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【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."

Yan Ting is both green and blue because he likes two girls at the same time. He suffers from Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He struggles with being at once afraid of the crowded place but also loving to go. Whatever he touches, he must kiss to release anxiety inside him. In Chinlung Development Center, there are a group of respectful teachers who are trying to help Ting pursue the life he wants.

As a child, Yu Xin loved riding in her father Zheming's taxi—the Apollo 11—feeling like she was on a space voyage through the city. After her father's death, Yu Xin discovers that he adopted a boy named Lin Si Liang. Driven by curiosity, Yu Xin decides to drive the Apollo 11 on one last space mission. When she reaches a desolate wasteland resembling the lunar surface, a strange boy's voice suddenly comes through her father's old radio. Just as the moon always shows the same face to the Earth, Yu Xin sees a different side of home.

Wildlife rescue work often involves racing against time. At the WildOne Wildlife Rescue Station in Chishang, Taitung, many wild animals, big and small, flood in as soon as the breeding season begins in spring and summer. Many injured animals, frightened and stressed, may even refuse to eat. Treating and caring are challenging to the veterinarians and rehabilitators. Despite the effort invested in their care, they must restrain their emotions to avoid the animals becoming familiar with humans. And sometimes, after extensive care, if releasing them back into the wild isn’t possible, euthanasia may be necessary for the sake of the animal's good. The film Journey Bound Home documents the journey at the WildOne Wildlife Rescue Station, from receiving injured wildlife to determining if they can ultimately be released back into their natural habitats.

"When it comes to talking about family memories, I find that I have no recollection at all." A son who has forgotten his childhood and a mother who wishes to mend their relationship come together in an unprecedented way during the demolition of an old house. Through the eyes of lens, the once-filled house becomes empty, and the garden grows wild with weeds. The mother speaks to the camera, expressing her sorrow, regret over leaving the family, and hopes for a future together. As the distance between them narrows, how should the son respond?

The director's father worked as a taxi driver, with only two days off per month, to support the family's livelihood. He hoped that his melancholic mother could regain her strength. Over the course of a year, the director used the camera to re-explore and mend family relationships, while also capturing the indescribable love between his parents.

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.

At the ripe age of 102, Chinhua Ho Chen, “Miss Golden Blossom”, takes center stage. In 1938, her voice graced the tracks of “Endless Spring” and “The Camellia Lady”, released by Victory Records, under the stage name “Yingying”. She also stands as the first among renowned female singers of Taiwan’s popular ditties. Through Miss Chinhua, we hear the echoes of the once renowned singer Yingying, preserving the distinct voices of Taiwan in popular music and songs.

On the Way Home follows a man on his way home on a rainy night, while cross-cutting the happenings after he returns home: doing laundry in a flooded bathroom, drinking tea, reading, and repeatedly opening and closing the door.

Today in the 21st century, "singing" is no longer just a purely musical act. It can represent the pulse of society and put contemporary ideas into practice. To raise awareness about energy issues, we adopted a documentary-style cinematic approach to follow musicians recording an album close to nature. Eleven Meinong Conversations invites music producer and singer-songwriter Wing Lo to return to his sunny hometown of Meinong, a historic Hakka settlement in Taiwan, and fulfil a ten-year musical dream. Lo transforms a solar-powered wooden guest house into a recording studio to record his dream album in his Hakka mother tongue. The film conveys the passion of Lo’s Hakka music and his love of living life close to nature. Through eleven seemingly daily conversations with different characters, Lo’s pure and carefree rural childhood, his nostalgia of leaving home, and his loss of a beloved family member, are transformed into timeless, radiant melodies that touch the heart.

An explosion of grace and aerial symmetry at 70 beats a second.

Somewhere in the South China Sea, a Chinese nuclear waste barrel draws a Taiwanese fisherman and his Filipino counterpart into a maritime conflict.

A documentary about Taiwan from aerial perspect

In order to advocate Taiwan’s independence and to defend the freedom of speech, CHENG Nan-jung chose to express his disappointment towards the ruling authorities by self-immolation. Thousands joined his funeral procession on 19 May. When they arrived at the presidential office, a disciplinary patrol, CHAN I-hua, lit himself on fire, taking concrete action to follow CHENG’s footsteps.

Want to meet your child early? With “Pre-Parenting,” now you can. In near-future Taiwan, the government promotes "Pre-Parenting", simulation glasses that allow mothers to see and bond with their future children. But what happens when the child you see no longer exists?

To explore sources of energy in space, the Stryker team is sent on a pioneering mission to an unknown alien planet where an unstoppable battle-ax mech awaits them.

That Photograph is an 8mm experimental film made from an animated still. From the Czech photographer, Josef Koudelka’s photography book, KAO chose a photo of his family beholding a body and made copies of it in a myriad of ways. The photo and the camera are stationary; however, the relationship formed between them through production is in motion.

This two part documentary film, "+ two degrees Celsius -- the Truth Formosa (Taiwan) Must Face" focuses on the effects of climate change in Formosa (Taiwan) produced by famed Formosan (Taiwanese) Television host Sisy Chen.

Since "Cape No. 7" in 2008, the Chinese film has been brought into the revival boom. Under what reforms will Taiwanese films regain their glory and go international?

On a morning in 1966, as requested by the director, artist Shiy De-jinn ran around the Renai Road Roundabout, while an 8mm camera tagged along. The runner, wearing a striped outfit, keeps striding forward to some unknown finish line, his eyes looking around from time to time; suddenly, a crowd of motorcycles appears and engulfs him.

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

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.

This is a story about indigenous people's land rights. In order to learn more about the history of the Atayal people’s migration, the director traces the journey of the Atayal ancestors.

Taipei 4-Way is a film on Taipei and the people of Taipei directed by four artists working in various art fields such as animation, installation documentary and experimental film. The film looks at Taipei as a whole through four sections titled' enTAIPEItrance,"traTAIPEIverse','adTAIPEIhere', and 'exTAIPEIit'.

This film was produced for a briefing to the Ministry of Economic Affairs by the people of Houjin opposing China Petroleum Company’s fifth naphtha cracker plant. It brings together scenes of pollutions caused by the CPC over the previous year, interviews of the people affected, and footage of a series of protests, including that of the residents carrying coffins to the CPC facilities.

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.

A hired fist shares the bizarre encounter that led to his retirement.

Kuan has to straighten his naturally born curly hair with a hair straightener before school everyday. But due to the raining season...

Between Mount Kavulungan and the Gaoping River, history streams across the wilderness, coalescing the values and identities of different peoples. So begins the Pakedavai family ritual. As an 11th-generation descendant of the Pakedavai ruler family, Dabiliyan Alifu grew up in a family slate house in the Sandimen tribe. For him, the family is a constant source of education about how to live with the forest and what kind of person to become. Of Pakedavai’s 12th generation, Kang Yuan-Jin grew up in a traditional Chinese community with a Paiwan grandmother and a Chinese grandfather. Only in adulthood did he start to explore the meanings of family and personal identity.

This film follows a girl who has been living with depression for many years, and explores the concept of “I’m sick” through different points of view. Everyone has experienced low moments in their lives or been through dark times in the past that are rarely talked about. It is hoped that this film can transform these emotions into positive energy in our lives.

Gambling in the night, four men throw the dice of fortune. Suddenly, all sounds are gone from their lives. The adults are muted. Even the babies cry silently. The only sounds left are the pressing knocking from the outside and the tense nerves inside. Who is at the door?

A frank and candid portrait of the lives and family relations of three gay teenagers in Taipei. One breaks up with his boyfriend before going abroad to study, the other craves for love, and the third one moonlights as a crossdresser. A bold statement against norms in a Confucean society.

Journalist Shu Meng-Lan takes her award-winning documentary series to the big screen. Filmed across 115 locations around the world over 15 years, Shu and her team have captured amazing footage of melting glaciers at the poles as well as the plight of helpless creatures living in those regions. Aiming to advocate for greater ecological awareness from a Taiwan perspective, the film is an important cautionary tale, reminding us that the fate of the polar regions is closely linked to our own.

An overview of Chiu Fu-sheng, a fundamental producer and promoter for Chinese cinema. He worked between China, Taiwan and Hong Kong producing the best films by authors of the caliber of Hou Hsiao-hsien and went through eras that are reflected in his work: the war in Vietnam, the Chiang Ching-kuo era of Taiwan, the reform and the opening up of mainland China, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the handover of Hong Kong.

Chaos has engulfed an industrial city whose residents greedily hunt creatures that can generate energy. Pier and Two, members of an expedition team, discover that under the sea exists a city that is a reflection of their tainted one – and it overflows with a stream of pure fuel. Inviting you to join this pair of adventurers, this deeply imaginative work impresses with its rich world-building and intrepid themes.

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.

In the magic circle of a higher species, an unexpected creature was born. What would happen to them?

The poetic short film by The Bomber (2023) director Hou Zonghua (侯宗華) draws its inspiration from the poem “Pawnshop” (〈當鋪〉) by Benito Tan (和權).

An old camera borrowed from a friend. It's enough to be carried in pocket. Since that day, I can forget to take wallet out, but I can't forget it. We get along day and night, work, eat, hang out and meet friends every time. And, there are also every passenger photographed by it.

This film records my father’s daily life after my grandmother’s passing, exploring memory as a form of the soul’s continuation.

After a serious car accident caused by her fiance, Jack, Sharon was left with paraplegia. With her worsening condition and Jack's increasing burden as a caretaker, Sharon began to rethink about their relationship.

The Microphone Test series is named after writer Huang Guo-Jun’s work Microphone Test. Two months before Huang committed suicide, he wrote an essay in epistolary style titled“To Mother,” in which he expressed his intention to kill himself to his mother. The writing style is filled with black humor and expressive quality, but he killed himself two months after he wrote this letter, and he did not leave any suicide note. Microphone Test: A Letter to Huang Guo-Jun is a video letter to Huang Guo-Jun. Through conversations with Huang’s works created before he died, the letter depicts private family memories of three good friends, and attempts to portray what in fact belongs to the artist, or perhaps everyone’s memories through the memories of these others. Or perhaps, what is important is not whose memory it is, but the process that memory is constructed and viewed.

Feeling stressed by the hardships of city life, a man seeks the services of a masseur. In the process, he ends up forming an unlikely bond.

A boy named Noddy, who likes to play games very much. His favorite is hide and seek because everyone likes it. But Noddy is always the first one to get caught. Every time he gets caught, he puts up a long face. Because once he gets caught, he can only stand aside and look at everyone else playing. Noddy hates to lose so he tries to observe carefully every time. Learn to run like everyone else, to cheat like everyone else, to fool around like everyone else and not to get caught. Gradually, Noddy plays hide and seek better and better. One day, he finds the safest place and hides inside quietly and patiently without making any noise. He sees other kids getting caught one by one. Noddy finally succeeds; no one can find him.

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.

A documentary of taiwanese writer Yang Kui.

Wa-wa was my college classmate and we were in love. She dreamt about opening a shop at that time, so we returned to Guishan after graduation to fulfil her dream. I began to document the process with my camera. In the end, the dream was fulfilled and yet the dreamer was forever gone.