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The arrogant, third most-wanted criminal in Taiwan, decides to get rid of the top two competitors and crowns himself the most-wanted criminal before dying.
Lee is a superstar police detective in Taipei. After losing his team during a crime investigation, he is haunted by guilt and transferred to a rural police station. Traumatized by the incident, Lee develops amnesia—but is determined to keep it a secret. Soon, he is assigned a new case: the kidnapping of the son of an influential Japanese businessman. As his memory continues to fade, Lee can only rely on his instincts—which, against all odds, lead him to the criminals.
Waking up from a coma, an accomplished headhunter finds herself in an alternate reality where she has to revisit an excruciating childhood trauma.
Amid the hubbub of the New Year’s Eve firework display, three youngsters of different backgrounds become roommates in the juvenile detention house. However, they soon come to realize that they could never leave the place for good.
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Two years post heart transplant, Ah Xun remains unable to shake off the gloom cast over his renewed life. First, there is a house fire; then, an unprecedented pandemic breaks out. Retreating to his grandfather’s home, Ah Xun finds himself persistently haunted by a string of unfortunate events. He is faced with an ex lover’s return, an encounter with the mixed-race sibling neighbours, the harrowing news of his mother’s cancer, his sister’s nervous breakdown, a friend’s drug issues, and now, the news of his grandfather testing positive for the new disease.
On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?
In Minnan, pineapple rhymes with ‘luck’ and is an auspicious symbol. Carrying a pineapple with him, a young man travels with his mentally handicapped younger brother from their hometown in the provinces to Taipei, where a relative works in a factory. There the brothers witness a scene of labour dispute. Will the pineapple bring them luck after all? After scripting Love Is a Gun (2023), winner of the Lion of the Future award at the Venice International Film Festival 2023, LIN Cheng-hsun presents this new short, a dramatisation of brotherly affection, through a sophisticated command of cinematic and narrative devices.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Luo’s elder brother has been staying with him, who finds the arrangement increasingly irritating. When Luo’s brother unknowingly ruins his carefully prepared dinner for a date, long-held grudges come to the surface and the brothers enter into a big fight. Despite Luo’s good intentions, it looks like the dinner date is going to fail, and as his brother intervenes to save the day, the two talk again. The nuanced short is highlighted by a remarkable performance and a story that flows effortlessly with affecting emotions.
A young housewife’s mundane life is stirred when she suspects someone of gazing at her through her shower window.
“Later I realized that the sight of stare had a temperature.” This story is about a teenager, her name is Chen An, who has been living with her mother in every random place. But this time they moved to a “Miss” penthouse suite. This was not very acceptable to her and she kept wondering what is it about like at school.
An unemployed son visits his mother who lives alone. Having been away from home for a while, a sense of distance and alienation is all that is left between them. Nevertheless, they keep saying, ‘I’m fine’, to each other as neither wants to worry the other.
Morpheus accidentally meets Fish, a girl he has always hoped to see again. Morpheus is a psychiatrist now. Noticing that Fish is suffering from mental illness, he decides to keep her company. Unfortunately, her illness erodes their daily lives. When everything around is on the verge of collapsing, Morpheus takes Fish to another psychiatrist, Morpheus’ supervisor in the hospital, for help. However, an astonishing fact is going to shock Morpheus.
A bizarre hitman with a soft spot for animals and a taste for cowboy gear gets handed an outrageous assignment. A gambler and a jockey have cooked up a scheme: rig the race, push a sluggish long shot to a shocking win, and walk away with a fortune from the racetrack owner’s pocket. But the owner gets wise to the plan. Determined to shut it down before it starts, he brings in the killer to clean house. Now faced with a fat payday and a moral dilemma, the hitman stands at a crossroads — stick to the job, or help the poor sap escape the crosshairs? One horse sets off a chain reaction that lays bare the greed and humanity buried in every heart.
After the final exams, a body is found hanging in the men's bathroom, its cause of death uncertain—suicide or murder? With no clear signs of foul play, the investigation uncovers bullying within the class and complex student dynamics. The suspects include a trusted teacher, a class president fighting for justice, a passive gifted student, a weak follower, and a powerful troublemaker. As motives and opportunities are questioned, the mystery of who killed the student unfolds in the near-empty school.
On screen, Master Luo is all charm and flavor, crafting perfect mango ice. Off camera, he's weary and worn. After filming, he rushes to the hospital, gently caring for his ailing mother in silence, fearing to disturb her when she was sleeping soundly on the bed...
