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Royston TAN

Karen KHOO-Toohey
TAN Jia-yu

A man who lost his wife in tsunami, escaped into fishing day after day on an island. As a mysterious man breaks into his life and lingers around, their interaction seemed to suggest more hidden story.

The Western Journey of Pigsy

CHIU Li-wei

CHIU Li-wei

CHIU Li-wei’s Barkley was nominated for Best Animation Feature at this year’s Golden Horse Awards. In this project, he reconstructed the Chinese fable Journey to the West: Pigsy wants to please his friends, monk Tang wants to fulfill his dream, and Monkey King manages to avoid his creditor. Will paradise have their wishes granted?

Woman Descending the Staircase

NIU Han

Mike S. RYAN

LAN Ruilong

NIU Han collaborates with producer Mike S. Ryan (The Turin Horse) to portray the uprising of aboriginals against the invasion of capitalism with the conflict of master and servant under one roof.

Girls, be Ambitious!

Tommy YU

CHOU Mei-yu

Emma CHUANG

Jin ONG

Tommy YU has won Best Short Film at Golden Horse Awards. He brings about the story of an adult film actress and a female wrestler, exploring their struggle and tears behind the entertainment and comfort they make possible to the audience.

Kung Fu Kids

Kevin CHU

Sen CHANG

Aileen LI

When an underdog youngster meets Kung Fu Kids, an unexpected journey begins. It combines adventure, action, fantasy and comedy, suited for all ages. It’s the first collaboration between director Kevin CHU and producer Aileen LI.

★The Violinist

WANG Yang

Sofia SONDERVAN
Petra HOEBEL

A violinist investigates an incident buried by her father, only to discover she is the final piece of the puzzle. The story reflects the cruel reality and limitation for immigrants living in the States.

Lover in Paradise

YANG Heng

YANG Cheng

YANG Heng

BI Shanyi

Director YANG Heng (Ghost in the Mountains) and producer YANG Cheng (Have a Nice Day) create this story surrounding four men and one woman: how they relate, love, desire, suspect and escape.

★Under the Sun

QIU Yang

Vincent WANG

Vincent WANG

QIU Yang’s short film of the same title was nominated at the Golden Horse Awards; his A Gentle Night was awarded Palme d’Or for short film at Cannes in 2017.  He’ll cooperate with Vincent WANG to reflect the moral crisis in contemporary China with an accident nobody is willing to help.

★Iphigenia in Manila

Albert Ventura ROLDAN

Stefano CENTINI

Alemberg ANG

CHANG Chu-ti

A businessman in Manila was drawn into a survival game. One misjudgment may cost him and his wife their lives. This is a nightmare, but also a chance for redemption.

★The Way Back Home

Wesley KO

Jimmy CHOU

Raymond Sung, Taiwan’s first MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) doctor went practicing medicine in Yemen, saving lives under fire. He has to confront the fear, helplessness, as well as the cultural and religious conflicts.

★Everything Depends

LIU Zhong-hua

LIU Zhong-hua

LIU Zhong-hua

ZHENG Bao-ling

Everything depends on the Buddha: begin with the morning drum and end with the evening bell, as an ordinary day or the path of reincarnation. A Buddha statue gets lost and found over and over and the absurdity resembles life itself.

Our Ghost Classmate

LIN Kuan-hui

Olive TING

HSU Chin-wan

A ghost insists on showing up in the daylight. She is the student who never misses a single class. In her afterlife, she still appear in front of her classmates and so the story begins…

★The Woman in a Diary

ZHU Ying-xin

Jonathan KIM

Paolo LEE

Yoonnes LEE

An underdog college boy found the old diary of his mother and his friends urge him to go on a journey of discovery. Along this trip, he realized his mother’s optimism, passion and courage while also found his own motivation to chase the dream.

★The Principal

WONG King Fai

WONG King Fai

WONG King Fai won the Best Original Screenplay with Life without Principle. This new project is based on actual event and character, depicting an atypical Principal of high school, who dares to challenge the rigid system, break the boundary and re-define the “education”.

The Beloved Stranger

CHANG Tso-chi

KAO Wen-horng

Four-time nominee of Best Director at Golden Horse Awards, CHANG Tso-chi turned his camera on a family with a grandfather suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Everyone has their own struggle and planning. As the two grandchildren observes quietly, memory and obliteration bring out the connotation of life.

★Aftertaste

Joseph HSU Chen-chieh

Jacqueline W. LIU

The celebration of Grandmom’s 70^th birthday was disrupted by the death of her husband who left family long ago. The three daughters argue and conflict over these occurrences, which also surface their own frustration as a daughter, a wife and a mother.

RAJ

Summer CHANG

Nicole TEOH

Jin ONG

A man falls in love with a girl from lower level, and thus he was banished from the family and declared dead. A lawyer tries to object this despicable tradition and defend for the man. “The Living Dead” demonstrates the unfairness and struggle between different groups in India.

As We Like It

CHEN Hung-i

Gene YAO

Terrisa CHEN

Y. C. WEI

Fu-Fu HSU

The project is an adaptation from Shakespeare’s comedy, with all the events taking place in 2021 in Taipei Ximen and all characters played by actresses. It is a futuristic fable with fantastic, comedic tone and the sequel to CHEN Hung-I’s debut Candy Rain.

The Wharf

LI Xiao-feng

Alex YAN

Director LI Xiao-feng (Nezha) and producer Alex YAN (Gone with the Bullets) tell the story of a student who mistakenly hurt someone, his classmate who took the place and bear the sin, and a brother who kept the secret. The happening left a scar on everyone.

One Fine Day

TAN Seng Kiat

Alvin LIEW

TAN Gaik-lan

TAN Seng-kiat was nominated for Best New Director with Shuttle Life this year. The new project was inspired by actual event in Malaysia: a girl murdered, the killer disappeared. How would her family live with the burden as the “victim’s family”? The truth seemed far, and to live takes a great deal of courage.

★God's Palette

ZHANG Zanbo

LONG Miao-yuan

HU Meng-chu

ZHANG Zanbo’s The Road was nominated for Best Documentary at the Golden Horse Awards, and this is his first feature film.  An amateur photographer and an internet celebrity happened to meet up. The half-documentary-half-fictional project reflects on the contemporary development and society of with black humor.

★The Floating Generation

CHEUK Cheung

Ken HUI

SUN Chih-shi

An ex-Miss Hong Kong interviewed Hong Kongers living in Taiwan, searching for the meaning of immigration and bringing out the question: is “leaving” the only option for the unbearable reality?

Stories Behind the Bookstores

LIAO Che-i

LIEN Chien-hung

HSU Hao-hsuan

Sunny YU

May SU

May SU

Yu SHIH

The four stories turned the field research and issues in documentary Poetries from the Bookstores into cinematic narratives and public conversations, re-modeling the blurry values of contemporary.

Where the River Flows

LAI Chun-yu

Yuan LI

CHANG Ya-ting

Eric XIE

This is the portrait of the era of White Terror: young women yearning for true love, soldiers with no hope of returning hometown, and frustrated war hero dwelling on the island. Everything surfacing because of a horrifying murder. As the police and the journalist approach the dangerous truth, it reveals that the time is real killer.

Offseason

KUO Cheng-chui

Pierre-Yves JOURDAIN

After his feature debut Forêt Debussy, director KUO Cheng-chui digs into a hidden secret for years. A man brought his mother and his girlfriend to the seashore in winter: to celebrate the mother’s birthday? Or is he planning for something?

★Cloud Maker

LIEN Chun-chien

Allen YANG Chung-shun

A girl who lost her father befriends with a lonely cloud maker and discovers a brand new world. How’d they heal the wounds in their hearts? The filmmaker praises the beauty and magnificence of nature.

Marriage Madness

Lingo HSIEH

Jackol KAO

Jackol KAO

LIN Shih-ken

In this black comedy, Lingo HSIEH (The Bride) portrays a girl who eagerly expects marriage, only to find her new family withholding some gruesome secret. How does she escape from this nightmare? Should marriage be a matter between two “persons” or two “families”?

The Neo-New Adventures

QIU Jiong-jiong

KONG Li-hong

WANG Zi-jian

A troupe and its talents epitomize the ups and downs of Sichuan Opera.

QIU Jiong-jiong’s previous work was selected into Locarno Film Festival; WANG Zi-jian has produced Kaili Blues and Free and Easy; KONG Li-hong has multiple collaboration with WANG Bing.

Daydream

LAI Kuo-an

Albert YAO

Gene YAO

Producer Gene YAO (Alifu, the Prince/ss, The Last Painting) and director LAI Kuo-an (A Fish Out of Water) create a story of an almost famous model, an artist creates with the wasted, and a youngster from single-parent family. Their lives interweave and lead toward elevation.

★Crazy TV Channel

HSIEH Nian-zu

WANG Wei-chung

CHEN Yi-ching

Gary WANG

Adapted from popular stage play of the same title, executive produced by veteran WANG Wei-chung. On the scene of live-broadcasting talk show, a burglar breaks in and draws national attention. Check how the Crazy TV Channel strives for higher rating and relight the fire for the struggling TV industry.

★Trans

Jun LI

SHU Kei

Jacqueline LIU

A phone call from afar unveils a mystery for years, enlightening the man to face his true self with a feminine heart. Now he has to confess to his wife and children and endure the unbearable pressure from the world.

Shadow Through the Light

WANG Wei-ming

YU Wei-yen

Tina LAI

Veteran producer YU Wei-yen and director WANG Wei-ming (Sex Appeal) focus on a temporary worker, who just lost his wife, forced to the court for the custody of his daughter. While the public prejudice compels him to fight back, the child in the shadow is still yearning for the light of love and caring.

Extraordinary Youth

XIANG Guo-qiang

LU Yang

XIANG Guo-qiang’s Young Love Lost was nominated for Best New Director at Golden Horse Awards. The project tells the story of an underground journalist returning to his hometown to investigate some suspended case. Meeting up with his old friend, solving the case might be the answer to their lives.

★Sin Under the Skin

WONG Ka-ho

TSUI Chun-man

Lorna TEE

Melody CHENG

WONG Ka-ho

Several murder cases leave the police clueless. Seemingly innocent victims all have committed unspoken crimes. The appearance of a copycat makes things even worse. Two detectives break the rule in order to search for truth, pushing everything to the edge of breakdown.

★Miles Home

ZHU Lin

WU Pan-pan

YIN Homber

A human trafficker must hide his identity and send a kidnapped baby back home in four days, in order to fulfill his self-redemption. A rather bitter topic is delivered in a comedy. Producer YIN Homber has participated in Let The Bullets Fly and Gone with the Bullets.

WIP Selected Projects

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★LONG TIME NO SEA

TSUI Yung-hui

Gene YAO

SU Gwo-shing

CHEN Pao-ying

This is the story of children in Lanyu, which also reflects the cultural gap of Tao people.

★Devils Behind Hope's Death

RONG Guang-rong

WU Wen-guang

LI Zheng-xing

Ambra CORINTI

Inspired by actual event: in an oppressed society, the appearance of youngster killers is not accidental but inevitable. But who is to blame? RONG Guang-rong has won NETPAC Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam. This will be his first feature film.

Haote Haote ·Youth

GU Tao

GAO Wei

Director GU Tao returned to Huhhot after seventeen years. As the city landscape changes day after day, the youth no longer stays. His The Last Moose of Aoluguya was nominated for Best Documentary at Golden Horse Awards.

★Kafka's Lovers

Jade Y. CHEN

Martin LIU

WANG Ken-yu

Jade Y. CHEN

KAO Wen-horng

WANG Ken-yu

A love triangle arise right before a stage play’s premiere. The man loved by two women suddenly disappeared, and they have to work together to rescue the kidnapped boyfriend. This is noted author Jade Y. CHEN’s directorial debut.

YEH Chia-Ying

CHEN Tsun-shing

LEE Yu-hwa

WANG Wan-jo

CHIOU Zi-ning

XU Qian-chun

The documentary explores the influence and significant role of distinguished scholar YEH Chia-ying in contemporary Chinese literature. Director CHEN Tsun-shing is the executive producer for The Inspired Island series.