Movies: Alice Tsai-yi Huang

A novelist past her prime, Fang Yuan-Yi accidentally discovers a manuscript at her publisher’s office. She recognizes not just her own signature style in the writing but also its superior talent. Alarmed by this, she steals the work and is determined...

A high-school girl resents her family’s traditional Taiwanese funeral business, but gains the attention of the whole school after using her knowledge of traditional funerals to help a popular but secretly suicidal classmate perform a “living funeral”...

Feng runs away from her rural home to pursue singing in Taipei but is trafficked to Japan as a prostitute. Years later, she returns to Taiwan, burdened by guilt and avoiding her family while secretly sending money home. Her brother Ming, now a police...

Since Six was 18, he no longer knows what freedom is. He’s trapped in a wheelchair. His father, a taxi driver, drives him every day out to the streets to sell chewing gum. That’s how Six spends his days. Till he gets to meet a quiet girl, Noodles, w...

Yeh, a gifted student, transfers to Edison Junior High, a private school renowned for its academic performance. Disturbed by the gloomy atmosphere and distorted institutions, the rebellious Yeh begins to challenge everything he sees and feels. Little...

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After losing her job as a garment worker, Ling sees her prospects dim dramatically: in her mid forties, she lives in a small, dilapidated apartment in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung and spends much of her time locked in arguments with her testy daug...

This film is an adaptation of a short story of the same name, written by Kao Yi-feng. It tells the story of a green scarab beetle who has transformed into human form. As in the book, he is named "Vitamin." Vitamin surreptitiously enters people's apar...

The Hotel Blackcat's owner, Mang, never leaves the counter. Guests include the immigrant worker, whore, losing-job Japanese, sex-abused man, little Lolita.... The police forces the Hotel to shut down and all guests must leave. What should they do? I...

Inspired by the notorious "cement murder" incident that shocked Hong Kong and Taiwan, this engaging crime drama is also a timely reflection on society and the struggles faced by young adults. Siblings Cong and Panda, along with Taiwanese student Tai,...

On Green Island in the 1950s, the female thought prisoners chose to fight for freedom, but were more forcefully suppressed by the authority. They held on to their beliefs and hoping for true freedom to come....

This is a story about the land and family memories....

When her daughter's slipping grades threaten their status in life, a mother resorts to extreme measures to avoid losing social standing....

In the early 1950s, even the small villages in Taiwan were bathed in the atmosphere of White Terror. It was a difficult time for all. There was a beautiful young woman called A-zhen. She always felt that there was something weird in her house since s...

Hu Guan-yu is passionate about table tennis. He trains with his best friend Huang Xuan, hoping to make the Olympic national team. When a new coach arrives, the team's atmosphere shifts, and they gradually drift apart. A year later, Guan-yu wins the j...

In June, a graduation month, a college graduate Ting experiences a sudden separation from her close cousin Jane. During a series of rituals, Ting tries to defend Jane’s choice against their family and seeks an answer to Jane’s suicide and their life....

A Tien is a construction worker who is at home due to a job accident, and along with his naughty daughter Xiao Chun (Haru), unexpectedly starts caring for a pig. Grandfather raises holy pigs and Haru stole a piglet to raise. A Tien, ​​who was struggl...

Welcome to Ward 816, a place filled with incredible children who are true warriors. Each of them carries a badge symbolising their strength in fighting various diseases. In this bustling ward, there's a special group, including Yuan, Shi-yan, Heng, N...

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A fish stuck in a fish pond does not have the luxury of swimming around freely. They are used to a mindless system of food being fed to them waiting to be weighed by the humans to see how much their worth....