Since martial law was lifted in Taiwan in the late 1980s, social movements have boomed, and feminist and gender movements grew rapidly in the 1990s. T... (Read more)
Mortuary cosmetologist Min-Hsiu helps families find solace in making the deceased beautiful again. But when a body from a suicide turns out to be her ... (Read more)
Xiao-An has been away from home for years. When her mother decides to sell the old apartment and move to the seaside to nurse her deteriorating mental... (Read more)
An abused woman is notified by the police that her heavy-drinking husband is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. Just when she thinks she and her son... (Read more)
Colorblind girl A-Kuei feels alienated and misunderstood. She’s raised by her grandmother who would rather believe she is possessed than hear her feel... (Read more)
Khue-Guan, a deliveryman living in a cheap apartment, dreams of making it big one day. He happens upon a teenage runaway, Tsing-Bi, and entices her to... (Read more)
BEI Sui-Mi becomes the new tutor for the WANG family in a bid to secretly investigate the death of Mrs. WANG, her sister. She makes an effort to mend ... (Read more)
HAN Shuen-Yun, a 60-year-old woman, retires from an administrative position at a university. Unmarried, she lives with her mother in an old hillside c... (Read more)
Ling, a middle-aged woman, is fired for no reason. Her mother-in-law is hospitalized and she is the sole carer; her husband’s been working abroad, and... (Read more)
KAO Ta-Hao, a fugitive going into hiding, meets teenage runaway Hsiao-Shan at a train station. To cover for each other, they disguise themselves as a ... (Read more)
On Liang’s 18th birthday, she is unable to celebrate with her boyfriend because she has to babysit her irresponsible brother’s baby. Refusing to lose ... (Read more)
Vietnamese woman NGUYEN Kim Hongmoved to Taiwan in pursuit of happiness and a cross-cultural marriage. However, she was forced to divorce her husband ... (Read more)
Tenn Kong-Hui is a private detective who uses people’s shady pasts to blackmail them. Tai-Giok is a secretary to a steel company’s chairman, and a dan... (Read more)
Tshiu-Bi and her husband Siu-Gi have a seemingly perfect marriage but still have no children. When Tsiu-Bi’s friend, Le-Hun, a single mother, is force... (Read more)
A commercial actress is raped by a driver when she tries to hitchhike from a remote shooting location. As she insists on pressing charges, she is met ... (Read more)
Born in Hebei but destined to pass away in Taipei, a city far from home, LI originally expected to take good care of his family and be loyal to his co... (Read more)
On Chinese New Year’s Eve, elderly mother, Tsai-feng, seems to be an annoying influence. She is not asked to participate in the New Year cleaning, nor... (Read more)
Tangerine owns a super-large freezer like those in supermarkets. It was fully stocked and well organized. She wrote novels, and a story about a man na... (Read more)
In the hazy years of her youth, 25-year-old Miea used to be surrounded by admirers, but she did not want love that was troublesome. She is dating a ma... (Read more)
MENG Yun-Lao, a college student originally from Hong Kong, stays at a family friend’s house and falls in love with their daughter, Hai-Ni. Hai-Ni is b... (Read more)
Raised in a strict family, YANG falls in love with a college student, LI, but she yields to her parents’ marital arrangement. Several years later, she... (Read more)
The film narrates the political history of Taiwan over a period of 50 years, following the imposition of martial law in 1947 and ‘The White Terror.’ S... (Read more)
"I'm a cultured woman, travelling about footloose and fancy-free…” So begins a lilting tune from Taiwan's “Dance Age” of the 1920s and 1930s, a parado... (Read more)
In the late 80s, three rebellious high school students, Mabel, Liam, and Aaron see their adolescent antics turn into unrequited love. When they leave ... (Read more)
Transparent glass-built enclosures decorated with glittering neon lights, in which female vendors sell a spicy, addictive chewing snack called “betel ... (Read more)
A frank and entertaining portrait of the lives and family relations of three gay teenagers in Taipei. This documentary candidly captures the day-to-da... (Read more)
A gang of malicious bandits raid the home of a former sheriff, murdering him and his wife. The sheriff’s three young daughters were ushered away by th... (Read more)
Titisi is an Indonesian in-home carer looking after an old Taiwanese lady who is trapped in her illness and painful memories. The pair are close, even... (Read more)
In 1949, 20-something Kuei-Mei emigrates from mainland China to Taiwan and marries a widower with three children. She soon discovers that he is irresp... (Read more)
Mei is a real estate agent. Hsiao-Kang sells spaces for funerary urns. A-Jung is a street vendor selling women’s clothes. The lives of these three str... (Read more)
Mischievous, yet lovely Yue-Ying works in her parents’ flower shop, known to the locals as the “flower princess.” She has a crush on a young man, Fang... (Read more)
Cool-Ma, a bright teenager, is accidently killed by Yu-Tung while he’s practicing for a marathon at night. Yu-Tung is a teenage girl who dresses and a... (Read more)
The film is set in an old-style house in Mengjia, an old district of Taipei. Rebellious teenage girl Laichun, now 16, lives with her extended family. ... (Read more)
“Juliet's Choice” It is the 1970s and Taiwan is under Martial Law. Hsiu-Chu, a lame young woman, labors in a printing shop. One day a young college bo... (Read more)
On Mother’s Day, Chen Mo goes to a bakery to buy dessert for his wife, only to find his car blocked in by a double-parked car. As Chen Mo searches for... (Read more)
Refusing to take the College Entrance Exam, Xiao-Kang drops out of cram school and hangs around Ximending, spending all his time in a video arcade. On... (Read more)