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Taiwanese man, Yen, has been in a long-distance relationship with his Thai boyfriend. Because of the Covid pandemic, they have not been able to see each other for over 2 years. In the difficulties of unreal virtual relationship, Yen wants to end it but he is not sure how to do about this relationship stuck in limbo.
"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.
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.
A young couple kills time in the nights of Taipei. She's a psychic who fixes toys; he wants to enter a gang. Slowly, they walk away from each other.
A family of traditional film projectionists grapples with generational tensions and shifting traditions as they screen movies for gods and the forgotten at temple courtyards.
A, the last human on the planet. X, the god, demon, or the future in A's nightmares. In 1972, a futurologist book precisely predicted the human destiny manifested in East Asia. In an unknown era, the last human found a mysterious message from an electronic device and embarks on a quest for a future from the past. In ten chapters, the audience explores this dream-like prophecy.
An emotionless workaholic opens her heart when she can hear the thoughts of a dog, that her ex-boyfriend left behind.
At a deserted petrol station in the mountains, a foreign man and a woman travel in a stolen van to run away from the police. A mist descends, obscuring their paths and reality.
Faced with a looming exhumation of a loved one, a father and son contemplate their mortality. But in land-scarce Singapore, even the dead must make way for the living.
Chinese herbal medicines have a long and venerated history. We follow the forays of a "barefoot doctor" to the mountains to collect herbs in central Taiwan, and observe his religious practices to cure his patients using these herbal medicines as well as summoning spiritual forces. This film reveals the cultural and religious context of Chinese medicines—the intertwined dimensions of physical and spiritual energy that relate to human fate.
Loh Tsui Kweh Commune is the most influential and controversial punk band in Taiwan's independent music history; from the early 90's till it disbanded in 2019, it combined the restless performing style with its left-wing attitude. The unusual mixture of radical political awareness, staggering showmanship and catchy melodies makes it an extraordinary phenomenon and a great conflict between its social and historical contexts.
The sound of sutra chanting echoes slightly around the temple located in northern Burma. The monks here are leading a peaceful life.
Baryon is a science fiction story about teamwork, dreams and saving Earth by piloting giant Robot.In the near future, an unknown force destroys the 10 countries with the most advanced armed forces in the world. A team with scientists from different countries tries to use limited resources to cope with this difficult situation.
In the waters around Kinmen Island, there is a curious creature which has existed for over 200 million years. People on Kinmen have made a living from the sea for over 300 years. They have survived the cross-strait conflicts between Taiwan and mainland China. But in the era of peace, both now face a critical crisis: the misuse of the coast by commercial development.
A man who has died from burning himself comes to a paper house, where Golden Boy and Jade Lady await to take him to the Western Paradise. He climbs up to the Hua-Shan-Qiang, and his soul goes through a fable of national identity.
3 Islands’ documentary images try to shift from literary writings to the actual fixing of body-scene. Adopting literatures as well as the personal research and practices of artists as scripts, parallel with reversible movements of the flesh, the work recounts the unknown history and the symptomatic interpretations of the 3 islands of East Asia—Taiwan, Okinawa, and Jeju Island.
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.
Searching for the Zero Fighters documents a little-known chapter of taiwan history, particularly the psychological landscape of postwar Taiwan and the Japanese aircraft left behind on the island after World War II. Through ordinary people’s memories of the Zero fighter planes and the director’s own family footage, the film explores the turbulent period between the end of Japanese colonial rule and the takeover of Taiwan by the Nationalist government. It is the first Taiwanese documentary to examine how Japanese military aircraft were repurposed into everyday household items, and the first historical film to explore why, after the war, many Taiwanese people feared speaking openly about their memories.
A documentary of taiwanese writer Yang Kui.
The work connects Taiwan’s first lost film from 1907 with today’s film industry struggles, exploring how history is remembered and forgotten. Through exploring this long history, the work shows a constant but hard-to-reach yearning for progress and understanding. In his films, Yao-Yi Wang blends real and imagined stories to show how people keep longing for progress, even when life feels stuck or incomplete.
12 strangers, invited through an open call, join a portrait party led by a counseling psychologist. Wearing the outfit they wish to be remembered in and bringing a meaningful item, they use their last portrait as a starting point to share life’s most important yet unspoken stories.
In 2017, four bands from the Chinese mainland toured in Taiwan. It marks a historic moment in the cross-strait subcultural communication. The tour is the biggest underground rock event made by rock bands from the Chinese mainland in Taiwan. With the GT Bitches's tour as the main plot, the film is an interview of 10 punk bands, gig organizers,and music fans from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. What is the punk cultural difference across the strait? The interview in the film might provide a partial answer…
The language of dreams reminds us that the "reality" has long undergone the workings and transformations of the mind. However, the disparities between the dream world and reality may serve as a reminder of something profound. Through the dreamer's narration of the dream process and retracing events by following others' memories, the selection of scenes originates from real-life situations. In the interweaving of reality and illusion, a state of seeming truth yet non-truth is crafted, shaping the image of the departed as both present and absent.
The heart is a battlefield where struggles between good and evil, light and darkness rage.Frostlight, a naive girl, disregards the fortuneteller's warnings, and tries too hard in keeping Westwind's heart. Her attempts catch the attention of Asura, and a war breaks out. Frostlight quickly boards a mysterious ship and departs on a perilous and fantastic journey. This strange ship carries a cast of helpless, tormented souls as it drifts through a mysterious space, unable to make port. The souls fear that Asura could strike at any moment and send them to the Asuran Realm, never to return.
Dark, unusual clouds gathered in the sky, slowly drifting toward the memory-laden hillside. With the typhoon approaching, people made their way to the cemetery atop Jian Mountain, hoping to reclaim the fading fragments of the past before the storm arrived. From deep within the mountains came the occasional sound of dogs barking—whispers, almost, of buried stories: ancestors who were relocated, stray dogs that were driven away, a woman still waiting for her husband’s return, and myself, trying to find a connection to my father in the cracks of memory—and perhaps, to find myself as well.
Xiao Liou has gone missing in a summer adventure in the woods with friends. Everyone wants to know what has happen to him, but the truth is buried deeply in the chirping of cicadas, in the babbling brooks, and in the children’s guilty minds.
Taiwan's Martial Law provisions included laws clearly suppressing assembly, demonstrations, and forming of organizations. Nonetheless, one afternoon on a holiday in 1983, five youths appeared on Ximending Street dressed in white khaki pants and wearing cotton bags over their heads. A document of dissident action during this period.
A visual poem etched onto 16 mm film that follows the movement of light and colour in the Nordic winter.
A short film by Wang Chu-Chin. The first winner of Golden Harvest Award in Taiwan.
"Southward Expansion to Taiwan" describes the achievements and achievements of the Taiwan Governor's Office in ruling Taiwan for about forty years. The film presents the appearance of Japanese rule in Taiwan: including the customs, industries, construction, geography and cultural landscapes of Taiwan's states, such as: the aboriginal people's club sound, the earliest department store in Taiwan, etc., and Taiwan's natural beauty, resources and Japan in Taiwan The achievements of modernization since taking power have been presented to the Japanese.
Witness the first light and sounds of a new dawn breaking, as observed around the world one year ago. Patrick Shen’s cinematic meditation was created during the first COVID-19 lockdown by 35 artists from over 13 countries on May 3, 2020. With a soundtrack filled with environmental bird songs and ambient aural awakenings, the contemplative and collective portrait moves from darkness to light as a metaphor for hope and rebirth. 2020, United States, digital, nonverbal, 21 min.
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.
As a Taiwanese in France, I have learnt a few things. There are three things I would like to share with you the most. French is difficult… but there are certain things more difficult than French.
Multiple universes are like sausages, framing a world-saving mission across timelines. The tale weaves two storylines, delving into time, death, and interwoven worlds. Can everything be preserved in time's grasp?
Taiwanese horror movie from 1987.
The gender issues that exist in Taiwan's rap circle are actually a microcosm of the overall social gender structure. Even though there is now an increasing awareness of gender equality in society, gender limitations still exist and require our continuous efforts to slowly change them.
After being diagnosed with the last stage of liver cancer, Ma-luo decides to go back to his son, reflecting upon his busy, meaningless life. At his last few moments, he gains a new perspective on life through his son.
Lan is born and raised in a happy family. She has been a behaved daughter, but she starts to be late for dinner more often. Out of suspicion, her father asked her and realized that she is dating someone. When Lan brought her date home as her parents look forward to, the person shows up is not exactly who they expect.
A guest is guided by a girl, Angela, through a house filled with surreal games, hidden disturbances, and unspeakable threats. As the guest ventures deeper inside, Angela’s anger and loneliness gradually surface. When fire engulfs the house, it reveals the monster behind her—and her fragile wish for someone to stay a little longer.
Two friends go on an adventure, gathering all kinds of ingredients to cook up an epic meal!
In a normal quiet Sunday, Dr. Evil Mantis attacted K-City unexpectedly with his gigantic claw, the entire city in panic and in danger. At the very critical moment, one young man stood out and fight the Dr. Evil Mantis. This is the moment for the hidden superhero, and his secret power is about to turn this chaos upside down. The Legend is about to begin...
The metamorphosis of the story “Madame Butterfly” told through the perspective of three women over the past century.
Untitled is a collage film that combines the image and sound of Takashi Makino, the music of Lawrence English and the automatic writing text of Esperanza Collado, produced between March and June 2020, when the first attack of the coronavirus shook the world.
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.
"I believe that a pineapple is the parody of an apple." A Drag queen wants to be pregnant and this causes an unbelievable tragedy. With demonstrating the notion of schizophrenia, this work aims to re-imagine the boundaries between identities and languages, and the impossibility of being “as a whole”.
Liu Jay often invited Bao Yu home to spend the night, but was always vague to her mom when talking about the two of them. During a family gathering, Liu Jay finally confessed and made everyone awkward. She didn't speak with her parents for a few days until...
Wedding photos are the development of emotions. The unique cultural etiquette and true temperament of the Chinese society are all recorded in the wedding photos. It makes everyone believe that this is a dream factory that can exchange money for concrete happiness. Before entering into marriage, the prince and princess are looking forward to a happy and happy love and future. On the other side, the couple who are already in marriage, what they hear is a frank conversation between them. Looking back at the photo that symbolizes the marriage contract, what kind of form does the "intimacy", "happiness", or "love" between the two transform into?
This work is an argument initiated with Wendy Brown’s article Resisting Left Melancholy. She applied Walter Benjamin’s notion of “Left Melancholia” to see the political thoughts and the norms in the left-wing movement/ theory traditions as the notion of melancholia. There is the thingness of the thoughts that can see as the lost object. Extends this idea, the thingness of thoughts, come from one’s personal or collective memories could become the pathological fixation.