On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?
Xiangning's only son Zhongze shows abnormal behaviors and claims he is the incarnation of god, Xiangning is convinced he can be modified by force of Lien-Shi, her religious group. With enormous stress and obsession, she enters into a mysterious space.
Everything around Mrs. Yan looks perfect, but her mind is as confused and complex as the variety of medications she is taking. To reach peace of body and mind, she tries many methods including qi training, but to no avail. One day she gets a message that the woman who had an affair with her husband is in a nursing home and suffering from dementia.
Li Hua, a drag show manager in Japan, gets a call from Taiwan telling her father has just passed away. After 30 years abroad, she goes back home, where she thought she would never return. But it is not only about the inheritance but also about the old flame she left behind: her sister-in-law. When they meet again, the intense attraction they felt for each other reappears instantly. Li Hua wants to make up for all the lost time, but how can they be together?
When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother's attempts to bury his existence.
As the director and the cameraman of a documentary project, Meng and Jianxian are travelling around Taiwan filming statues of religious and historical figures. Their conversations and debates on the statues often touch the political reality of Taiwan. Meng's girlfriend, Ning, is involved in a mediocre commercial feature film (initially as location scout and subsequently as an actress). Instead of realizing her ambition, she finds herself being exploited by the filmmakers. On the other hand, Meng and Ning's relationship is gradually faded.
This is a short film that requires the audience to pay attention. Pay attention to what does not happen in the frame; pay attention to the dialogue that is not said in the frame; and most importantly, pay attention to the man who does not appear in the frame.
Xu Chia-yang, a 30-year-old woman who ran into a brick wall in her life, chose to run away from her dream of being a professional boxer. Chen Li-yue, a strict coach with rigid discipline, chose to give up her professional coaching after an accident brought a coma to a student. Can they fight their inner devils and turn their fates around?
Compulsive gambler Jih (Tai-bao) tries to bamboozle dim-bulb gang boss Black Dog (Chen-Nan Tsai) in this satirical action-comedy that pokes fun at Taiwanese culture. To fend off Black Dog's attempt to collect a gaming debt, Jih says he can't repay the money because he needs it for the funeral of his father (Bin-hui Lee) -- who once saved the mafioso's life. Trouble is, Jih's father is alive, and Black Dog plans to attend the memorial service.
Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes a rare appearance visiting a late night coffee shop. Taipei 24H is a contemporary urban chronicle of a city rarely at sleep.
In the underground racing scene, emerging racer Xiao Le spirals into despair after an accident during a race with his brother, A Chieh. His life changes when he meets doctor Hui-Hui and becomes an ambulance driver, vowing to save people with speed. However, fate complicates things as San Pao and underground racing leader Brother Ben investigate, uncovering the unexpected truth about A Chieh.
The story is based on the "Yiyuan Resistance Data" real war stories, about the resistance war period in Shandong military region special battalion in the mushroom mountain to protect the security of the Shandong combat command centre from the siege and the Japanese in a fierce battle, the instructor Tang Jianheng pull grenades and the Japanese with the death of the battalion commander Yan Yulin received the order to lead the troops on the top of the hill to hold on to the last 20 minutes, and ultimately in the completion of the task of running out of food and comrades with the sacrifice of 14 people fearlessly!
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.
Three key events during three different time periods, in three seasons, and on three nights culminate to change the life of Zhang Dong Ling.
Mabel, Liam and Aaron have been friends since childhood. Their bonds of friendship are tested when, years later, they realize their friendship is the only reason they have made it through emotional hardships and extreme tragedies.
Insurer Ah-bin lived to his forties and never thought that he could be a saint. Just by stamping on policies and he can change people's lives. Everything starts from the loan shark, Mr. Hsi who saw the potential business from Ah- bin. As long as Mr. Hsi pays the premium, Ah-bin takes care of the insurance claims, and the insured “exchange some of their owns,” everyone are beneficial. What's better than a deal like this?
A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.
Urban legend has it that once you get bitten by a vampire, you will become one of them and reconnect with your suppressed primal desires. Who will be next?
The film is set in a pre-Covid Taipei, where a group of disenchanted souls are lost in a parallel virtual world.
It tells the story of a mother’s desperation to locate her child when the abductor dies before her child can be located. With time running out, the child’s mother seeks the assistance of a spiritual medium.
Doze runs into many problems as he tries to secure funding for what he thinks will be the next mockumentary blockbuster.
Haunted by trauma and trapped in sex work, Light meets Shuo, an undercover cop who offers him shelter. But healing isn’t easy—can Light choose a new path?
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.
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.