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Two loser high school students meet a wandering old man with unparalleled martial arts skills. Together, they not only strive to restore justice to their city but also unravel the mystery of the old man's identity.
Kung Fu
After seeing her friend’s disturbing social media posts, Riko tries to intervene to help her but fails to prevent her from dying a mysterious, violent death. Convinced there is more to the story than a suicide, Riko dives into a world of memes, influencers, and posting for attention. As the pile of bodies grows, and Riko faces her own possible curse, she and her friends travel to Taiwan to find the source of this demonic social media killer.
The Curse
In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.
Levitating
After his pregnant wife Yi-ting unexpectedly committed suicide, Ming decides to take care of his father-in-law, only to find out the unbearable truth of Yi-ting’s family that leads to her death.
Deep Quiet Room
At Home of Happiness, a devoted social worker struggles to reform troubled youth while the institution falls into crisis. A bullied boy clings to his late mother’s teddy bear as his world collapses. A former resident, lured into a telecom scam, faces a moral dilemma that threatens his life. Across different paths, each must confront the scars of the past and decide whether to fall into darkness or fight for a way forward.
That Burning House
The teacher is invited by someone she likes to join a class reunion. They play a game to invite ghosts to make friends, unaware that curses are placed upon them. There is a reason for the malevolence.
Hold to Death: Hand in Hand
In an elite high school swimming team plagued by a sinister curse, five teens unwittingly unleash a chain of deadly events after exposing a forbidden teacher-student affair through a leaked video. As the curse reawakens, they must confront betrayal and despair while racing to uncover the truth and break the cycle of death, only to realize they are destined to become each other’s undoing.
Suffocation
CHAI Ya-hui returned to Taiwan after getting married in Japan. Since her husband committed suicide, she lived alone with her daughter Xiao-xiao. They were chased by gangsters. One day, Xiao-xiao and her classmate Ya-hoo were kidnapped, Ya-hui asked the police for help but was troubled, so she decided to save her daughter herself. The kidnappers use high-tech methods to torture her and Xiao-xiao, and unravel mysteries related to past dismemberments, organ trafficking, and historical trauma. As clues are intertwined, Ya-hui discovers the key to solving the case, and finally reveals the truth behind the obsession and trauma, and brings an unexpected ending.
Adrenal
Groom-to-be Tim must pull off two perfect weddings on the same night, at the same five-star hotel, all without his divorced parents discovering each other.
Double Happiness
Years after being caught in a game-fixing scandal, former professional baseball player Lin Shengyi returns to his hometown one night, only to discover that his father's impending death has become part of a "death betting scheme", operated under The Elders Mutual-Aid Association. With the help of his former lover and his younger brother, Shengyi makes a desperate decision — to save his father and flee through the night, determined to escape the town before sunrise.
Dead End
When Ah Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, he expects grief, not chaos. But everything turns upside down when the religious police storm in, claiming his father—who secretly converted to Islam—must be buried in an Islamic cemetery. Refusing to let go, Ah Yao and his siblings set out on a wild, darkly comedic journey to reclaim the body, confronting cultural clashes, family secrets, and absurd obstacles along the way.
The Waves Will Carry Us
Uncle Odyssey
A bizarre hitman with a soft spot for animals and a taste for cowboy gear gets handed an outrageous assignment. A gambler and a jockey have cooked up a scheme: rig the race, push a sluggish long shot to a shocking win, and walk away with a fortune from the racetrack owner’s pocket. But the owner gets wise to the plan. Determined to shut it down before it starts, he brings in the killer to clean house. Now faced with a fat payday and a moral dilemma, the hitman stands at a crossroads — stick to the job, or help the poor sap escape the crosshairs? One horse sets off a chain reaction that lays bare the greed and humanity buried in every heart.
Drama Killer
Late at night, a father throws his children into a kiln, muttering, “They’re no longer ours.” Their screams fade into the flames. Young exorcist Xiao Tuo suspects his classmate Nianqi is possessed, uncovering her stepfather Zhen-Kai’s use of dark rituals. As her siblings show disturbing behavior, Zhen-Kai plans a deadly purge. Xiao Tuo links the evil spirit to his own injured father, and together with Nianqi, uncovers a horrifying truth tied to a missing persons case from fifteen years ago.
The Tao Exorcist
Come on, Dad! Please!
At 20, Ling balances boxing and helping with her mother's lunchbox business, all while her family quietly unravels. Her parents fake harmony, but when her father brings home a new "girlfriend," the illusion is shattered. Refusing to look away, Ling endures the blows - bloodied and tear-streaked. In facing reality head-on, she discovers a deeper truth: only with honesty in her heart do her punches carry real weight.
A Dance with Rainbows
A story of a Taiwanese man who wants to film a special porn called Plan A.
Plan A
When a young, down-on-his-luck director revives a forgotten opera in a crumbling, supposedly haunted theater, he discovers his biggest obstacle isn’t the leaky roof or his ex-girlfriend—it’s the charming, sharp-tongued ghost of a diva actress who died there 20 years ago. As rehearsals spiral into chaos and an exorcist shows up with unfinished karma of his own, ghost and director form an unlikely bond—one filled with comedy, heartache, piano duets, and the wild backstage energy only theater kids and spirits could create. Together, they just might finish the show that was never meant to open—and give each other the final curtain call they’ve been waiting for.
Kiss Me My Ghost Friend
No One Home
In the 1970s, Taiwan's first grand cabaret, The Sapphire, opened in Kaohsiung, igniting a golden decade of live entertainment. Beneath its dazzling lights, the nation's tensions and censorship faded in nights of glitz and song.Stars like Teresa Teng, Fei Yu-ching and Fong Fei-fei graced. its stage, where glamour met gambling, drugs, and danger.Half a century later, The Sapphire is resurrected—through AI and music—to relive its untamed brilliance.
Showtime Taiwan: The Sapphire Show
Turning the Tide
Glory Revenge
Rong Chen would like to keep her place in the recorder group, Shao Yu wants to give up playing. She asks him for tips, and by practicing together, they not only improve their skills, but also learn something much more important from each other.
Tutti
While trying to keep his struggling business afloat, a chef goes on a dating app in search of Zelda, his crush from his chatroom days as a teenager. For each Zelda he meets, he makes a tailor-made meal to fit their story. Putting a spotlight on the city’s struggling restaurant sector, indie filmmaker Amos WHY and his co-director Frankie Chung’s unconventional and bittersweet road movie follows a rootless man who turns to his memories to avoid confronting his unknown future. Is it better to drift with uncertainty, or to stay in your comfort zone whilst tethered to a sinking ship?
The Dating Menu
9 years-old Yu and 15 years-old Guei are half-sisters living without their parents. Guei always takes good care of Yu like a mother, however it leads Yu to be teased by her classmates. One day, to protect the status of Yu's real mother in her heart, Yu accidentally hurts Guei.
Tied Together
In Taipei’s dreamscape, Tao’s incomprehensible love for Shin drives her to create painful memories. Meanwhile, Melih, burdened with self-blame, longs to connect with the perpetually drunk Ping.
I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore
Rama, a 16 year old teenager, must face reality after a tragic accident that left his mother in a coma. With the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Rama and his father try to face their new reality.
Mothernet
Unsung Heroes: Rise Again
Known as ‘Pa Nana’, a celebrated Latin singer in 1950s–60s Taiwan, Kao Chu-hua supported her family through nightclub performances after her father’s execution during the White Terror. Drawing on family testimonies and newly declassified archives, the film reconstructs her life under state surveillance, revealing survival beneath authoritarian rule and enforced silence.
LA PALOMA
A young Japanese woman (Yukino Kishii), who is reeling from the death of her much loved mother, decides to take a trip to Taiwanese capital Taipei to try to alleviate her loss. While there, an encounter with a young man (Jing-Hua Tseng) sees the pair strike up a tentative friendship that could help her come to terms with the death. Yukinori Makabe builds his sensitive drama around the delicate and nuanced central performances from Kishii and Tseng, elegantly weaving together the present and memory to show the lingering impact of grief on everyday life, while offering a gently hopeful sweep.
Sinsin and the Mouse
The Big Cheat
In rural Taiwan, during her mother’s funeral, A-Hsien, the eldest daughter, grapples with grief, resentment, and the quiet burden of tradition. As patriarchal rituals unfold, a silent resistance emerges, unsettling the roles she was expected to fulfill.
Dua Ji
On a small island, the indigenous Da’o people live in harmony with the Pacific. Their love for the sea prompts 19-year-old Vongnyan to enlist in the navy. Returning broken, he confides his traumas to the waves during bouts of insomnia. His younger brother, Bo, plays and lives in the water, completely carefree, yet he, too, will soon have to choose his future.
Piercing Water
This is a common phenomenon in Taiwanese daily life. Although it may seem funny, it's a regular occurrence in our daily news broadcasts.
We Get Angry Too Easily.
Fly! Mountain Hawk Eagle
Fix or Not
On the eve of graduation, Xi accidentally overhears her crush, Yu, talking about his ideal type after a football match. In an instant, her natural curls become her biggest worry. She starts a secret plan to straighten her hair. But things didn’t go as planned and beneath their friendship, something began to quietly shift. Just before everything falls apart, Xi slowly realises that maybe being imperfect isn’t so bad.
Tangled
Matsu
On Chinese Valentine’s Day, Emma carefully prepares for her date with Kevin, only to be met with a series of indifferent voice messages. Feeling dismissed and disappointed, with frustration simmering beneath the surface, something magical happens.
Come My Way
Schoolboy
In 1970s Taiwan, a young Indigenous girl who sees herself as Momotaro rises to confront tattooed demons in order to secure her family’s future. Through her journey, the film reflects an era when Indigenous languages and identities were suppressed, revealing how genuine human connection transcends words.
Hideko
As a long-term migrant caregiver, Fidati shapes Indonesian stories with Taiwanese paper clay. After years of separation during the pandemic, she returns to Central Java in 2024. Laughter and tears intertwine, yet family duty keeps her moving between two lands, where the taste of mangoes bridges emotions across the sea.
Between the Shores
Once a rising star in Taiwan's mountaineering boom, A-Gong fell into debt and went on the run, hiding on Yushan before surrendering. After prison, he returned to the mountains, rebuilding his life step by step. Now, he's a living legend among Taiwan's high-altitude trails.
The Rover
Copper Man
A young filmmaker, once skeptical of incense rituals, sets out to explore faith through his lens. From street vendors to temple youth groups, his journey captures how belief quietly answers life's questions. A heartfelt documentary bridging gods and people, offering hope and reflection in a post-pandemic world.
In Faith We Dream
Though Taiwan's rainfall is three times the global average, its uneven distribution creates striking scarcity. Water gives and takes; it sustains life yet brings destruction. Following the sound of currents, the film reflects on water's shifting states, capturing the emotional and spiritual ties woven between people, memory and the surrounding tides.
Water in the Balance
What is the origin of life? I boarded a bamboo raft, drifting into the unknown. Along the journey, the line between reality and imagination grew increasingly blurred.
Red Flower And Om In Winter
A man enters a restroom, expecting a moment of privacy. He relieves himself, watches a film, and masturbates, unaware that the space around him has already begun to shift. As the fourth wall dissolves, his eyes meet a chilling gaze peering from the depths of desire.
The Holes
Lica
Endless Walk
A short film that explores themes of familial relationships and crime, wrapped in the setting of a second-hand car dealership.
Driving in the Dark
During the turmoil of 2019 Hong Kong, before pursuing his studies in Taiwan, the director was abruptly frozen in the present by a message from his father. As Hong Kong entered a pandemic lockdown, the director, now in Taiwan, began to Skype call his father, unpacking his traumatic memories and their entangled hearts.
Scenes from Departure
At K-DOL Academy, where idols gather, the stage is a battlefield and popularity means everything! Confident Sky, cheerful Anroy, and the quietly supportive Little Crab find their relationships growing increasingly complicated as dreams and romance collide. Some push themselves to the limit in pursuit of glory, some let love throw off their rhythm, and some get lost between friendship and competition. Youth has no pause button—“Love Trainee” captures their growth and confessions with the most passionate energy and heartfelt emotions.
Influencer
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.
Daughter of Nectar
Once a top waterskiing prodigy, a young man alienates his three godfathers and shuts out the world after a career-ending injury. His life finds light again when he meets a mysterious girl, but his desperate need to prove his worth leads him to pawn his late father’s keepsake for a luxury car. Consumed by vanity, he allows materialism to erode their pure love, eventually driving her away. Now hitting rock bottom in a desolate reality, he must decide whether to remain in despair or find the strength to face his past and seek the redemption he so desperately needs.
When We Were Wild
This is a story about a girl searching for her true self. Lele dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, yet she struggles to master an elegant smile. “Come on, smile” echoes in the studio, effortless for others but not her. Day after day, she repeats the steps, seeking the meaning of dance. With her friend May by her side, they return to the stage. An unexpected moment shatters the routine. In the darkness, Lele finds her answer.
Her Wrong Face
Douzi misses her dad very much, but he never appears in her dreams. She believes she can still talk to him, so she carries a paper phone to school on Parent-Child Day. After her mom misses the event, Douzi heads home all by herself. This is when an unexpected journey begins—a journey where she gets to play with her father again.
Lost Call
In 1960-1970’s Taiwan, when Taiwan Economic Miracle happens, a lot of females sacrifice their future under the pressure of supporting their families. Our story protagonist "Grandmother," was a reflection of countless young females from that era. By using scissor and threads as element of this story, the thread symbolizes the constraints imposed on Grandmother by her past by qualities of entanglement and continuity, while the scissor represents her awaken willing, which cuts off the attachments and regrets she struggles to let go of.
Following The Line
The refracted gaze on Mianhua Islet, Taiwan's eastern de facto border, turns the concrete landscape of physical territory into a mirage of topography and politics. The fragmented image of the frontier reflects the ambivalent state of Taiwanese subjectivity. The camera slowly sweeps over the contour of the islet as if touching the country's body to ensure its existence. The ever-imaginary border that eludes, obscures, and fictionalizes the construction of a nation confronts us with its external mirrored image, as a subject and as a site, where the process and paradox of forming national subjectivity are materialized, embodied, and caught in a liminal space.