Tong Yi-Jyun

The Cleaner

Dragon Brother, once a former underworld boss, now runs a cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up death scenes. Together with his disciple, Da Chuan, they enter various accident sites, witnessing the myriad facets of human life and sorting out their own life entanglements. Everything takes a different turn when Dragon Brother’s daughter suddenly returns to the hometown…

The Leaking Bookstore

Our story begins with Junior Detective LIN, who has just been put in charge of a case that appears to be a suicide. Most curiously, the crime scene has many features in common with a scene from a Sherlock Holmes novel. Detective Lin quickly discovers that it is a murder case. Meanwhile, a group of young sleuths supports their detective club president GAO’s dream to win a writing contest. The three club members, psychologist ZHONG, social worker WEN, and pharmacist ZHANG, each harbor a hidden secret. GAO could never have expected that he would become implicated as the killer in an actual murder case! As Detective LIN delves deeper into his case, a series of seemingly unrelated events all end up pointing towards the club members.

Had I Not Seen the Sun

Filmmaker Zhou Pin-yu interviews a serial killer in prison — an encounter that triggers a string of mysterious events tied to a buried past.

Yen and Ai-Lee

Allie is a walking enigma trying out acting lessons. After serving eight years in prison for the manslaughter of her abusive father, Yen returns to her suburban hometown. Yen and Allie look identical. When their shared secret is revealed, will Yen and her mother outrun their fate?

Stings

Immersed in the vibrant tapestry of Taipei, Yu Wen and Xiao's paths intersect. While Xiao is poised to move on, Yu Wen is ready to confront his past, only to find himself slipping back into the comfort of the status quo. A poetic vignette of Taiwan, its people and their resilience.

燦爛時光

Love Leads to The Success

Jian-zhong did not like going to school. At 18, his family factory went bankrupted, and his father ran away, leaving behind a huge debt. He could only stay by his mother who juggled various jobs. She would not sell the factory, and tried everything to pay the monthly mortgage payment. Shortly after Jian-zhong came back from military service, his mother passed away, further escalating the conflict between him and his father. At 41, Jian-zhong works away and rarely comes home. He returns for his mother’s bone collecting ceremony, but accidentally travels through time back to 1989, the crucial year in which the life of his family was turned upside down…

Terrorizers

The film is set in a pre-Covid Taipei, where a group of disenchanted souls are lost in a parallel virtual world.

Be with Me

This is a story of reminiscence, remembering my long-deceased Grandpa. To remember is to transcend, therefore it’s a story of time and space, overlapped and intertwined. It’s also a quest of love and work, a spiritual and emotional journey; and through which values are re-examined and life reaffirmed.

Granny Must Die

An absurd comedy about the daily life of a three-generational Hakka household in Taipei. The main characters are Huichiao, her grandmother Chunmei, Chunmei’s son Fusang, and daughter-in-law Lichun. The story begins on a stormy night when Huichiao quietly approaches and murders Chunmei, coldly saying, "Granny, just die!" As the story develops, we learn that their conflicts stem from not only daily trivialities but also past memories and complex family relationships. Through multiple perspectives and intertwined timelines, the film delves into this quirky family, uncovering each member’s secrets and sorrows, leading to a dramatic escape where the truth finally emerges.