Curations

Searching for a person to spend the night with me

李駿碩

5 films

The theme of this program is hookup films — stories of young men and women in the city, some by chance, others by design. Each work carries a strong sense of space: homes, subways, laundromats, saunas — online and offline, full of contemporary texture. Sex is the desire to live; when facing death, I feel small, and each night becomes a luxury. At some point, I stopped saying “forever” and began saying “the rest of my life,” though what remains may be only tonight. In one scene, he asks, “Why do you make films?” She answers, “Because I like it.” Because I like it — that’s how simple the reason is for this generation.

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Looking For?

If You See Something That Doesn't Look Right

If You See Something That Doesn't Look Right

There’s No Sex, Only Fans

There’s No Sex, Only Fans

Endless Chain of Lies

Endless Chain of Lies

Kiss

Spectral Flames: Hidden Gems Waiting for an Encounter | Online Curation by Film Critic Mr. GeckoBiHu

壁虎先生

7 films

In every era, certain films persist as hidden gems, burning quietly their spectral flames in corners where nobody notices. Spectral, for having been buried by the arbitrary nature of its era, or from years of forgottenness in obscurity; Spectral, also for the fact that they give form to an internal, invisible burning within, weeping aloud in a deafening silence. With this programme, I hope to orchestrate encounters between these films and audiences who might not have realized their need for them. They do not yet know that they yearn for those spectral flames to flare up within their screen, to sting and scorch their yearning heart.

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Kotoko

Love Conquers All

Giloo 獨家上架

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Love Conquers All

男人女人未來人

Spectral Home

The Making of Crime Scenes

Giloo 獨家上架

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The Making of Crime Scenes

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我叫阿銘啦

PSEUDO SECULAR

Growing up overnight, the blazing fire of youth

卓亦謙

10 films

Everything changes; the only constant is change itself. Young people who encounter life-altering upheavals face life and death, joy and sorrow. At life’s turning points, the choices they make reveal who these protagonists truly are. Within these stories, we may see reflections of ourselves—or find lives far removed from our own. Yet they always help us understand one another, allowing us, over ten to a few dozen minutes, to experience, grow, and comfort each other together. In a world of ever-shifting circumstances, perhaps cinema is a faithful companion that walks alongside us.

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Game Boy

The Restoraion

And Afterwards

Blossom

The Riverside Apartment

The Riverside Apartment

金馬獎最佳導演李駿碩短片作品

My World

Monster days

男孩成長的躁動｜法國克萊蒙費宏短片影展

Burning

Little Deaths

Who’ll Stop the Rain

九零年代自由與愛的革命

Who’ll Stop the Rain

Fractures of the Flesh

b.l!nk 總編輯李姿穎

8 films

When does a woman first become aware of her own body? Is it the moment she feels the first gaze upon her, or the moment the first wound splits open? The body is a battlefield where power, desire and trauma intertwine. Spanning animation, documentary and narrative features, Fissures of the Body looks at how the female body becomes a vessel for violence and discipline — and how, from within those fissures, it tries to speak, to write and to remake itself. Together, these works reveal that wounds are never merely physical; they are symbolic and psychic as well. From everyday scars to the social gaze, from trauma inherited across generations to the dismemberment performed by the cosmetic-surgery industry, the female body is continually cut, filled and consumed — and yet, in that same process, it shows the resilience of the survivor and a faint, stubborn resistance.

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Girl in the Water

Girl in the Water

Black Box Diaries

無法在日本上映的電影

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Black Box Diaries

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Perfect Blue

Praying Mantis (Director's Cut)

Praying Mantis (Director's Cut)

A Girl Named Ann

令和怪物新人河合優實主演

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A Girl Named Ann

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Poetry

Portrait of Lady on Fire

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Portrait of Lady on Fire

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Beauty Water

Between Lines and Silence

巫香瑾 (Hsiang Chin Moe)

9 films

Each of us follows a line of our own—a trace of time, slowly shaped by the moments that make up a life. As that line stretches forward and meets another, crossing and intertwining, a story quietly begins. Some move swiftly, some slowly; some linger in the stillness of everyday life, while others find themselves caught in another's path. These dialogue-free animated shorts use minimalist lines and color to capture the subtle movements of life. When words fall silent, lines begin to speak. May these brief moments invite you to pause, step into these stories, and perhaps discover where your own line meets another.

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The Nomadic Tomb

遊牧生命的盡頭

The Nomadic Tomb

Scar

Extravagantly Ordinary Night

Extravagantly Ordinary Night

A Girl Who's Afraid of Touching People

A Girl Who's Afraid of Touching People

fur

靈感源自村上春樹《挪威的森林》

isle of Chair

Hippocampus

Water, Water

CHICKEN

Good Times, Bad Times, Lazy Times

跟跟

8 films

In an age of endless watching, how do we deal with distraction overload? Too exhausted after work? These films are short enough not to test your patience. Some are early works by acclaimed directors; all are sharp, rich, and full of surprises. Fine, I admit it—I also put them here simply because I love them. They’ll leave you wanting to hit replay. You may need to be jolted by them one more time before you’re ready to move on.

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當母女愛上了同一個男人

Before Dawn

All the Crows in the World

坎城影展－短片金棕櫚獎

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All the Crows in the World

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Heading South

朴贊郁早期精彩短片

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Judgement

《日麗》導演夏洛特威爾斯短片作品

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Tuesday

酒店工作者的真實樣貌

The Hostess

The Designers—Tom Ford

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The Designers—Tom Ford

白色恐怖實驗短片

Love Letters

The Red Daisy in the Dark | JOiiCHEW Online Curation

祈悅 JOiiCHEW

7 films

The word daisy originates from the Old English dægeseage — the "day’s eye." Following the rhythm of light, they open and close, standing as a worldly symbol of innocence and hope. This curation, however, focuses on those forms of life that refuse to close in the darkness. They navigate the liminal spaces between collapse and rebirth, bondage and freedom, fragility and madness. When the light of hope as defined by the world fades, they bloom with a defiant, crimson hue. As the "day’s eye" shuts, the red daisy begins its journey to find its own light within the cracks.

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

相米慎二經典成長電影

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搬家

坎城影展｜金棕櫚獎

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Titane

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512 Hours

Dogtooth (Digital Restoration)

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Dogtooth (Digital Restoration)

The Boys Club

The Balconettes

《燃燒女子的畫像》諾耶米梅蘭特自導自演

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The Balconettes

Where the Soul Remains

冼澔楊

8 films

“If a person stays in a place long enough, part of their soul will remain there.” These words, spoken by the protagonist of my documentary, not only profoundly shaped the way I see my hometown and the places where I grew up, but also became a kind of revelation. I used to fear that these places would become unfamiliar, or even disappear entirely. Yet this sentence taught me how to look gently at disappearance and loss. The films in this program gaze upon living, breathing lives, observing how each person leaves a part of their soul in the places where they have lived, wandered, or stayed.

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風雨中抱緊自由

Cyclone

In Memory of The Chinatown

Giloo 獨家上架

In Memory of The Chinatown

Between the Stars and Waves

Giloo 獨家上架｜國境間的流離之身

Between the Stars and Waves

Kaohsiung City, Yancheng Distric, Fubei Rd., No.31

高雄城中城紀錄短片

Kaohsiung City, Yancheng Distric, Fubei Rd., No.31

Mutualism

Afterlife

Meeting Mr. Li

A Roof in Common

A Roof in Common

Nostalgia for the Night

林子穎

8 films

Oh, the allure of looking back and reminiscing for better days gone by… Nostalgia develops in us sentimental creatures for a multitude of reasons, be it dissatisfaction of the present, an impending doom for the future, or the painful realisation of past mistakes. The most poignant form of nostalgia materialises when the present has passed the point of no return. Force majeure and the ones that got away. Films on the list captured distinct era in the personal or societal past, that shine light on our inescapable present, for better or worse. Might we become better beings when we come out from the other side. “If we should weep when clowns put on their show, If we should stumble when musicians play, Time will say nothing but I told you so.” If I Could Tell You - W.H. Auden

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Dream in Silence

江郎才盡的電影導演？

Dream in Silence

The Edge of Night

318青年如何帶傷前行？

The Edge of Night

KJ: Music and Life

金馬獎｜最佳紀錄片

KJ: Music and Life

Letter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong

Letter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong

Grandma's Hairpin

金馬獎｜最佳紀錄片

Grandma's Hairpin

Before the Box Gets Emptied

2023 金馬獎最佳劇情短片

Before the Box Gets Emptied

獅子山下的漁民故事

The Sea Within

Su Beng, the Revolutionist

台灣體制外革命家史明紀錄片

Su Beng, the Revolutionist

Asian Mystical (Sur)Realities

朱凱濙

8 films

The surreal often emerges from everyday life. The rituals, urban legends, and folk beliefs in this selection may appear as distant as myths, yet they are deeply embedded in our daily experience, touching the most potent emotions and sense of awe within us. I have always believed that the surreal is not the strangeness of the external world, but an enlargement of what lies within. Between the mysterious and the mundane, the landscapes of Asia give rise to their own authentic and singular tales. These films move through the cracks between reality and myth, illuminating the subtle, ineffable connections between people and the world, between faith and the void.

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羌族女巫傳說

The Poison Cat

A Ceremony at Sea

A Ceremony at Sea

Dayang Bersiong - The Sinful Cook

張吉安《五月雪》前導短片

Dayang Bersiong - The Sinful Cook

舞蹈與影像的詩篇

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The Walkers

Meat Days

金穗獎最佳學生劇情片

One to Ten

I Went to an Alien Planet

I Went to an Alien Planet

In The Dusk