indigenous Art Exchange" is a 43-minute bilingual documentary co-produced by Australia and Taiwan. It explores a five-year exchange program between Indigenous artists from both regions. Filmed mainly in Taiwan in late 2024, the artists' first in-person meeting reveals the depth and transformative potential of cross-cultural collaboration through interviews, shared creative processes, and the creation of new collaborative artworks.
In the Making: An Australian-Taiwan Indigenous Art Exchange
With just one week left until the performance of "The Brave Cinderella" by Xiantang Elementary School's opera troupe, Lucy, the lead actress, strains her voice due to excessive rehearsal. In a twist of fate, her friend Cindy, eager to help Lucy regain her voice, steps in as the understudy. Faced with the opportunity to take the stage and her friend's doubts, how will she choose? Will the friendship of the Team Princess be shattered?
We are all Cinderella
Beyond the Killing Fields: Refugees on the Thai-Cambodian Border
The film was produced independently which used clay and other materials for landscaping to shoot on 16mm film. It shows that Taiwan's metropolis, mainly Taipei, has undergone rapid changes in the times, with vigorous vitality but disorder and lack of overall urban planning.
Taipei, Taipei
A bedridden husband and his deranged wife live in a shabby old mountainside house. One day, the bored wife goes out to collect trash. As she passes by a deserted cemetery and ruin, she comes across a mirror and takes it home. The mirror connects the past with the present. The bedridden husband can see the reflection of the yellowed photos on the wall in the mirror, prompting him to reminisce about his past affairs during the Japanese rule. One day, the wife ventures out again and encounters a nightmarish air raid…
Mirror
After invasion of black particles, siblings Alvin and Ariel inadvertently save the legendary Cloud Leopard,having the power to purify the world. They must evade pursuit by conspiracy factions and embark on an adventure to return it home to save world
Clouded Leopard
After Alan’s dad left for work and didn’t return, Alan remembered the Chinese mythical beast his father had once mentioned. He began to worry that his dad had been eaten by one of these creatures. So, Alan set out on a journey to find his dad, hoping that Arbi could help him rescue his father and uncover the true face of the mythical beast.
China Beast
Taipei's Bohemians: The Life of Theatre
In this documentary by the writer Lin Shuangbu, the passionate and busy sports spirit is expressed in many short cuts. The free entry and exit of time and space is close to the expression style of the stream of consciousness, and he expresses his life background, social movement, literary philosophy and growth background concisely and neatly. Of course, the technique of screen transition and fade-in is also extremely smooth and vivid. There is a sense of reality of video reporting, and the revolutionary character of social movement in pursuit of truth is also hidden in the editing features.
Notes from Taiwanese Writers: Lin Shuangbu
As people head out to enjoy the Moon Festival with their family, an old lady remains in her shop till the full moon is high in the sky. It seems as if she's waiting for someone.
When the Raven Comes
A fire dragon discover and breakthrough its fear under the guide of a gentle light snake.
Dragon Fire
男之罪孽
Jack is a merman who longs for a love romance. One day, he is stricken by a sudden whirlpool. He faints away and finds himself on the hilltop after waking up. Can Jack swim back to his sweet ocean? Will the journey be the chance of meeting his Ms. Right?
Jack On the Hilltop
樂活新觀點
A Rainy Dream
When the Wheels Spin
Strangers and Their Babies
After that
In the year of 1996, a national weightlifter coach called A-Fu, founded a female teenager weightlifting team with three Bunun girls from the "Taoyuan Tribe". They're either orphaned or raised by a single parent or grandparents. Despite their success in weightlifting, they are confronted with the harsh reality of their family situations, career development and love lives.
The Weight of Life
In a moment of lost lucidity, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's has the last chance to reconcile with her daughter.
Labyrinth
Throughout his life, he has been active on four continents, fighting against three regimes. Some say he was ""Don Quixote, who dreams the impossible dreams;"" others say he was ""Che GUEVARA, the only remaining active revolutionary in East Asia."" However, the leader he privately admires is Arafat. His whole life was on the run. Now 97 years old, blind in one eye, figure stooped, he is still combating vigorously, his legend continues...
Su Beng, the Revolutionist
An overweight boy longs for love, while a national swimmer struggles to retain past glory. How will they inspire each other?
The Pool Man
I Saw A Beast
The story takes place in a sea. Two pilots crash down, red and blue. The two compete for a pistol, hoping to kill each other… This film explores human nature. People who are bound by duty are extremely blind, like soldiers who have become refugees at sea. If they can leave their guns and duties behind, the two have a greater chance of survival.
Fighters
The Inspired Island: Port of Mists
In the documentary “Millets Back Home,” we will see the everyday lives of the Tayal people, an indigenous people of Taiwan, stringing together the stories of three families with the unifying thread of millet (“trakis” in the Tayal language). The documentary brings to light the pressing issues indigenous people face today: the shift in farming patterns, the migration of indigenous youth, and the need for preserving and restoring traditional culture. With this film, Director Sayun also explores self-identity in connection with indigenous identity.
Millets Back Home
Ever-living Fire
Bullied by Bí-tin, who also fancies Tshiu-sing, Lē-hun is saved from an assault by Bí-tin’s father, Guân-hìng, revealing a buried past—Guân-hìng once shared a tragic romance with Lē-hun’s mother, Xiumei, which was sabotaged by his wife, Yuejiao. Years later, these intertwined love stories resurface, altering the fates of all involved. Directed by HSIN Chi in his final Taiyupian, with a theme song by Judy ONGG, it poignantly captures the era’s social issues.
Goodbye Seventeen
Goodbye North, Goodbye
國寶總動員
Based on actual events, this human tragedy follows a 12-year-old child soldier, Su Su Myat, and her mute brother, Tin Min, who are imprisoned after deserting their first combat mission. Punished with no food or water, Su Su Myat is forced to choose between killing her seriously ill brother for her own survival, or risk dying with him.
In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts
Mount Lu or Lushan, also known as Kuanglu (匡庐) in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in southeastern China, and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country. The oval-shaped mountains are about 25 km long and 10 km wide, and neighbors Jiujiang city and the Yangtze River to the north, Nanchang city to the south, and Poyang Lake to the east. Its highest point is Dahanyang Peak (大汉阳峰), reaching 1,474 m above sea level, and is one of the hundreds of steep peaks that towers above a sea of clouds that encompass the mountains for almost 200 days out of the year. Mount Lu is known for its grandeur, steepness, and beauty, and is part of Lushan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, and a prominent tourist attraction, especially during the summer months when the weather is cooler.
Lu Shan
Scriptwriter Ah-X takes good care of his plant, Xiaojie. While Ah-X is writing, Xiaojie is the only one accompanying him. While Xiaojie grows bigger, Ah-X also starts to change little by little. Until one night, everything is losing control. Implantation is a short film which skillfully combines stop-motion animation and 4:3 film format.
Implantation
江蕙 2013《鏡花水月》演唱會
On the eve of an important ruling, the Taiwan Supreme Court Judge receives an unexpected letter.
From the Other Side
Light At The Edge
Good night, Laura.
Guan and Kai are good friends, they often travel together on a train. However, as time goes by, they gradually go different ways. When they start to have different lives, will they still be good friends?
Where Are We Now?
A small village, Xiongtuo, situated in the Tibetan remote region in Sichuan, China. By word of mouth, there is a “boiling-water Lama” resides at the village. The Lama lives in a wooden house built by followers, which is in a mountainous area around 5,000 meters high. Every day, countless people from the major Tibetan regions travel across the mountains to visit him in order to seek for the answer for their own lives. They consult with him regarding the questions, such as “Where did my deceased relatives go?” “What is the cause of my headache?” “What should I do if my son is sent to jail?” “Is it still possible for me to remarry my ex-wife?” Meanwhile, the water on the stove was boiled, and the believers wait outside taking off their shirts one by one, ready to get the unique “answer”from the Lama….
The Boiling Water LAMA
A student, initially serving as a director, filmed his LGBTQ+ teacher but eventually became personally involved in drag. What began as an observer's stance transformed into active participation in drag. Through self-engagement in drag, the director assumed the identity of Rachel and seized an opportunity for a dialogue with self-identity. This experience led to an awareness of the conflicting dialectics between societal frameworks and personal identity. The director embarked on multiple attempts to coexist with and showcase the multifaceted aspects of the transformed, drag persona.
Drag in Me
Movies are a window on the world. In the 1990s, Taiwan-produced motion pictures did well at international film festivals. This has not only familiarized audiences around the world with the richness of Taiwan movies; it has allowed them to see Taiwan's growth. This presentation focuses on two stages of Taiwan movies: the pluralistic creativity of the 1990s, and the beginnings and foundation-building of the 1980s. It introduces contemporary directors of the time and their works to take viewers back to an enthusiastic and energetic era. It describes the relationship between cinema and social development, and explores the mutual reliance of the aesthetic of realism and social thought. Wave after wave of developments in Taiwan New Cinema occurred in the 1980s and 90s.
The Taiwan New Cinema
What will it be like in a century?
Hello to Me in 100 Years
After the mass distinction in the Anthropocene epoch, the Homo Sapiens Replacement Project (HSRP) is conducted to reserve human beings. The remaining human are assigned to reincarnate into reborns bio-technologically with formatted memories.
Future Mysteries
An empty amusement park on a cloudy afternoon emerges on the screen. A castle reminiscent of Disneyland looms in the background. The amusement park seems closed; trees swaying and advertising flags gently flowing in the wind, litter blowing and rolling on the ground, and birds lingering in the air. The calm lasts for about a minute before the amusement park goes up in a sudden explosion
Tomorrowland
Chishang Township is known for its superior rice quality, golden rice waves, and unique cultural ambiance. From its initial struggles to the historic achievement of cultivating the highest-priced rice, the film traces the town's rich history and profound humanistic depth.
The Dreamer
Haunted by the tragic death of his father, a young Argentinian filmmaker of Taiwanese origin returns to Taipei to film the reunion with his mother. Reality and fiction blend in a moving personal quest in which an incredible portrait of a mother stands out from the picture of a family saga marked by uprooting.
The Song of the Moon
"Politics and religion are not allowed here. We only talk about women." But after a few glasses of Kaoliang liquor, CAO's rules are naturally forgotten. Every night for 30 years, CAO would sit in front of his house and have a few drinks, and it has become a place for older men to gather. After retirement, their conversations are full of conflicts between old and new values and "masculine" topics. CAO and his buddy LAI chit chat about their inner feelings that have to be spilled out.
The Old Men's Party
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.