19th Taipei Film Festival
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- DirectorAnn HuiStarsSylvia ChangAngie ChiuNorman ChuA real murder case which was complicated by the minage ' trois relationship of the victim and the main suspects. As different witnesses narrated their conflicting stories, the case seemed set to lead to nowhere; especially when the real identity of the dead person was finally discovered.
- DirectorKogonadaStarsJohn ChoHaley Lu RichardsonParker PoseyA Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.
- DirectorBogdan MiricaStarsDragos BucurGheorghe VisuVlad IvanovRoman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his men will not let go of the land..
- DirectorJi HuangRyûji OtsukaStarsYao FangXiao LiqiaoHonggui YaoA 16 year-old high-school student is left behind by her parents and longing for love. She steals cellphones and sells them to men she doesn't know. As she takes risks, she has her first sexual experience - a cruel one.
- DirectorPhilippe Van LeeuwStarsHiam AbbassDiamand Abou AbboudJuliette NavisA mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
- DirectorÓliver LaxeStarsAhmed HammoudShakib Ben OmarSaid AagliA dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
- DirectorJúlia MuratStarsRaquel KarroRodrigo BolzanNeto MachadoThe loving relationship between a sculptor and a dancer.
- DirectorHadas Ben AroyaStarsHadas Ben AroyaYonatan Bar-OrNetser CharittJoy can't let go of her ex, but doesn't seem to be able to fall for the new guy. In the meantime she keeps having casual sex with strangers.
- DirectorKirsten TanStarsPenpak SirikulThaneth WarakulnukrohSasapin SiriwanijOn a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
- DirectorCheng-Chui KuoStarsGwei Lun-MeiYi-ching LuDeep in the barren mountains, a mother and a daughter live an isolated quiet life. The Daughter looks lean and fragile. She seems unreactive toward her surroundings, confining herself in her own wretched world. The Mother is like a guardian angel who always protects her and takes care of everything. Before living in seclusion, The Daughter was a pianist who lost her husband and son. The Mother decided to take her away and hid her in the mountains where no one could ever find them, believing it is the only possible way for her daughter to survive, Nevertheless, they have to face nothing but themselves ever since, as well as to confront the endless forest...
- DirectorMidi ZStarsKai KoKe-Xi WuShin-Hong WangTwo Burmese immigrants fleeing their country's civil war in search of a new life in Thailand.
- DirectorYu-Hsun ChenStarsShu QiQianyuan WangHsiao-chuan ChangIt is an unusual day for the remote and isolated Desire Village. A mysterious Taoist priest brings a magical equipment that can erase one's memory. Since then, all the villagers have forgotten their past, living "happily ever after", while the dangerous plot behind their back is just about to be unveiled.
- DirectorHsien-Jer ChuStarsKang Ren WuAviis ZhongTai-Yan YuWhite Ant is a psychological drama that tells a story about sexual fetishism. Bai Yide is a young man living alone. He works at a bookstore and derives sexual pleasure by stealing and wearing women's underwear. One day, he receives a DVD in which his activities have been recorded and he becomes anxious. The DVD was sent by Junhong, who happened to know about Bai's psychological trauma stemming from working at Bai's mother's wedding dress shop.
- DirectorWei-Hao ChengStarsWei-Ning HsuKaiser ChuangChia-Yen KoThe story about an ambitious journalist who eagerly pursues a long-forgotten accident. When the sole survivor of the accident suddenly disappears, he realizes that nothing is what it seems, and the unimaginable dark truth will haunt him for the rest of his life.
- DirectorLi-Ming ChengStarsFangas NayawJeremie NicoliYa-Chieh ChiangThe beginning of image is the beginning of language. I'm trying to find ourselves in mata-eyes, and through a foreigner's gaze.
- DirectorHui-Chen HuangStarsHui-Chen HuangA family story of a very special kind. The mother earns a living as a spirit guide for the deceased at their funerals: she was never at home, always out and about with her girlfriends instead. The daughter now goes to great lengths to attempt to understand her mother. A cosmos opens before us, one which manages to be of universal cultural significance and extremely intimate at the same time.
- DirectorRina B. TsouStarsWhakin C. ManiegoYu Hsuan ChenMei-Man JinDocked at the port of Kaohsiung, Filipino seaman Arnie buys a ring with the help of his mates, to propose to his girlfriend back home. The supposedly happiest moment of his life soon takes a downward spiral when he finds out she is pregnant - but he is not the father of the child.
- DirectorTsung-Han TsaiStarsChien-Na LeeHong-Chi LeeAfter a nuclear disaster, the world has gone dystopian. Many people have undergone physical mutation, and therefore are cut off government supplies. A female mutant robs the provisions of a military officer with a strong sense of justice. His chase ends in a rundown, gaudy amusement park. Just when the girl is about to be arrested, she discovers a top secret. The division between normal and abnormal should not be a raison d'être.
- DirectorKevin C.Y. TsengStarsYurie CollinsRio HaradaMari MatsumotoA portrait of Ranko, a Japanese hairdresser in New York, as seen through the events leading up to the departure of her friend, a Japanese Jazz singer.
- DirectorYi-Ling WangStarsMeng-Chieh KaoChin-Liang LiaoHung Hsiu WuThis is a story about two social outcasts who help each other and make new goals in a road trip. A man loses his house and is forced to live in his truck. A Vietnamese woman, who only has one flight ticket and easy packages, gets on the man's truck. They sit on the moving truck, follow signs directing all the way to North, and embark on adventures on the road trip.