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A Corner of Heaven
With elegant camera movements in apt black-and-white, cameraman/writer/director Zhang enchants the viewer: a gripping phantasmagoria of modern slaveryPublished on: -
Growing Up
Written and produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Growing Up tells the tale of a recomposed family: a man from the mainland and his native Taiwanese wife.…Published on: -
The Boys from Fengkuei
Naturalistic and nostalgic, the film follows the lives of three teenagers from a fishing village on the Pescadores Islands in western Taiwan. Slowly aPublished on: -
The Second Life of Thieves
In a small fishing village in Malaysia, it’s not easy to keep anything hidden. Yet the village chief has kept a great secret throughout his…Published on: -
Poet on a Business Trip
In all its simplicity, a completely unique film, shot more than 10 years ago and only now edited. A poet sets off on a ‘business…Published on: -
Jimo Fangxin Julebu
Bitter-sweet comedy from Taipei in which Chen, a woman in her forties, comes face to face with her rebellious teenage daughter, her unfaithful husbandPublished on: -
Weather Report of the End
Bizarrely funny, small science-fiction film. Meteors and monsters determine the rough weather. The special effects are of an endearingly retro qualityPublished on: -
Chongqing Senlin
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Duoluo Tianshi
Very stylised thriller about a hired killer who has to break with his female agent because they start to become romantically interested in each other.Published on: -
Erdos Rider
Three stories and about love, fate, misunderstanding, desire and birthplace linked together by ingenious details. From the plains of in Mongolia to aPublished on: