Mike Lin

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

When great fortune unexpectedly comes your way, how would you react? Would you be swayed by greed? Pan Hao, a small-time gangster with a lust for diamonds, ends up in a mental hospital. Alongside others with their own complex stories, they find refuge in a host club. In a bizarre twist, they are transformed into five top male hosts. Their outrageous yet glamorous lives unfold, marked by first loves, deep friendships, and fierce rivalries—each navigating their newfound roles in the world of high-end hosting.

Damian returns to Taiwan, opens a restaurant, and starts a family with Jerry via surrogacy, navigating parenthood and societal pressures while raising their son.

Da Hei takes on dark tasks for medical funds, unaware his roommate Xiao Bai is an intelligence operative. Their growing bond tests their paths forward.

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A retired woman, Yang Ying-mei, tries to start a new chapter of life by volunteering at a temple, but recurring nightmares of her debt-ridden past force her to confront old wounds, leading her to discover healing and hope through resilience and community.

Pei Yu Yen has her whole life ahead of her. Raised in a sheltered environment by her father who is a professor, she is prim and proper and typical good student. However, her life is akin to a canary bird in a cage until the day she met Yu Hao. He is boy caught in a brawl with gangsters on the street. He is the boy who rushed into the classroom to thank her. He is the boy who stopped the bus to give her a love letter. They may be further apart than any two people in the world, but he cannot resist the urge to reach out to her to see her smile again.

At a birthday party, a sex video is filmed without consent and Ren Li-cha is the girl in the video. The clip circulates among the students and Li-cha is mocked and bullied as a result. Wu Yun-heng, a transfer student, went to the party with Li-cha. As she cannot stand how much Li-cha is suffering' she is determined to find out about the truth behind the incident, fighting for her best friend. However, as she gets closer to the truth, she is about to shatter the peace in school.

A boy with a secret crush struggles with his feelings as he watches the one he loves grow closer to others, sinking deeper into his own emotional turmoil.

The father takes Chen to the beach, but unfortunately there’s a typhoon coming. Chen is determined to swim. In the choppy sea, Chen meets his past and tries to have a reconciliation with it. This is a story about family relationship from the child's perspective.

An astronomer’s failed research and withering family leads him spiraling down the memories of his painful childhood and the dreams of his past life.