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NEW TITLE
THE SCOUNDRELS
(鈔擊大盜)
Director
Tzu- Hsuan HUNG
Cast
Kang-Ren WU, JC LIN, Hsin-Ying HSIEH, Nana LEE, Jack KAO, Frederick LEE
2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam - Big Screen Competition / Voices
Rui, once a famous basketball player, faces his downfall and works as a street-parking fee collector, who also accepts jobs from a car theft gang.
One night, a robber hijacks Rui when he accidentally spots a seriously injured woman in the vehicle.
Now the police and the public see Rui as the suspect of the bank robbery, and the girl who could clear his name remains unconscious. How can Rui get himself out of this quagmire?
Taiwan| 2018 | Action, Crime | Color | Post-production
Release Date: Summer 2018
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Market Screening
Mar. 20 (Tue) 15:45
@ Hong Kong Arts Centre
FATHER TO SON
(范保德)
Director
HSIAO Ya-Chuan
Cast
Michael JQ HUANG, CHUANG Kai-Hsun, Aria WANG, LU Hsueh-Feng
2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam - Big Screen Competition / Voices 2018 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival – Competition
Van Pao-Te, who is now 60 years old, finds himself suffering from a serious illness, instead of getting
treatment, he decides to go to Japan to look for his father who abandoned him 50 years ago with the accompany of his son. At the same time, a young man from Hong Kong who is somehow related to Van Pao-Te’s past comes to Taiwan. Two unknown journeys of self-reconciliation begin…
Taiwan | 2018 | Drama | Color | DCP | 115 min | Completed
Release Date: Spring 2018
NEW TITLE
Market Screening
Mar. 20 (Tue) 18:00
@ HKCEC Theatre 2
HKIFF Screenings
Mar. 25 (Sun) 18:00 Mar. 27 (Mon) 19:30
@ Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University @ Grand Kornhill Cinema
ON HAPPINESS ROAD Director
SUNG Hsin-Yin
Voice cast
GWEI Lun-Mei, WEI Te-Sheng
(幸福路上)
2017 Busan International Film Festival - Wide Angle Section 2017 Golden Horse Film Festival - Closing Film 2018 Tokyo Anime Award Festival - Competition 2018 Hong Kong International Film Festival - Animation Unlimited Chi grew up on Happiness Road in Taiwan but was always living in awe of the USA, everything she knew about the country excited her; the chocolate, the cartoons. Chi was taught that the only way to earn happiness is to study hard so she could move to the USA. Chi took this to heart and eventually her dreams became reality when she got the opportunity to move to the USA, where she met her husband and settled down.
However, Chi’s dream move didn’t turn out the way she hoped it would, she’s become lost in her
seemingly happy life. On a trip home for her grandmother's funeral Chi stumbles into classmates
and friends from years gone by, she begins to feel nostalgic about her childhood and starts to question her own supposed happiness. As Chi starts to redefine her own happiness with a trip down memory lane she begins to contemplate the meaning of ‘life’ and ‘home’.
54th Golden Horse Film Festival CLOSING FILM
5th Tokyo Anime Award Festival COMPETITION
Taiwan | 2017 | Animation | Color | DCP | 111 min | Completed
Taiwan Release Date : Jan. 5, 2018
NEW TITLE - 2017
THE VILLAGE OF NO RETURN Director
CHEN Yu-Hsun
Cast
SHU Qi, WANG Qianyuan, CHANG Hsiao-Chuan,
(健忘村)
LIN Mei-Hsiu, Yo YANG, Eric TSANG 2017 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - NETPAC Award 2017 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - Official Selection 2017 New York Asian Film Festival - Official Selection 2017 East Winds Film Festival - Closing Film Once upon a time, in a remote and isolated Desire Village in China, the villagers were caught up in the everyday conflicts and complicated relationships, unaware of Squire Shih’s conspiracy to wipe
out the whole village. One day, a mysterious Taoist priest suddenly dropped in, bringing along a magical
equipment that can erase one’s memory. Since then, all the villagers had forgotten their turbulent past, living on with total different identities. None of them was aware of their false happiness and the fact that they had been involved in a far more dangerous intrigue…
21st Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival NETPAC AWARD
2017 East Winds Film Festival CLOSING FILM
Taiwan, China | 2017 | Martial Arts, Comedy | Color | DCP | 116 min | Completed
Taiwan Release Date: Jan. 26, 2017
Mainland China Release Date: Jan. 28, 2017
NEW TITLE - 2016
WHITE ANT Director Cast
(白蟻)
CHU Hsien-Che WU Kang-Jen, Aviis ZHONG, YU Tai-Yan
2016 Busan International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award 2016 Singapore International Film Festival - Silver Screen Awards Competition 2017 Hong Kong International Film Festival - Indie Power
Seemingly an ordinary youth from the outside, White Ant is in fact an underwear fetishist who cannot hold back from sneaking out and stealing female lingerie. One day, he receives a DVD containing footage of him stealing female underwear, shattering both his life and sense. While his fear of exposure
eventually leads him to inevitable doom, it turns out that people around him also suffer from their dark side, which is like a gnawing "White Ant" within, and the turning point of their intertwined fate has secretly approached…
FIPRESCI AWARD
Taiwan | 2016 | Drama | Color | DCP | 95 min | Completed
Taiwan Release Date: Mar. 17, 2017
NEW TITLE - 2016
RIPPLES APART
(逐風少年)
HU Mei-Fang, Mark FORD
Director
A documentary shot over ten years, to show what it takes to become the first Taiwanese Olympic windsurfer!
Ripples Apart is the story of windsurfer Chang Hao, who grew up in the Mountains of Nantou, the only region in Taiwan with no coast. Chang and his Australian coach, Alex Mowday, share a unique and rare bond, two athletes separated by years of age and very different cultures, but who hunt the same Olympic dream. The road to the Olympics is long and difficult. Alex and Chang Hao must
beat the odds to qualify, training on the small island of Penghu, off the coast of Taiwan, battling the wind and waves and searching for perfection in the sport of their dreams.
2017 Taipei Film Awards Documentary Competition Nomination
Taiwan | 2016 | Documentary| Color | DCP | 95 min | Completed
FORÊT DEBUSSY Director Cast
(德布西森林)
KUO Cheng-Chui GWEI Lun-Mei, LU Yi-Ching
2016 Hawaii IFF Halekulani Golden Orchid Award - Best Narrative Feature Nomination 2016 International Film Festival & Awards Macao - Official Selection 2017 Beijing International Film Festival - Official Selection
Deep in the barren mountains, a mother and a daughter live an isolated quiet life.
The Daughter looks lean and fragile. She seems unreactive toward her surroundings, confining herself in her own wretched world. The Mother is like a guardian angel who always protects her and takes
care of everything. Before living in seclusion, The Daughter was a pianist who lost her husband
and son. The Mother decided to take her away and hid her in the mountains where no one could ever find them, believing it is the only possible way for her daughter to survive, Nevertheless, they have to face nothing but themselves ever since, as well as to confront the endless forest…
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1st International Film Festival & Awards Macao OFFICAL SELECTION
36th Hawaii International Film Festival Halekulani Golden Orchid Award NOMINATION
Taiwan | 2016 | Drama | Color | DCP | 94 min | Completed
NEW TITLE - 2015
LE MOULIN Director
(日曜日式散步者)
HUANG Ya-Li
CPH:DOX, 2015 - International main competition for DOX:AWARD 2016 Golden Horse Awards - Best Documentary Award International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016 - Bright Future Section It was when Taiwan was in a stable period of cultural assimilation during the past forty years of
Japanese colonial rule that the country's first modern art group – Le Moulin Poetry Society – arose in the 1930s, with their poetic protest against the colonial power's cultural superiority. The name reflected
the group's orientation towards the West while especially strongly influenced by France. Regarding
the Surrealists as their absolute role models, Le Moulin poets composed poetry in an uncompromising and aesthetically sophisticated style to confront the turbulent era they lived in.
Le Moulin not only tries to record a historical period that paved the way for a new freedom and
self-awareness, but also to explore how Asian Modernist writers reinvent Modernism through encountering foreign culture and their contemplation upon identities.
rd Horse Awards 53Golden
Best Documentary Award
2016 Taipei Film Awards BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
BAFICI AVANT - GRANDE & GENRE COMPETITION
17th Jeonju International Film Festival WORLD CINEMAPSCAPE: SPECTURM
2016 Taipei Film Awards AWARD FOR SOUND DESIGN
Taiwan | 2015 | Documentary | Color / B&W | DCP | 162 min | Completed
THE TAG-ALONG
(紅衣小女孩)
CHENG Wei-Hao River HUANG, HSU Wei-Ning, Yumi WONG
Director Cast
The highest-grossing locally produced and financed Taiwanese horror of all time.
Wei’s grandma suddenly disappears for no reason, but strangely the routines still move on as if
she never vanished-- the laundry is still done, their house is well-arranged as usual, and even breakfast remains prepared for Wei every morning. Distraught with worry, Wei is totally clueless until he finds
an uncanny video in his grandma’s camera, showing that there was a little girl in red tagging along her. Oddly enough, after Wei’s grandma finally returns, it turns out that Wei is missing instead.
Struggling to unravel the enigma, Wei’s girlfriend Yi-Chun gradually discovers that the mysteries behind Wei and his grandma’s sudden disappearance may be connected to the urban legend of “The Little Girl in Red”, but what’s even worse is yet to come……
2016 Taipei Film Awards BEST ACTOR AWARD & BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Udine Far East FIlm Festival COMPETITION
34th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
32nd Imagine Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
Taiwan | 2015 | Horror, Thriller | Color | DCP | 93 min | Completed
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THE LAST WOMEN STANDING
ZINNIA FLOWER
(剩者為王) Director Cast
Luo Luo SHU Qi, Eddie PENG Yuyan
Director Cast
Tom Shu-Y Karena LA
Romantic comedy starring top-grossing stars SHU Qi and Eddie PENG Yuyan.
2015 Tallinn Black Nights Film Fes 2015 Golden Horse Awards - Bes 2016 CinemAsia Film Festival - Tig
Sheng Ruxi, a white collar woman in her 30s, leads a successful career
On the same day, in the same acc
are extremely anxious about. However, things change when she meets
Buddhist rituals give 100 days to mo
while having no love life, which is the issue that her parents and friends her new colleague Ma Sai, a 25 year-old young man who is considerate and attractive. Sheng Ruxi can’t help but waver from her original
perspective because of the unexpected sparks of romance between them, reconsidering about every aspect of her life.
24th Art Film Fest Eastern Promises
and Ming loses her fiancée, leaving th
lost in a labyrinth, Wei runs around in
up where he began. Ming calmly creep
moving forward, but towards a fat
choose to mourn, the pain and sorr
day approaching, they wonder if the
nd Horse Awards 52Golden
Best Leading Actress
China, Hong Kong | 2015 | Romantic Comedy | Color | DCP | 98 min | Completed
Taiwan | 2015 | Drama | Colo
(百日告別)
THE LAUNDRYMAN
(青田街一號)
Yu LIN AM, STONE
Director Cast
stival - Special Mention st Leading Actress Award ger Beer Jury Award
2015 Festival del film Locarno - Piazza Grande 2015 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Competition
cident, Wei loses his pregnant wife
A laundry shop secretly provides the service other than doing laundry.
ourn for the dead, and like two mice
in the disguise of laundry service. One of these professionals, “No.1,
heir world with nothing but emptiness.
n circles, hitting walls, and still ends
ps down a determined path, seemingly
tal dead end. No matter how they
row is all the same. With the 100th
ey will ever be able to say goodbye.
or | DCP | 95 min | Completed
LEE Chung CHANG Hsiao-Chuan, WAN Qian, SUI Tang, YEO Yann Yann
The beautiful shop owner A-Gu enlists a group of contract killers for hire
Chingtian Street”, is haunted by the ghosts of his victims. He seeks the help from Lin Hsiang, a psychic introduced by A-Gu. It turns out
Lin Hsiang is the only one that can also see the ghosts troubling “No.1, Chingtian Street.” She tries to help him get rid of the ghosts, but the
laundry shop hides secrets more than she bargains for. And what “No.1,
Chingtian Street” runs from is not the ghosts of others but the ghosts from his past.
38th Warsaw Film Festival COMPETITION
BAFICI AVANT - GRARDE & GENRE COMPETITION
51th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Midnight Screesinss
Taiwan | 2015 | Black Comedy | Color | DCP | 112 min | Completed
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FLOWERS OF TAIPEI: TAIWAN NEW CINEMA Director
(光陰的故事-台灣新電影)
HSIEH Chin-Lin
A FOOL Director Cast
(一個勺子)
CHEN Jian CHEN Jian WANG Xu
2014 Venice International Film Festival - Venice Classics 2014 Busan International Film Festival - Wide Angle Section 2015 International Film Festival Rotterdam - Signals:Regained section
2014 Golden Horse Awards - Best N 2014 Golden Horse Awards - Best L 2015 New York Asian Film Festival
In 1982, Taiwan is still under severe martial law, a small group of filmmakers
Latiaozi was a farmer who made a
set out on a daring journey to discover their own identity, reinventing
Asian cinema in the process. Taiwan New Cinema not only inaugurated
modern cinema in the Chinese world, it also secured a global place in
contemporary filmmaking. Flowers of Taipei is about the vision, talent and impact made on contemporary cinema by Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao
Hsien and their peers. On a journey from Taipei to different cities around the world, a remarkable list of filmmakers, critics and artists, including Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Olivier Assayas, Marco Müller, Kiyoshi Kurosawa,
Jinzhizi. Their only son gets imprison Li Datou, to help release their son.
sight of his son. Attempting to argu
Latiaozi goes into town to find Li. B
get to see Li but meets a lost young m
Latiaozi takes him home. Trying to
his family turns to be the worst nig
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jia Zhangke, Tian Zhuangzhaung, Wang Bing and Ai
Weiwei, tell us what this cinema means to them, how it influenced their work, and what is left of that legacy today. 38th Sao Paulo International Film Festival Official Selection
st Horse Awards 51Golden
Best Leading Actor Award
44 International Film Festival Rotterdam Signals: Regained section th
st Horse Awards 51Golden
Best New Director Award
Internation Audie
38 Göteborg International Film Festival Classics th
Taiwan | 2014 | Documentary| Color | DCP | 109 min | Completed
China | 2014 | Drama/Comedy| Col
THE WALKERS
nbin nbin, JIANG Qinqin, uebing, JIN Shijia
New Director Award Leading Actor Award (CHEN Jianbin) l - Opening Film
(行者)
Singing CHEN
Director
2014 Golden Horse Awards - Best Documentary Nominee 2015 Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan - Special Prize
living by shepherding with his wife
Filmed for over 10 years, this epic documentary presents the story of
Li takes the money, but there is no
Dance Theatre. Extracting the essential details of Lin’s daily life, the
ned and they bribe a local big shot,
ue with Li and get his money back,
Being brushed off, Latiaozi doesn’t
man on the street. Out of sympathy,
o help the young man reunite with
renowned Taiwanese choreographer Lin Lee-Chen and her Legend Lin film explores the origins of her dance, contemplates the poetic and
ritualistic movements she creates, and delineates her lifetime pursuit of aesthetic concerns.
ghtmare for Latiaozi…
9th Taiwan nal Documentary Festival ence Choice Award
lor/Flat | DCP | 95 min | Completed
Official Selection
9th Taiwan International Documentary Festival Audience Choice Award
Taiwan | 2015 | Documentary| Color/Flat | DCP | 123 min | Completed
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BLACK AND WHITE: THE DAWN OF ASSAULT Director Cast
(痞子英雄首部曲：全面開戰)
TSAI Yueh-hsun LIN Gengxin, Mark CHAO, HUANG Bo, Angelababy (Ying YANG)
BLACK AND WHI
THE DAWN OF JUSTICE Director Cast
TSAI Yueh Mark CHA
Adapted from the highly popular and award winning TV series “Black & White”
USD 15M production with top-no
A fearless junior policeman who can only see right and wrong is willing
Police officer Wu, a hero in Harbor C
death above anything else is struggling to stay out of serious trouble,
peace is only temporary. Panic spr
to do anything to uncover the truth. Meanwhile a gangster, who fears
his risky decisions have left his life at threat. Two people with completely
different perspectives on life come together as partners in a way no
one could ever imagine. Somehow, the fate of the world ends up in their hands, they have 36 hours to resolve a crisis which could destroy Harbor City.
attack, has been keeping the city
explosions take place within hours of
of the horror. Wu is paired with the a out who is behind the explosions.
shocking discoveries that more is to
break out which threatens the exis
men with completely different perso the situation?
19th Fantasia Film Festival Official Selection
Taiwan | 2012 | Action/Comedy | Color/Scope | DCP | 142 min | Completed
15th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festiv Official Selection
Taiwan | 2014 | Action/Police/Comedy |
ITE:
E 3D
PARADISE IN SERVICE (痞子英雄：黎明再起 3D)
h-hsun AO, LIN Gengxin, HUANG Bo
Director Cast
(軍中樂園)
Doze, NIU Chen-Zer Ethan JUAN, WAN Qian, CHEN Jian Bin, CHEN Yi-Han
2014 Busan International Film Festival - Opening Film 2015 Berlin International Film Festival - Panorama selection
otch international crew
City ever since he stopped a terrorist
y safe, unfortunately however, the
reads across the city as a series of
f each other, this is just the beginning
arrogant but intelligent Chen to figure It doesn’t take them long to make
o come, with a deadly virus about to
stence of humanity how will the two
onalities team up and try to reverse
Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, Paradise in Service follows
the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that could erupt anytime.
Through an unlucky lottery draw result, Pao, a twenty-something young
man from Southern Taiwan has to serve the military in the remote and perilous Kinmen. Moreover, he is assigned to the Sea Dragon (ARB),
a unit noted for the toughest physical training. It never occurs to Pao,
however, that the greatest challenge in his military service lies not in the Sea Dragon but in Unit 831, a special task he is later appointed to…
In this peculiar assignment, Pao vows to keep his virginity against all odds.
val
51st
34th Hawaii International Film Festival Gala Presentation
Golden Horse Awards
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting actress
69th Edinburgh International Film Festival Directors’ Showcase section
Color/Scope | DCP126 min | Completed
69th Edinburgh International Film Festival Competition
Taiwan | 2014 | War/Action/Drama/Romance| Color | HD | 133 min | Completed
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THE RICE BOMBER Director Cast
(白米炸彈客)
CHO Li HUANG Chien-wei, Nikki HSIEH, Michael CHANG
MEETING DR. SU Director Cast
YEE Chih-Y ZHAN Hua
2014 Berlin International Film Festival - Panorama selection
Directed, written, and produced b award winning filmmaker of Blue
Ru grew up when all the rice people enjoyed in Taiwan was home grown
Lefty sees himself as the poorest hig
increased its imported quantity and variety of agricultural products,
in the school storage room. Lefty
in farmlands across the country. Over time the Taiwanese government
eventually leading to acres of abandoned farmlands which turned into industrial landfills, leaving hard-working Taiwanese people without income. Ru feels obligated to speak out for the farmers, he approaches several
government sectors in search of more support for local farmers, but all
some money, he plans to steal the
Sky coming. Sky also considers himse in Taipei. He has the same plan in
his own sake, but he also never see
in vain. Finally, he decides to voice up for the farmers in his own way,
When two teams of Taipei’s poorest h
agricultural issues, hoping they can take these problems seriously.
makes both Lefty and Sky question
through 17 self-made “rice bombs” reminding the government about
one night, a war erupts. This is a w class. "Not the statue but something
Finally this time on the quiet night cam
planted by Dr. Sun decades ago ma 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival Official Selection
7th Elles Tournent Women’s Festival Official Selection
nd Horse Awards 51Golden
Best Original Screenplay Award
41st Seattle International Film Festival Official Selection
Taiwan | 2014 | Drama| Color/Scope | DCP | 118 min | Completed
Osaka Asian Film Festiva Best Picture Award Audience Award 17th Udine Far East Film Official Selection
Taiwan | 2014 | Drama/Comedy | Co
UN
(行動代號：孫中山)
SWEET ALIBIS
(甜蜜殺機)
-Yen ai-Yun, WEI Han-Ting
Director Cast
LIEN Yi-Chi Alex SU, Ariel LIN, Matt WU
by YEE Chih-Yen, e Gate Crossing.
2014 Udine Far East Film - Competition A tale of murder, greed, revenge, love and chocolate!
gh school student in Taipei. To make
Chi-yi is a veteran cop, who values his own safety more than anything
plots, but he never sees his rival,
work. Yi-ping, on the other hand, is just graduated from the police academy
abandoned Dr. Sun Yat-Sen statue
elf as the poorest high school student mind to steal Dr. Sun Yat-Sen for
es Lefty coming.
high school students meet on campus
war of losers and a war eventually
n their destined poverty and social
more substantial we have to claim."
mpus the seeds of revolution
else and is therefore infamous for his cowardice and poor efficiency at and is more than ready to prove herself regardless of any risks. Daughter
of the head of the National Policy Agency, Yi-ping is secretly kept away
from danger by being appointed to team up with Chi-yi. Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy’s accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly dig up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.
A police rom-com with fully-fledged fantasy is sure to blow your mind!
ay get to sprout.
14th New York Asian Film Festival Official Selection
17th Udine Far East Film COMPETITION
25th Singapore International Film Festival Official Selection
olor/Flat | DCP | 94 min | Completed
Taiwan | 2014 | Comedy/Suspense | Color/Scope | DCP | 112 min | Completed
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STEP BACK TO GLORY Director Cast
(志氣)
CHANG Po-Jui KUO Shu-Yau, CHUANG Kai-Hsun
ZONE PRO SITE:
THE MOVEABLE FEAST Director Cast
CHEN Yu-H LIN Mei-H
Chun-Ying comes from the countryside. As Chu-Ying’s brilliant performance
2014 Berlin International Film Fes 2014 Taipei Film Awards - Best Ar Best Su
she leaves home to study in Taipei on her own. Chun-Ying’s story is familiar
More than twenty years ago, there we
2012 Golden Horse Awards - Best New Performer Award
in sport wins her a place in a prestigious girls’ high school in Taipei, to her tug-of-war teammates since most of them come from single-parent
families or disadvantaged backgrounds. Nonetheless, these girls are positive and optimistic. The lack of economic support from their families
makes them even more determined to achieve their goal, and staunch
camaraderie is established between them as a result. When Chun-Ying is admitted to the school, she knows nothing about tug-of-war.
However, trained strictly by Coach Kuo and supported by the tender and
encouraging Ms Wu, the girls take on the physical challenge, the frustration
and the prejudice against sport from other students and some teachers. In the end, their sweat and tears pay off when they win the gold medal
master chefs who dominated the cat
known as Master Silly Mortal, Maste
However, the outdoor banquet busine
economic take-off, and even the ma
tide. Master Fly Spirit wants to pas
skills on to his only child, Wan, but s
from the family business and to beco fate proves that Wan is destined to she once shunned …
at the World Indoor Tug-of-war Championship. They have shown their strength and spirit to the whole world.
nd Horse Awards 50Golden
Best New Performer Award
22nd Heartland Film Festival (USA) OFFICIAL SELECTION 28th Washington, DC International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
Taiwan | 2013 | Drama/Sport| Color/Scope | DCP | 124 min | Completed
13th New York Asian Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
Taiwan | 2013 | Comedy | Color/Sc
T
ROCK ME TO THE MOON (總舖師：移動大廚)
Hsun Hsiu, YO Yang, KIMI Hsia
stival - Culinary Cinema rt Direction Award & upporting Actress Award
ere three Ban-doh (outdoor banquet)
tering business in Taiwan. They were
er Ghost Head and Master Fly Spirit.
ess has been in decline since Taiwan’s
aster chefs feel helpless to turn the
ss the family recipes and culinary
she desperately wants to run away
ome a fashion model. Nevertheless,
take up the challenge and mission
(一首搖滾上月球)
HUANG Chia-Chun
Director
2013 Golden Horse Awards - Best Original Song Award 2013 Taipei Film Awards - Audience Choice Award When a child is born with rare diseases, it is usually the father that
abandons the family. But not the six dads in this film - Wu, Yung, Cheng,
Li, Pan and Ouyang. Coming from different backgrounds, they do their
best to care for their children while making a living to support the whole family. T hese dads certainly need an outlet for the pressure on their mind.
They turn to music and form a rock band called “Sleepy Dads,” implying they have long been sleep-deprived for attending to their kids. With an
average age of 52, they aim to hit the stage of the highly competitive
Sea Music Festival. For this over-aged amateur band, it is as difficult as Apollo missions to the moon. Nonetheless, these fathers show no fear because they already lead their daily life on the edge.
With incurable rare diseases, their children’s premature demise is inevitable and unpredictable. Such realization drives these fathers to live life to
the fullest with their children while they can. There is nothing these fathers cannot conquer because their children’s happiness is their 64th Berlin International Film Festival CULINARY CINEMA 33th Hawaii International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
cope | DCP | 145 min | Completed
greatest mission of all.
nd Horse Awards 50Golden
Best Original Song Award
15th Taipei Film Awards AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
8th Fünf Seen Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
Taiwan | 2013 | Documentary/Flat | Color | DCP | 115 min | Completed
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TAIPEI EXCHANGES
(第三十六個故事) Director Cast
HSIAO Ya-Chuan GWEI Lun-Mei, LIN Zaizai
2010 Golden Horse Awards - Best Original Song Award 2013 Taipei Film Awards - Audience Choice Award 2013 Taipei Film Awards - Best Music Award
WHEN A WOLF F LOVE WITH A SH Director Cast
HOU Chi-J KO Kai, CH KOU Shu-Y
2013 Taipei Film Festival - Best Te 2013 Fantasia International Film F
Doris and her sister Josie start a café that quickly becomes something
Tung is left heartbroken by his first lo
presents from friends after the first day of business and the café becomes
as a photocopier of exam papers, on
the pile of presents, Josie comes up with the idea of a bartering system
One afternoon Tung draws a Wolf next
in the café looking for things to barter, some of them begin to share
prompting an enthusiastic reaction
captivates Doris, also drives her to go on the journey for her own stories
view on love. Still confused about lo
much more than merely a modest space. The sisters receive housewarming
hoping one day he’ll bump into his
cluttered with many useless gifts. While Doris gets overwhelmed by
to appear on the back of some pap
in the store. The idea later proves to be beneficial- as people linger
comment as a private joke, but the
personal stories as well. The moods of change and exchange not only
appear on the papers, joining in the
to tell…
to his first love and move on?
12nd Taipei Film Awards AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
12nd Taipei Film Awards BEST MUSIC AWARD
nd Horse Awards 47Golden
Best Original Song Award
Taiwan | 2010 | Drama | Color | HDCam | 82 min | Completed
15th Taipei Film Awards BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
18th Fantasia International Film Fes BEST DIRECTOR
Taiwan | 2012 | Comedy/Romance | Co
FALLS IN HEEP
(南方小羊牧場)
Jan HIEN Man-Shu, -Yau
GF＊BF (女朋友。男朋友) Director Cast
YANG Ya-Che GWEI Lun-Mei, Joseph CHANG, Rhydian VAUGHAN, Bryan CHANG
echnical Achievements Festival - Best Director
2012 Golden Horse Awards - Best Leading Actress 2012 Golden Horse Awards - Audience Choice Award 2012 Taipei Film Awards - Best Leading Actor 2012 Taipei Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor
love so he moves to Nanyang street
Mabel, Liam and Aaron all grew up together in the rural paradise of
ne day he notices a sheep continuing
changes their childhood bonds. Nonetheless it’s the 1980s, Taiwan is
t to the sheep and writes a humorous
gain freedom. Mabel, Liam and Aaron throw themselves into the thick
n from the students. More animals
Eventually the time comes to leave their home in the country side and
ove, can Tung say his final goodbye
During a time of upheaval through emotional hardship and tragedy,
ex-girlfriend. Tung begins working
south Taiwan. The three get caught up in an unusual love triangle which
pers, they’re the creation of Yang.
trapped under martial law and the Taiwanese people are battling to
e papers are sent back by accident,
of it, plotting protest movements during their school assembly.
e conversation and changing Tungs’
head to the big city, as students in Taipei they fight even harder for freedom.
stival
olor/Scope | DCP | 85 min | Completed
secrets are revealed and friendships are tested.
49th Golden Horse Awards BEST LEADING ACTRESS
49th Golden Horse Awards AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
14th Taipei Film Awards BEST LEADING ACTOR
14th Taipei Film Awards BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Taiwan | 2012 | Drama | Color/Scope | DCP | 105 min | Completed