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A ritual about"memory". The words and phrases written on the paper are easy to understand but difficult to define, substituting the usual " incantations to gods". The spat out red matter suggests kind of "refusal". This kind of "nauseous" mixture combined with these moods represents a space : a space for painting.
Chuan never have more thought aside from working, eating, and his empty dorm room. One day, his junior high school classmate who had never contact after graduate, Yu Hsiang, appeared. He told Chuan he could take him to see Bau-Wen, the girl he once had a crash on. Even all those came in sudden, making he confused, he still wanted to see Bau-Wen again.
Drama
A stolen missile design, miniaturised and hidden within a pair of sunglasses, is smuggled through Macau. Rival intelligence networks converge to intercept the device, triggering a covert operation of infiltration, counterintelligence, and complex technological espionage amid a rapidly escalating international spy war.
The Silent Thrush is a fascinating mixture of exoticism and eroticism. It tells the story of Mu Yun, a young woman who joins a Taiwanese opera company. Ka-hung, the company's star actress (who is Mu Yun's childhood idol) soon falls in love with Mu Yun. This provokes the intense jealousy of Ka-hung's longtime lover, Ai-cheng. Their melodrama of lesbian love is played out against the backdrop of the troupe's day-to-day problems.
In the Dabao River basin, where the Llyong Topa indigenous community used to be, stands a 'ghost temple' where hundreds of Atayal people were buried. They fell victims to Japanese government's first wave of indigenous genocide during its colonial rule of Taiwan. The massacre occurred much earlier than the Wushe Incident (1930), yet it is still rarely known to the world. The filmmaker visited the mountains over a hundred times, seeking clues to fill in the blanks of history.
A masterful kung fu student must face all challengers to his honor and his school. He must battle Western boxers in the ring and Thai boxers in the street in order to prove the validity of Chinese Kung fu and to save his friends from dishonor. He even takes the rap for a murder he did not commit to save his friend.
The sound engineer, Tree, has a crush on their producer, Cindy. During a pause between the scenes, the lead actor goes missing. The film crew grumbles at each other, and no one wants to take the responsibility. Then, the most weird thing happens.
In a world of mentally imprisoned mannequins, a restorer and her beloved female mannequin depend on each other for survival.
Set in Malaysia, the film follows a young woman named Du Li An who falls in love with a man named Lin Sang in 1969 before he mysteriously disappears. Years later, after marrying a gangster and becoming stepmother to a teenage girl, Du Li An encounters a man who looks exactly like her vanished lover. The decade-spanning narrative blends elements of romance, mystery and coming-of-age storytelling.
Blacky, a “BEAUTY MOLECULE” within the very old song "Pretty Baby", has had enough of his invisible and floaty existence! He lives within the song, in a void, never to be seen. However, whomever appreciates said song, is open be parasitized upon. The entity could then take over the host's brain, influencing their taste, style and preference at every turn. The problem? Nobody likes this old song. However, Holly is one exception. Heartbroken after a being dumped for her "old school taste", her brain was left open for Blacky's entrance, embarking them both on a journey that'll change their lives forever...
Taiwanese comedy.
On New Year's Eve, Indonesian migrant worker, A-Di, meets Taiwanese local, Chi. A-Di decides to let herself loose just for once, and joins Chi in a “wild” night where she is free to be who she wants to be.
Story of conflict of two opposite ideas, set in a POW camp after the Korean War.
Four college students wanted to shoot Hollywood videos and finally persuaded the driver of the shuttle bus, Little Wolf Dog, to participate in the show. In order to seize the time to rehearse with the busy driver, they crowded in the car and staggered around to rehearse with the little wolf dog when they went out to rehearse. Unexpectedly, an accident occurred during the filming, which made them reflect on the overworked work style of large truck drivers, the salary system of basic salary plus bonus, and driving on dangerous roads day after day... Real life is indeed more real than movies. It seems that he is at a critical moment at any time.
All the incidents happened at 25° 11'14.0"N, 121° 41'09.1"E, a mysterious place in Taiwan. A King Boat named "pray for the COVID-19" is sailing. 3 reels of 8mm images and archives from broken 135 film are also on the same journey.
The story centers around a family dinner. The mother organizes a birthday meal for her younger son. However, the father arrives late, and the daughter is distracted by her phone. As dinner progresses, each family member's hidden worries begin to surface. Conversations become increasingly intense, and tensions escalate when the son inadvertently reveals the father’s secret plan to change jobs.The situation grows chaotic as truths unfold. The family try to finds a way to finish the meal together, despite the emotional strain.
In a tender yet gripping portrait of resilience, the film follows Zane, a 10-year-old Indonesian boy, navigating life as a quiet pillar for his struggling family in Taiwan. As his parents wrestle with buried trauma and cultural dislocation, Zane finds strength in unexpected places, shaping a powerful tale of migration, identity, and belonging. Interwoven with stories of fellow migrants and a poignant radio broadcast, this emotional journey speaks to anyone who's ever searched for home. A hauntingly beautiful ode to healing, "Tuned In" invites us to listen closely, to what's said, and what's left unsaid.
Instructor Wang is strict with the students and forbids them to date. Despite this depressing circumstance, Student Xie Ying-Jie is the one who wants to go against everything.
Taiwanese movie
Jacky, a wisecracking 10-year-old boy, is upset when his best friend, Uncle Rolay, decides to pack his bags for China to make his fortune. Set in Taiwan in the 1990s, when the country was filled with foreign businessmen, Jacky has to summon all his strength to say goodbye to the one man he saw as his father.
A closeted man kills his male love and lover's niece. Soon he and his family are tormented by the possessed doll of the little girl.
Brilliant mix of martial arts and horror in this fantastic action packed film from prolific swordplay director Chin Sheng En. Don't pass this one up, an excellent rare film to add to your list
The story is about an old women with a drawer on her body. This drawer is full of the memory of her passed husband. She puts things into the drawer every day to look for the shadow of him.
Professor J announces a casting for his new work. Fiona, a student from Hong Kong, is unexpectedly chosen as the female lead. During a staged family dinner, an abrupt performance, an uncooperative co-actor, and unaware spectators blur fiction and reality, leading her to uncover the script’s hidden subtext.
How have one poet and his single book of poetry from the last century continued to inspire people today? A Life That Sings follows the legendary poet Ya Hsien from Vancouver to Nanyan, to the mobile library from his childhood and to the basement of his current home. Through his collection of books and love letters, the film unearths the treasure trove abound with stories of Ya Hsien's life.
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
While watching a morning show, a troubled high school student, Jon, discovered a helmet that’s able to travel through space and time. After school, he decides to take his friends to check it out. On his way, he met Wei, a girl who can foresee the future, but was considered weird by her classmates . Together, they went on a mission to defeat the desperate Taiwanese Bonnie & Clyde that started the helmet fraud, a battle of the underdogs begins…
High in the mountains of Taiwan, is the remote village of Smangus. Inhabited by a unique group of indigenous people called the Tayal, Smangus is the only place in Taiwan that now practices common ownership of land and property. This is a place where nature and man have found balance. Now, witness every part of the lives of these people, through pain and joy, and experience the unique bonds formed with the ancient trees around them, in a film that documents A Year In The Clouds - a year amongst the sacred forests of this tribe.
Huang Ming-chuan interviews female poets from Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, inviting them to speak about feminism, their social context and the role of poetry today.
Living together with her father, Yao Shan has to readjust her life after her mother's death. Misunderstanding and tension between she and her dad builds up to an extent that her father wanted to move out of the house. After attending an overseas gardening course, her father steps into her mother's garden again. And this move seems to have changed everything between YaoHsuan and her father...
Living at her grandma's house - converted into a secret gambling den - a girl faces constant harassment as she struggles to earn money to pay for her upcoming graduation trip. Surrounded by sly neighbours, she must choose between her ethics and her desires.
A Taiwanese language film
In Hpakant, Myanmar, poor young people are numerous. Some of them engage in drug trafficking and make a living out of it. Some of them choose to leave Hpakant in pursuit of love. Some of them stay in Hpakant and dream that the jade hidden in the mountains might be the hope of improving their future lives; thus they often sing this song: “…before the best of luck comes, don’t underestimate we, jade miners…”.
C, a withdrawn girl, suspects that her new roommate Amber has been secretly entering her room. Unable to confront her face to face, C begins observing Amber from afar. Hoping to get closer without revealing herself, she dials the phone in her room and starts an anonymous conversation.
In the heart of Taiwan, a young woman faces the pressure of a society that imposes strict rules and traditions on her. Trapped in a life that suffocates her, she begins to develop suicidal tendencies as a way to escape her deep suffering, slowly discovering that she dies over and over again, inhabiting a parallel universe.
Ying Hong is a college student who likes martial arts. He always likes to publish his opinions on martial arts on the Internet and scold netizens. One time, Ying Hong and his roommate were attacked by gangsters while eating supper. Ying Hong made a single move to knock down each other by accident. The process was recorded and uploaded to the Internet by mobile phones. The video instantly became popular. Ying Hong also unexpectedly became the Internet celebrity 'Kung Fu Man'.
Taiwanese horror movie.
Two men discover being fooled by each other on a hook-up date.
Bin Bin is a beautiful fearless boy. He enjoys his friendship with his confidante An An until You Jen, a handsome mixed-race boy, appears in their lives. While pursuing An An, You Jen awakens something in Bin-Bin's heart.
In a dark hallway, the candlelight flickers dimly. The remains were placed in the center of the room. Huei and her husband, Wen Hsiung, came to mourn Huei's little sister. In these ordinary moments of mourning, lies an incredible secret.
Once inseparable in high school, the three friends drifted into their own lives after graduation—studies, work, the ordinary distance of time. Only when all three gathered did it feel like the group was truly whole. On this night, they came together again. Tomorrow, Hui-An would leave Hualien. There were no farewells, no ceremony—just the quiet end of an evening, and each returning home. Nothing seemed to be taken, and yet, the most precious things lingered with them.
Daughter of Nectar, a gracefully carved marble nude from 1921 by Huang Tu-shui, Taiwan's inaugural modern sculptor, encapsulates a complex century of Taiwanese history, spanning from Japanese colonisation to Chiang Kai-shek's authoritarian rule and the White Terror era. This sculpture, both delicate and resilient, stands as a silent sentinel, mirroring the enduring struggles, suppressed voices, and profound cultural transformations of its homeland.
Footage from milet's first overseas solo live concert "Hey Taipei, I'm milet", held in Taipei on November 30, 2023.
After being through many tough situations in her life, Lin Mei-jing wrote this letter to Lin Hsih-hao. Even though they’re classmates, they are not familiar with each other at first. By a chance, she entered his secret shelter, after that, they started to share secrets and everything there. Today, they decided to leave the world together. This is a top secret plan. No one else knows it.
A mother ran into a monster on her way home. She was dragged into a surreal world, where she discovered her son's suppressed inner side. As she slowly discovered the truth, a tragedy was also foreshadowed.
A property assistant, an intern, a broke greengrocer and casino keeper, a gun in the black suitcase and a celebrity goat all take part in a play within a play. There's a lot going in at the inn. Not only a film crew checked in, somebody also wants to settle a score.
Yao-Wei takes his girlfriend home to Malaysia for the first time. In the midst of a monsoon, he tries to find the right time to tell his parents of his engagement.
One after another, female Vietnamese laborers arrive, suitcases in hand, at a dormitory from another dimension, cluttered with bunk beds and clothes. Here, they exchange their experiences, culminating in a unique upheaval.
Tin On moves from Hong Kong to Taiwan suddenly in January 2020. She finds out the light in the apartment seems to be broken. The landlord asks her neighbor, Yi Ming, to fix it. Tin On seems far away from her reality. Yi Ming gets closer to her to uncover the mystery of her presence.
Seeking to escape her father's scandal, Epa travels to Taiwan in search of answers from her mother, only to confront herself along the way.
Taipei, 1954. The song, Green Island Serenade, was heard over the Tannoy in the park. The crowds listened in silence. As time moves on, the park, where people used to come for music, has become a meeting point for gay men at night. No more songs are heard over the Tannoy, but the melancholy melodies still echo in the lonely hearts of those young men lingering in the park. Although youth is gone and the singer has aged, the singing continues for over half of a century.
