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A healing poem about the companionship of all things in a family garden. A mother gathers crops and cooks with her son in their daily life. The son, while imitating his mother's cooking in the kitchen, chants folk poems with a sense of regret and longing for the distant.
This is a story about individuals from small, geographically marginal communities who still maintain a connection with nature, illustrating how they honor their ancestral hunting culture by reinventing and reinterpreting it.
A land acquisition has disturbed the peace of Shezidao for years. With the new mayor taking office at the end of 2022, the residents are once again confronted with the uncertainty brought by development. Behind the struggles, what is life like on this "trapped island"?
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?
This film captures some changing moments that took place in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2021. The changes in the landscape of our city are also a portrayal of the author's inner heart - cold rain, hot fire, and continuous loneliness.
In the pre-dawn hours near a temple are the homeless people with nowhere to go and nothing to do. People pass by without seeing them, police cite and release them over and over, politicians make hay out of issues, and poor people keep exploiting other poor people by playing the lottery. Surveillance cameras are everywhere on the streets, coldly recording everything, devoid of emotion.
Yuxin chats with friends at a café about the recent days of being single again, recalling the conclusion of her relationship with Yitian . The two had a prolonged standoff, wanting to avoid any regrets. To ensure closure, they composed a breakup checklist and tackled each item before parting ways. Eventually, they drove to the seaside one night, gazing at the vast, dark ocean. As they counted down their final moments together, the sunrise slowly emerged, just like the gradual end of their relationship.
An experimental animation film preserving the collection of old-time life at home. The "circle" in the film represents the passage of time, symbolizing the woman’s day-and-night long wait for the return of her partner. The film attempts to illustrate the persistence and resilience of women in the old days.
Around 1992, when Taiwan's documentaries had not yet sprouted, Chen Yingzhen produced a documentary about the 228 Incident, titled "Testimony February 28th", and compiled the testimonies into a book by Yeh Yun-wan.
The film depicts a corporatocracy dystopia in which a neoliberal regime of multinational corporations govern society, bringing suffering. Under the rule of this globe-wide empire, the unemployed, psychiatric patients, as well as those who have either little faith in society or advocate views contrary to the mainstream, are increasingly excluded and are brought to a place called the Transit Area via the Biofunction Optimization Support Program. These outcasts are trapped in a labyrinthine space created by the system where they can only wait to be expended in biological experiments. These supposedly worthless people slowly commence to dismantle reality and the system’s lie of a bright future through both inner monologues and vocal utterances.
If infants were born asexual, they could choose their sex organs: breasts, genitals, or phalluses, according to their wishes. Proposes a new imagination for the human body and reflects the phenomenon of modern society. Nowadays, people have multiple roles and enjoy the right to choose the gender they prefer.
I grew up in a broken family, which was fragmented due to my father's emotional violence. Communication conflicts between my parents affected me and my brother under the same roof. During my upbringing, the four of us in the family became more distant and were unable to communicate properly with each other. As I grew older, I explored my gender identity, but found it difficult to balance my identification with my original family, so I decided to face why my family became like this. With the help of a camera, I opened up my own heart and the hearts of my family members, and found a way for each of us to express ourselves.
“One Day I Will Return Home" is the story of Taiwanese veteran, Lai Xing-yang and his imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp. Although the story contains nothing that pushed the events along or heroics of any kind, his 96 years of life were still filled with shocking moments!
Kinmen is a group of islands governed by Taiwan and a solid base for the capitalist camp during the Cold War era. Kinmen commenced its construction of military fortifications in 1958, with millions of soldiers stationed on the island. As the USSR communist bloc gradually disintegrated, Kinmen began a large-scale withdrawal of troops in 1988, placing the lives of the island’s 50,000 residents in a predicament after having relied on soldiers to earn a living for so long. With the improvements of cross-strait relations, large amounts of Chinese tourists now flood the very islands they once rained countless bombs on. Tourists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait now take group photos in front of fortifications, but will the future of the cross-strait relations be as fine as the seemly peace?
In mid-19th century, an American civilian merchant ship from Swatow, China passed through Taiwan Strait accidentally drifted to Vele Rete rocks and hit a reef. 14 crew members land on the coast of Kenting, Hengchun. They accidentally entered the aboriginal territory and was attacked. Only one crew member survived and ran to Takao, brought the incident to the light. This incident triggered a series of international political and diplomatic disturbances in the future, and also affected the far- reaching destiny of the aborigines in the southern tip of Taiwan. 150 years later, what was left after the accident that caused an international sensation?
The vigorous development of modern folk religion in Chiayi, combined with the lumber industry chain in the area, created an era where the art of crafting shrine tables flourished. However, times are constantly changing. How can Daxin Woodworking Co., which makes exquisite shrine tables, pass on the traditional art of crafting shrine tables and adapt to the declining market caused by the changing times? Learn about the perspectives and stories of Daxin Woodworking’s three generations of craftsmen, see the development of shrine tables in Chiayi City, and observe how they deal with the challenges of the modern era.
My sister and I went to Grandma's house for a funeral when I was 10. That was a special winter for me. Those days will last as long as our own memories.
Albert Camus pointed out that Sisyphus may be pleased with his punishment as he pushes a giant rock up to a hill repeatedly. Because when he accepts his fate and lives on independent consciousness, the punishment of the gods on him no longer makes sense, and the meaningless punishment is no longer in vain. The film cites the philosophy-mythology, where the three characters played the same role, the crowd. Their unrelated daily lives are like destiny and cycle, without beginning and ending, without joy or sorrow. They share the same memory of counting down numbers repeatedly and begin a karma through the passing of a boulder.
Moms are unsung superheroes. They work 24/7, 365 days a year, with no paid time off. They take care of household chores, look after their children, try to finish their graduate degree, and maintain a marital relationship. Twenty-four hours a day is hardly enough for them. Writer-director-mother Chuan-Ying Liao uses a GoPro camera to record eight days of her life as mother.
Hsin-yu said he wanted to be himself. In order to alter her ID card registration from female to male, Hsin-yu began to go to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation in accordance with the law, and also prepared to undergo gender reassignment surgery. At the same time, he must also ask for the acceptance and recognition from his parents and siblings. It is extremely difficult to confront with his parents' worries and the doubts of his brother and sisters, however, Hsin-yu still persists in being himself...
A taiwan experimental film
The villagers of Longsheng Village, Zaoqiao Township, Miaoli, have persevered through the threat of mob violence to protect their hometown from being polluted by business waste. After 20 years of struggle, victory is now in sight. However, cases of illegal dumping of business waste are still occurring near villages everywhere in Taiwan, and we are all implicit. How will the future of Taiwan look?
Filipinos are frequent winners of global beauty pageants. They craze over pageantry not only in the Philippines, but everywhere the two million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) work. Factory OFWs Robin, John Louie and Raymond are candidates of the Ginoong Taiwan pageant held in Hsinchu. Can they grasp their dreams as they embark on the journey of companion and competition for the crown?
Bing-kun Su is destined to be a name that will be mentioned repeatedly in Taiwan's judicial history after the year 1986. Being in the environment of martial law, his family and career were destroyed overnight due to the flaws of judicial judgment. As the vindicator with the longest period of unjust imprisonment in Taiwan's history, Su was constantly dragged down by the injustice, together with his family. The lives of his wife and four children were turned upside down by this tragedy, forcefully changing their goal of life into "the reversal of Su's injustice case". The seemingly peaceful not-guilty justice buries the family's choice of life, with all these hidden costs that judicial compensation can never pay off, casting shadows over S and his family for a whole lifetime.
Taiwanese horror movie from 1981.
We are always going faster on the way back home. In the experiments carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the protons apparently only exist for a billionth of a second, travelling at approximately the speed of light. Feelings are broadcasted like the passing of time.
A creature with a pig head and a human body is born. As it becomes more human-like, it is ready to make over the inequality between humans and pigs.
A character who thinks he's a good person runs a gas station supplying happy energy.
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?
On the eighth floor of a run-down motel, through the door of room 817, a janitor quietly goes about her chores, blending unassumingly into the backdrop. In the room next door, a prostitute is lying in bed next to a stranger, turning her back to him in order to feel alive.
In the 1950s, A-Bao and her friends were women in pants who felt attracted to women. They named themselves the "Thirteen Rogue Girls ". They customize the all black suit , set the fashionable hairstyle, hung around night club. At these places, the clubs became the heterotopia wher they could be lesbians. However, in day, they’re just the decent women in the neighborhood, helping father with the store, or looking after the kids, and cooking at home.
Jinguashih and Jiufen were once the biggest gold mining towns in Taiwan. As the collectors and amateur artists later came to this place, a community is gradually growing.
Somewhere midst this rain-pouring city, there is a tiny hotel with one counter staff. On this day, three sets of guests came by, along with some annoying ants that never go away.
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.
In 1987, Su Ping-kun was found guilty of armed robbery and attempted murder, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In the era of Martial Law, he endured abuse and torture from the authority. In 2000, Su received a presidential pardon but still remained guilty in Taiwan's legal system. He refused to have a tainted name and continued fighting for over 30 years, just to clear his name.
“My Life Against Taiwan Sotofuku – 1891~1931” is Taiwan’s first biographical animated documentary. The film combines animation, archival photos, footage, and sound theater to recreate the heroic epic of CHIANG Wei-shui, the “the Savior of Taiwanese People,” during Japan’s colonial rule of Taiwan. Through first-person flashback narrations, Taiwan’s pioneer revolutionary CHIANG Wei-shui tells the turbulent tale of the rise and fall of Taiwan’s non-violent anti-Japanese movements, as well as a lifetime of remarkable resistance against Taiwan Sotofuku (Japan’s colonial government). Cast
The Goldfish symbolizes the beauty and weaknesses of the girls. Qian, the lonely girl and Yu Chen both have wounded hearts. They first met at the swimming pool when Yu Chen was going to commit suicide. Soon, the two girls began to comprehend the warmth of companionship and gradually extricated the loneliness in their hearts.