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- DirectorAnde LuoStarsChia-Chia PengRenee YuanKung-Wei Lu
- DirectorDoze NiuStarsEthan JuanMark You-Ting ChaoJu-Lung MaSet in 1980s Taiwan after the end of military dictatorship, Monga centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. The narrator of the story, Mosquito, is invited to be a part of the gang after a silly fight over a chicken leg. Mosquito grew up without a father and has never had any real friends, so after Monk, Dragon, and the others take him under their wing, he discovers an irresistible world of friendship and brotherhood. However, Mosquito soon learns that in this violent world things aren't always what they seem. When a group of mainlanders attempts to take over Monga, the fragile balance of the district's turf is threatened, friendship is tested, and loyalty is questioned.
- DirectorTe-Sheng WeiStarsMasanobu AndôJun'ichi HarutaSabu KawaharaAn indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them.
- DirectorAdam KaneStarsJames Van Der BeekWendy CrewsonJohn HeardWhile unveiling a series of international conspiracies, an FBI agent is embroiled in a set of political intrigues.
- DirectorSylvia ChangStarsSylvia ChangRene LiuAngelica LeeThree women in different stages of their lives - 20, 30, 40 - face the hardships of the female existence.
- DirectorHåkon LiuStarsPernilla AugustLudwig PalmellRiver Huang"Kicki has after several years abroad returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationship to his mother. In an effort to get reacquainted Kicki invites her son to join her on vacation in Taiwan. But her hidden agenda is that Taipei is also the home of the Taiwanese businessman with whom she has been conducting an Internet romance".
- DirectorKai FungStarsAlan KoAlien HuangCrystal LinAh Tai (Alan Ko) failed in his pursuit to become a rock star and has now returned home. He is suddenly appointed the leader of his father's din-tao troupe (traditional drumming group) and he vows to defeat his rivals.
- DirectorTe-Sheng WeiStarsVan FanChie TanakaMin-HsiungA unusual group of people in a village on the coast of Taiwan form a band to perform at a beach concert, while the lead singer searches for the intended recipient of 7 lost love letters.
- DirectorTien-Lun YehStarsChang-Mien ChangCheng-Ping ChaoBamboo Chu-Sheng ChenAt the bustling "888 Night Market", vendors deal with rivalries, unspoken romances, and disputes over trivial matters while working hard to sell their tasty delicacies.
- DirectorYen-Ping ChuStarsJay ChouEric TsangGang WangFang Shijie is found as a baby in the garbage and raised at a martial arts academy. With the help of a man, he gets into college and is promoted to the basketball championship as he searches for his real parents.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsWinston ChaoMay ChinAh-Lei GuaTo satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
- DirectorArvin ChenStarsChun-Yao YaoAmber KuoHsiao-chuan ChangA love story takes place over the course of one evening in Taipei.
- DirectorChih-yen YeeStarsGwei Lun-MeiChen Bo-linYolin LiangAn is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.
- DirectorGiddens KoStarsKai KoMichelle ChenShao-Wen HaoA group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeShiang-chyi ChenYi-ching LuHsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
- DirectorYu-Hsien LinStarsEddie PengYi-Chen LeeLawrence KoA Taiwanese boy joins gymnastics at school and has talent for it. His mother forces him to stop and help with the family business. He goes on a downward spiral of fighting etc. Hitting rock bottom he decides to pursue his dream again.
- DirectorJoe ChienStarsLeon Jay WilliamsVan FanMorris Hsiang Jung
- DirectorJay ChouStarsJay ChouGwei Lun-MeiAnthony Chau-Sang WongYe Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
- DirectorYu-Hsun ChenChi-jan HouKo-shang ShenStarsVivian HsuAkio ChenBo-Chieh WangThree stories by 3 directors; Juliet's Choice (By Hou Chi Jan), Two Juliets (By Shen Ko Shang), and Another Juliet (By Chen Yu Hsun)
- DirectorLooloo LuStarsYi-ching LuSandy Yan-Chen LinYung-Yu HsuehA granddaughter from the city, a grandma from the country, two parallel paths cross because of love.
- DirectorLeehom WangStarsLeehom WangLiu YifeiJoan ChenLove in Disguise is about superstar singer Du Minghan (Leehom Wang), who disguises himself as an undergraduate at a music conservatory so that he can pursue his schoolmate Song Xiaoqing (Liu Yifei), whom he has a crush on.
- DirectorYen-Ping ChuStarsAshton ChenAdam ChengDicky CheungThe story begins with a mysterious woman named Jinx who hires less than intelligent killers Red Lemon and Yellow Lemon.
- DirectorYa-chuan HsiaoStarsGwei Lun-MeiHan ChangZaizai LinWhat are you willing to give up in exchange for fulfilling your dreams?
- DirectorLi ChoStarsJanine Chun-Ning ChangZhi-Ying ZhuSheng-hao WenYang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple making madly passionately love. Few days later in a shopping center not far from her home, she finds the woman already married, leading a child and is with a different man. Ruyi shares her secret with Ruxing who is suffering from writer's block. The two sisters begin to observe the couple; gradually Ruxing even writes some of her observations into her novel, without letting Ruyi knows it. Late one night, Ruyi views two people are arguing, but as she picks up her camera to photograph she can only see two vague, dark outlines wrestling one another; Ruyi calls the police but upon arriving, nothing seems out of order. Ruyi is convinced she has mistaken nothing; she enlarges the photo and discovers a third outline looks pretty much like her older sister...
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsKenny BeeLing ChiangJing-Kuo YenDa-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in his class who are like the naughty "three musketeers", and a sad, silent boy Xiang-Wang, who's parents are divorced. Besides, in order to support the family, Xian-Wang's father kills the fish in the river with electricity, which is against the law and causes a lot of damage to the natural resources. Because of this, Xian-Wang has been teased by other school children. At last, he becomes so upset and runs away from home...
- DirectorSylvia ChangStarsRene LiuMarj DusayChung-Hua TouSiao Yu needs a Green Card. Mario Moretti needs his debts paid. Getting married could solve their problems, or multiply them.
- DirectorEdward YangStarsNien-Jen WuElaine JinIssei OgataEach member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wenA senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
- DirectorTom LinStarsRhydian VaughanChieh ChangJennifer Chia-Ching ChuThe "Winds of September" are the wind of Hsinchu, a strong wind that visits the county and city between September and November. Lin Shu Yu's semi auto-biographical debut, produced by Eric Tsang, takes us back to 1996, during the time of the tragic Taiwan baseball scandal, an event that devastated many teenage boys. The story follows Yen and Tang and their gang through the last year of their high school life. From chasing girls to midnight skinny dipping to rooting for their favorite baseball team, they do everything together. When an accident throws Yen into a coma, their world starts falling apart.
- DirectorTien-Yu FuStarsWasir ChouYung-Feng LeeHsin LiThe lives of and relationship between two teens, a high school-aged boy and his younger niece.
- DirectorJoseph WangPei-hua WangStarsSonia SuiChris WangSheng-hao WenThe movie continues the story from the TV series which ended with a cliff hanger where the wife was deciding whether to return to her cheating husband or have a relationship with her boss.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungLai WangBozhao WangAll the while, Master Chu tries to find his place in the foreign American world.
- DirectorChi-jan HouStarsBryan Shu-Hao ChangNikki HsiehGwen YaoA visual love poem of magical realism.
- DirectorChi-tsai WangStarsYi-Wen ChenChung-Heng ChuYan-Ting DongIn recent years fraud has exploded in Taiwan. Millions of people are affected by it while generating millions of dollars. On one such an occasion, a group of kidnappers attempts to collect a ransom for a young boy they kidnapped. The boy's family however it as a prank. Forced to take temporary care of the boy, errors, double crosses and more fraud pile-up.
- DirectorJung-chi ChangStarsSandrine PinnaYu-Siang HuangLieh LeeA drama centered on the experiences of a blind piano prodigy.
- DirectorSinging ChenHsiu-Chiung ChiangWi Ding HoStarsShu-Tu ChangChang ChenRussy IngFollowing the widespread praise for The Long Goodbye (2010), another film was made in 2012 to spread awareness and understanding of senile dementia and the plight of the elderly. Again produced for the Taiwan Catholic Foundation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia, When Yesterday Comes is an omnibus of four shorts by emerging filmmakers Wi Ding Ho (Pinoy Sunday (2009)), Ko-shang Shen (Juliets (2010)), Hsiu-Chiung Chiang (Let the Wind Carry Me (2009)), and Singing Chen (A Place of One's Own (2009)). Well-known Taiwan actors like Chang Chen, Sonia Sui, Amber Kuo, Lieh Lee, Huan-Ru Ke, Chiang Ting, and veterans Pao-Ming Ku and Ai-Chen Tan spared their time to appear in the meaningful feature. In Hsiu-Chiung Chiang's "Healing", Chang Chen takes to the streets to look for his grandfather who has wandered off, and unexpectedly runs into a past lover (Sonia Sui). Wi Ding Ho's "Wake Up in a Strange Bed" looks at the world from the perspective of an Alzheimer's patient (Chiang Ting) who encounters his first love in a park, and returns to the moment of their first meeting. Ko-shang Shen's "Power On" portrays how a senile grandmother who believes she's a singer, her tired daughter (Lieh Lee), and her wacky granddaughter (Amber Kuo) find a new way of living together. Singing Chen's "The Clock" draws a connection between the memories of the elderly and the urban space, exploring how people view fading memories and the disappearing city.
- DirectorLi-Kuan ChiuStarsChu-Ko LiangAmber KuoYo YangWhile working for a gang boss, Zhu Da De unwittingly becomes the man in charge after accidentally setting off a major shootout that took out the rest of the gang. Renaming himself David Loman, Zhu Da De would stand at the top for over a decade. The price of Loman's fame and power is losing his daughter, who has become resentful towards him. When a fortune teller tells Loman to lie low for awhile or he will get killed, he decides to find a fengshui master who resembles him to to be his stand-in for a few days. After the decoy is assassinated, the real Loman decides to team up with the dead man's son to seek revenge and get rid of his enemies once and for all.
- DirectorPo-lin ChiStarsXiang HongCing-Soong LaiNolay PihoDocumenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and urbanization on our environment.