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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Synapses

    Melancholy Taiwanese family drama about the meaning and function of memories and the indestructibility of family ties.
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  • The Road to Mandalay

    Powerful drama about the tragic love between two illegal immigrants from Myanmar in Bangkok. In a very troubling scene, Midi Z ingeniously shows how L
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  • Babes’ Not Alone

    It’s Liang’s 18th birthday and she is excited about her date with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, she also has to babysit her brother’s baby which is…
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  • A Man After Midnight

    Referencing a popular ABBA song, Su Hui-yu’s video conducts a séance of a late-night Taiwanese television variety show where host Frankie
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  • 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.…
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  • 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 a
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  • Kuei-mei, a Woman

    After escaping from Communist China, Kuei-mei marries an alcoholic widower with kids. ‘Such is my life’ in its original title, this moving saga spanni
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  • Run Away

    Kidnapped by a group of bandits and raped by their chief, Dan Zhu slowly develops feelings for the perpetrator. Echoing the social realism of Taiwanes
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  • The Terrorizers

    Unrelated stories unfold simultaneously in an unfriendly Taipei, involving a photographer, a writer, a doctor and the mysterious ‘White Chick’. Edward
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  • The Sandwich Man

    Three poignant shorts reflecting on post-colonial Taiwanese society. Adapted by the great scriptwriter Wu Nian-chen from popular nativist literature o
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