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A group of village kids pass their time playing with toy guns on the railroad tracks. One of the boys, Gao Gao, decides to visit a friend’s home and is changed by what he sees. RB

My brother passed away in 2013 and my parents hold opposing beliefs about where he went after death. In search of answers, I turn to spiritual professionals, hoping they might offer real clues to the question: Where'd My Brother Go?

Can a feeling be explained? Two embark on a motorcycle journey in pursuit of an elusive feeling. On a dark night of hunger and winding roads, the convenience store becomes an illuminated oasis.

Immature is an animated documentary that explores the fluidity and complexity of gender identity through bodily imagery. Shaped by memory and imagination, it presents an intimate dialogue within the body. Fluid, fragmented, and ever-reforming, the film traces an ongoing journey of exploring gender, sexuality, and selfhood.

The 303T small truck travels between two timelines, childhood and adulthood, reflecting an evolving vision of what 'ideal' truly means.

The Land in the Middle of the Pond makes reference to the 1950’s forced displacement of the Atayal Qara community from their ancestral territory for the construction of the Shimen Reservoir – now the main water supply for Northern Taiwan. Throughout the video, we hear the voice of an elder who recalls the events which resulted in the forced displacement of her community and the impact of diaspora. In the video we see Ciwas tracing veins that run along her limbs like rivers. During the performance, later Ciwas and other Atayal women engage in an Atayal name exchange ritual, between person and plant. This customary ritual Ciwas employs like the tracing of her bloodline at the reservoir, as a symbolic act for reconnecting with her ancestral land while affirming her identity past, present and future.

During Taiwan’s long colonization history, the difficult-to-survey mountainous areas, which were not described until late in the history of cartography, have been feared by some regimes as they hid rebels. Folded and wrinkled, they are the common “homeland” of people who have encountered diaspora due to the arrangements of regimes. After withdrawing from the tasks of extraction of resources and expansion of governance. It is a Zone that used to be inhabited by wild animals, Negrito people, the Truku tribe in search of hunting grounds, Japanese military explorers, soldiers evacuated from Myanmar who settled their colonies in the high mountains to reclaim and escaped migrant workers who had been displaced at current moment roaming here. Their ghost-like nomadism and migration have led to the drawing of a map of wandering within an area of Blank Zone.

The protagonists of the film are are siblings whose mother, Euis, gave up her dreams as a young girl due to financial difficulties and came to Taiwan to work as a migrant laborer before eventually marrying and settling down. Now, as the siblings’ dreams begin to take root, they navigate the cultures of Indonesia and Taiwan, transitioning from childhood to adolescence—a journey from which there is no turning back, marked by a unique cross-cultural experience of growing up.

A meditative animated short film set in a reimagined Japan during the Warring States period. Combining myth and history, it depicts an intense yet introspective duel between two legendary warriors, not as a celebration of combat, but as a serene reflection on honor, conviction, and the search for inner peace.

The Accidental Politician is a ten-year documentary journey following three young Taiwanese activists who emerged from the 2014 “Sunflower Movement” and stepped into the complex world of local politics. Fueled by ideals but confronted with entrenched power, political deals, and disillusionment, their stories unfold like real-life quests through Taiwan’s democratic landscape. As they struggle between hope and burnout, the film reveals not only the cost of participation, but the unfinished nature of democracy itself. With the 2024 “Bluebird Movement” weaving the past into the present, this is not just a portrait of three individuals—it’s a timely reflection on the fragile, ongoing experiment of democracy in Asia.

Zhen Zhen and her single parent mother struggled with livelihood. They had a wish to own, a modest house that they could call home. In a Chinese calligraphy practice occasion, Zhen Zhen met Grandpa Liu, a lonely old man who then became her landlord-to-be by chance. Zhen Zhen started to reside at Grandpa Liu's house and became his finial protégée in Chinese calligraphy. Facilitated by internet communication, Zhen Zhen's help Grandpa Liu's homosexual son to return home and made reconciliation with Grandpa Liu to accept his alternative life. Zhen Zhen and her mother's wish of owning a house still floats in the air for the time being, but they persist to realize it with every little step they strive. The film talks about the true value of the family and the hope in which communication barriers amongst adults were bridged by a youngster's perspective. It is a heart smoothing story entailing how a child's innocence angle the web of complexity within a family.

Taiwan action film.

The Glory of Taiwan is a term whose emergence reveals an apparently paradoxical phenomenon. It insinuates that Taiwan had long been in a dark cave, undiscovered by any civilization in the world. It was not until the Portuguese exclamation “Ilha Formosa” that this island broke through the dense mist named this world and basked in the earliest glory of Taiwan. As the theme of Battle City 1 – The Glory of Taiwan elaborates the inferiority com- plex about Taiwan’s impotence. The society’s collective pursuit of success and superiority ultimately nullified its own existence, and a catastrophe known as The Glory of Taiwan ensues.

1964 Taiwanese drama. Winner of the Golden Horse Grant and Best Child Actor at the 3rd Golden Horse Awards.

Two athletes from opposite sides of the world rise above discrimination and pressures of race and nation to stage the greatest duel in Olympic history and forge a lifelong friendship.

“Road to Human Rights” revisits Taiwan’s authoritarian past through the stories of four political prisoners during the nation’s White Terror era. The documentary resonates with viewers across generations, especially younger activists, who play a crucial role in effecting change in Taiwan’s politics and society.

Joe is a young woman who has left Taipei for Paris to forget her ex-girlfriend, Jenny. Unfortunately, even on the other side of the world, she still thinks about her. One day, Jenny's friend Min arrives in Paris. She brings Joe a present from Jenny. Jenny, who has rebuilt her life and recently got married. Joe and Min spend several days visiting the French capital, Min systematically forgetting to bring Joe the gift. When she finally thinks of him, Joe is left with a locked padlock and a missing Min...

4 Children share a similar fate. Their fathers fish on the sea. Their mothers are of foreign origin. What are their inner worlds like?

Beautiful Treasure Island

The government's discriminatory policies, wars, profit-seeking politicians, and capitalistic exploitation forced indigenous peoples to leave ...

Now I understand that the more completely the dinosaurs were annihilated, the wider their domain extended. They not only controlled the forests that covered the continents, but also penetrated into the depths of human thought that remained on Earth. Starting from the ancient, fear and doubt inducing ancestors, they continuously stretched out their necks and raised their claws, expanding their domain.（Calvino "The Dinosaurs."）

Breastmilk comes quietly into the world at the time of birth to raise newborns. Sometimes they go even further and nourish more little lives through milk banks.

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.

Conceived by new media artist and choreographer Su Wen-Chi, this film is an experimental project on how to imagine and perceive the abstract gravity in astronomy with dance, sound and light.

The physical and mental journey of young girls during menstruation. Menstruation is a metaphor for this cycle by the train. Flowers that show a bud state will regenerate countless times, each time. Flower picking is a sign that the girl is ready for the start of her period. The cycle of the girl's physical and mental state will be repeated every month. They all will come again, the monsters of pain's embodiment, the fear of self, and external pressure.

How do you feel when menstruation is regarded as ‘dirty’? Through various personal experiences of menstruation, the film explores how prejudice and stereotypes impact on the way women deal with their menstrual cycles and bodies.

How Do You Turn This On

Here is only one chance in life, and the way of education has a profound impact on the future of children; letting children go to school at home is a challenge and an experiment that does not allow failure... This film visits four families who have completely different backgrounds but also choose to teach themselves. Through the sharing of experiences between their children and their parents, it presents the appearance of the phenomenon of self-study in Taiwan today. Is the pursuit of the happy growth of one's own children contradictory to the hope that the children will become a dragon and a phoenix? What kind of learning environment should we prepare for children? How do families with different backgrounds and children with different qualifications choose appropriate education methods? What is best for children?

The year 2003 is a rather turbulent period for Hong Kong – the economy was in recession, the government constantly implemented futile policies, the SARS outbreak, and, on July 1st, 500,000 people went on strike opposing the adoption of Article 23 of the Basic Law. It was against this political atmosphere that YIN Zhao-Jian gave up his social worker job, a 10 year long and steady career, and joined the political circle and participated in the district councilor election, which he had no idea about.

A taiyupian comedy. People argue and make up, and sometimes one's bad luck might be another's fortune.