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Guo Mie

A karaoke-addicted elderly woman (Chen Shu-Fang) lives her life by the Taiwanese saying, “Guo Mie,” which translates to “as long as you devote your life to the creation of one thing, and do whatever you could, everything will turn out.” But her philosophy is seriously put into question as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her estranged husband. She attends the funeral only to encounter his younger lover and then finds out that her children might have kept in touch with her late husband secretly behind her back. Director Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu said that the story is based on his grandmother, who was forced to raise eight kids by herself after her husband ran away. The student short film was shot in his home country of Taiwan. Selected as a 2017 Student Academy Awards Finalist, the short also appeared in the 2018 Asian American International Film Festival. It’s the first time that lead actress Shu-Fang has sung in a film in over 40 years.

Guo Mie

7.0 2018
Between Brothers

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Luo’s elder brother has been staying with him, who finds the arrangement increasingly irritating. When Luo’s brother unknowingly ruins his carefully prepared dinner for a date, long-held grudges come to the surface and the brothers enter into a big fight. Despite Luo’s good intentions, it looks like the dinner date is going to fail, and as his brother intervenes to save the day, the two talk again. The nuanced short is highlighted by a remarkable performance and a story that flows effortlessly with affecting emotions.

Between Brothers

0.0 2023
Safety First

Ah Quan makes a living as a laborer, earning money through physical work. In his spare time, he enjoys gambling, with mixed results—sometimes winning, but mostly losing. As a result, aside from making ends meet, his savings are pitifully small. It wasn't until his elderly father, Ah Dong (played by Peng Yi), began frequently going in and out of the hospital that most of his income had to be spent on his father's medical expenses, prompting him to gradually quit gambling. However, watching his father suffer from illness and dealing with the pressure from his wife, Qiu Rong (played by Huang Jiefei), Ah Quan decided to take a gamble once more, hoping for a turnaround. Unfortunately, on the same day, his father's life came to an end, leaving Ah Quan torn between using his father's funeral savings and his hopes of hitting the jackpot.

Safety First

0.0 2018
Saving Mother Robot

Taipei, late Dec 2012. The city is going through an unprecedented winter heatwave, with temperatures in the 30s. Eight-year-old Tiger (Antoine) lives with his divorced mother, Cao Yi (Vivian Hsu), 36, who is struggling to make ends meet with her job as a magazine editor and reduced alimony payments from her ex-husband (Tang Kuo-chung). Tiger, who has a hyper-active imagination and sees his mother as a run-down robot who needs a new model, is not very bright at school and worries his art teacher (Mini Yang) with the dark pictures he draws in class.

Saving Mother Robot

5.5 2013
The Child of Light

Yu-lan came to Taipei from southern Taiwan. She has got a successful career as a dancer. When her foster mother gets dementia, she has no choice but to retire and go back home. However, the trial and tribulation of her new life have reminded her of her childhood memories. During an argument with her mother’s foreign caretaker, the cause of her foster brother’s death and the secrets about her biological mother are gradually being revealed... As a woman of the advanced maternal age, Yu-lan has found herself unexpectedly pregnant with a baby. Following her heart, she has entered the circle of destiny. Departure means coming back, and her starting point is also her finish line. Is birth adjacent to or far away from death? Maybe at last, you’ll see that the shadow you met will be also the light to guide your life.

The Child of Light

7.0 2021
Labour of Love

Vivi is an ambitious tech executive who once believed marriage and motherhood had no place in her life. Shu, born into privilege, is a gentle but drifting lawyer who dreams of a slower, unburdened existence. The two first met in a high school band and, years later, reunite, marry, and choose to bring new life into the world. Confined to a delivery room and an extended period of waiting, the couple are forced into difficult honesty. What begins as an intimate ordeal gradually expands into a pressure cooker of family drama, where unspoken expectations and old wounds refuse to stay contained. The arrival of family members and a former lover brings long-suppressed tensions to the surface. Over the course of 36 hours, before the child is born, the marriage is pushed to a breaking point—opening the possibility of change, responsibility, and renewal—at a moment when life and death feel perilously near, and yet nothing is certain.

Labour of Love

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To Be Ordinary

A car accident leaves a 22-year-old young man bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The elderly driver who hit him gives the family a house and pays monthly compensation, yet he still cannot forgive himself. The boy’s mother believes that as long as one is alive, there is hope. His unemployed father devotes himself entirely to caring for him. The physical therapist who guides his rehabilitation quietly falls in love with him. Because of the accident, the family begins gathering for dinner every night, finding a fragile sense of togetherness. But his perceptive younger sister knows the truth behind their beautiful new home: it was bought with her brother’s broken body.

To Be Ordinary

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Who Killed Billy Billie

Billy is queer and depressed. He self-harms and is constantly bullied for his feminine appearance. After his biological father came out, he left an old camera to Billy. Billy’s mother remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current stepfather. After Billy’s younger sister drowned, the family was abandoned by their stepfather and had to return to Taiwan. One day, after taking a bath, Billy muttered to himself, “I promise to accompany you,” with several medicine jars beside him. He then sat on the toilet and fantasized about having sex with a snail, feeling both pleasure and disgust.

Who Killed Billy Billie

0.0 2024
Friendly Shock

film about a little boy and his friend, the ganoderma alien (translation of the Chinese title) named Y Y. On a hunting trip, some men see a large mushroom. Their guide tells them it's a god that has saved many people. The men don't care and knock it off a cliff. Bing, wraps it up and takes it home. That night, the mushroom grows a face and starts walking around the house. Soon, a friendship is born. All is well until one of dad's hunting buddies realizes Y Y's healing powers. He takes Y Y to sell him and it's up to Bing and his human friend, Fatty, to rescue Y Y and return him to his cliff.

Friendly Shock

0.0 1988
Skipping Rope

Chasing after siblings in the rhythm of skipping ropes brings both joy and bittersweet moments in the journey of growing up. XiaoJei is a copy cat, who yearns for the life her sister leads: a vibrant rope skipping team, trendy shoes, a close circle of friends, and the affectionate gaze of their parents. To enter her sister’s world, she must match her lightning-fast jump roping. As XioaJei fixates on being able to compete with her sister, she discovers that dedication and unyielding practice are the only means to keep pace. Source:TAICCA

Skipping Rope

0.0 2022
The Girl in Cheongsam

On the Sunday after Mother’s Day in 1988, SHEN Yuan was alone at home and received a family letter from the other side that had been blocked for 40 years. The letter revealed that her mother had passed away long ago and that she had eagerly anticipated Yuanmei’s return every day. SHEN Yuan closed the curtains, pulled out a camphor wood box, and retrieved pieces of cheongsams she recalled occasionally. Singing, dancing, and chatting with her mother in spirit, she experienced moments of sadness and laughter.

The Girl in Cheongsam

0.0 2024
Trapped

Wai has been living with her father David ever since her mother abandoned them. Wai always compromises with David in order to deal with the fact that he overly controls her. They rely on each other, but they have a love-hate relationship. David broke his leg from an accident at a construction site. He intentionally concealed his recover details to the social worker, in order to get compensation payments. One day, the social worker paid them a visit. A stormy conflict between the father and the daughter had just begun.

Trapped

5.0 2017
Garuda: Dare to Dream

Putra, a 13-year-old boy with asthma, dreams of playing for Indonesia's national team. Lacking skill but never passion, he joins trials at Sanca Perkasa Soccer School—only to face ridicule from Aldo, who mocks his weak body and failed attempts. Crushed, Putra retreats to a field near the cemetery to play with friends, where Aldo challenges them again. In the middle of the match, Putra suddenly collapses—and awakens in another realm. There, he meets Gaga, a glowing Garuda spirit who gifts him a mystical jersey, unlocking incredible speed, power, and skill. Can he rise above doubt and ridicule to become the footballer he longs to be?

Garuda: Dare to Dream

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