Since its birth, cinema has been intertwined with literature. While it rivals literature for artistic merit and entertainment, cinema counts on litera... (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)
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)
Peace in the forest is suddenly disrupted by attacking wolves. Unfortunately, the forest’s hero, Sika Deer, is not around. Uncle Deer comes to the ani... (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)
When kindergarten teacher Ling-Shan befriends little girl Chu-Chu, she also meets her melancholy father, Peng-Fei. It hurts Ling-Shan to see Peng-Fei ... (Read more)
After studying drama in the UK, Dan-Feng returns to Taiwan to investigate her sister’s death. She suspects that her sister committed suicide because h... (Read more)
What is as immortal as loneliness? Towards The Completion of a Poem follows the trajectory of YANG Mu's life, embarking on the exploration of a remark... (Read more)
This film takes its title from ZHENG Chou-Yu’s renowned poem, Port of Mists. It explores a poet’s existence and his unending pursuit of the life exper... (Read more)
He is back. The one who used to explore Sirius and travel around the world like the ancient Chinese traveler XU Xia-Ke; the crane cremator with flamin... (Read more)
Possessing prolific knowledge of Chinese literature and deep Buddhist influences, CHOU Meng-Tieh is a unique poet with a penchant for infusing classic... (Read more)
How did “Eiko” from Beijing transform into “Ms. LIN” in Taipei? LIN Hai-Yin reminiscences about her Beijing childhood in her autobiographical novel, M... (Read more)
Elephant lives in seclusion. His job as a movie projectionist even allows him to be isolated from people at work. In the outside world, the news repor... (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)
Luomabike is a young fisherman from Orchid Island. His lover Lofat tells him that a priest is taking her to Taiwan to learn tailoring. They bid farewe... (Read more)
While on a train, Ren-pu and his father check whether the money inside each red envelope matches their list of designated names. They are returning to... (Read more)
Amidst spectacular scenery of serene lakes and majestic mountains, Old WEI, a tough guy from Shandong, marries A-yue, a young girl from Taiwan. Howeve... (Read more)
Misuo, an entomologist, is shown a reconstruction project of an old building by her architect boyfriend. Later, images that are not part of her own me... (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)
As always, A-hui came to Man-mei’s pub to play the Street Fighter video game choosing to play his regular Scorpio character Chun-li, who is burdened w... (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)
Set in Japan: On a bitter cold day with heavy snow, YANG, from Taiwan, goes to a newspaper office to apply for a paperboy job. The boss states that he... (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)
Four Moodsconsisted of four costume drama sections on folklore.“Joy”by PAI Ching-Jui, features a stylized guard of ghosts that keep a watchful eye on ... (Read more)
Based on ZOU Lang’s novel of the same name, Storm Over the Yangtze River is a historical film about the “Yangtze River 180 Blockade.” TSOH, a Chinese ... (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)
A-Cheng falls in love with Hsiao-hui, a beautiful prostitute who sells herself to a brothel to pay off his debts. On the run from both criminals and t... (Read more)
The film probes the mind of WANG Wen-Xing, the modernist pioneer who is long considered Taiwan's most enigmatic novelist. Writing only about 30 charac... (Read more)
A dark and poetic comedy, 7 Days in Heaven centers on one woman's experience of the death and funeral of her father. Mei, resolutely urban, makes her ... (Read more)
Two drama troupes happen to have to share the same auditorium for their rehearsals, and thus three stories intertwine on stage and screen. One is the ... (Read more)
Adapted from novelist Huang Chun-Ming’s three short stories: “The Sandwich Man”, “Vicky's Hat”, and “The Taste of ... (Read more)
Handsome journalist Muhuai meets three mysterious girls who look completely the same and who vanish right after he falls for them. In Hong Kong, she i... (Read more)
Jointly and respectively directed by King Hu, Lee Hsing, and Pai Ching-Jui, three major Taiwan directors of the 1970s, this film consist of three shor... (Read more)
Midnight radio-show hostess Vicky searches for her lover, Dog, who disappeared without a trace. While investigating his whereabouts in Taipei City, Vi... (Read more)