Unseen Perspectives Take Centre Stage – Queerness Represented in Asian Films
June is Pride Month and this is usually the time when solidarity events are held in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community,...
Taiwan
Lighthearted and Hopeful, ‘Workers’ Details the Antics of a Trio Determined to Get Rich Quick
Three labourers try their best to realise outlandish get-rich-quick schemes. Director: Cheng Fen-Fen Cast: Christopher Lee, Alex Ko, Yu An-Shun, Miao...
Adamantly Tailing the American Dream, ‘Tigertail’ Is an Immigrant’s Reflection of Ambition, Sacrifice and Regret
A Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family...
‘Nina Wu’ Furiously Rips Through Conventions to Deliver an Urgent Call for Action
A bit-part actress’ sanity is pushed to its limit, thanks to the trauma she endures after scoring a hard-earned lead role....
Tackling a Distressing Incident, MAGICIAN ON THE ROOF 天台上的魔術師 Shows Two Souls Baring Their Hearts
With nothing to do all day, the idle Lin Fei-Long would often turn to stealing and undercity bargaining. One night out,...
Chillingly Powerful and Thought-Provoking, DETENTION 返校 Is More Than Just a Nod to a Dark Period in Taiwan’s History
Fang Ray-shin wakes up in school. She meets fellow student Wei Zhong-ting and they find themselves trapped on a vacated campus...
HOMELESS 小白船 Quietly Contemplates the Strength of Brotherhood and the Hopes of Children
In 1995 Malaysia, Lily faces the burden of her husband's funeral. In addition to working in the rubber plantations, she has...
ONE WAY TICKET 單程票 Mercilessly Captures the Psyche of a Broken Man
Chia-Lun is a struggling salary-man who went through the loss of his first child some years ago. He struggles to get...
Charting Personal Growth Alongside Social Movement, OUR YOUTH IN TAIWAN 我們的青春，在台灣 Is a Documentation of Passionate and Unconventional Youths
A star of the Taiwanese student movement, a celebrity Chinese student who loves Taiwan, and a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker passionate about...
PIANO LESSON 鋼琴課 is a Contemplative Sci-Fi Short that Teaches How to Feel Amidst Mechanical SIlence
When a deluge wipes the earth’s surface off all its human inhabitants, a sole pianist struggles with holding onto his music...
Bubbling Under the Surface, TEA LAND 高山上的茶園 Uncovers a Migrant Story Less Told
Circumstances placed a group of runaway workers together on the hills of a tea plantation. But as the prospect of home...
FLAVORS OF YOUTH’s 詩季織々 Allure Lies in Nostalgia and Food
In neat apartments and orderly rows of high-rise buildings, three city dwellers find themselves reminiscing about simpler times from their youth....