Three cherry picked short films and two refreshing animations, comprehensively present the various city- and landscapes of Taiwan, and briskly depart from the rich legacies of the Taiwanese masters.
AN UNBOUNDED ROMANCE
What is the incomprehensibility of love that seduces us to unravel it? Perhaps it is the pointed question that deters us from loving, as well as compels us to love.
RAIN
Taiwan bears the brunt of climate change– with this anomalous weather pattern, the government has issued a water shortage.
HOW I LEARNED TO TELL A LIE
Didi, a country boy wrongly accused of theft and detained, struggles and loses his innocence by his encounter with the oppressiveness of the real world: class, law and sexuality.
THE BOX
The Box is a mixed-media animation that combines illustration, stop-motion, and live action to present a story about the loss of innocence and creativity in the process of becoming an adult.
WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS
When her lover – a young Singaporean soldier stationed in Taiwan – has to leave, Chieh-i has to make a decision about their future.
JULY 1ST, AN UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY
Handover Law met his girlfriend, Rayna, at the last July 1st march in 2010. This year, they will march again to celebrate their meeting, his birthday and protest the government.
NO LONGER THERE
A man tasked with making artificial dentures imagines innumerable friendships with his clients in an imaginary world.