Libangbang: Ching-Wen's Not Home
The film was shot in two periods. Initially, during Kuo's visit to Ching-wen rebuilding his parents' home, unplanned as a documentary. Later, funding came, but Ching-wen left for Taipei. Kuo returned...
West Island
West Island lies south of Penghu, under a square kilometre in size. At its peak, around 200 people lived here, but by 1999, only few remained. It's uncertain if their departure was coincidental. Both...
Shadow Dancing at Ma Tsu
Structured around a dancer's routine, the film unfolds in four stages: hope, fear, anger, and longing for stability. It interweaves these emotions with those of locals of Matsu, the military, and...
Who's Fishing®?
Mentioning Diao-yu-tai evokes an immediate patriotic response in Taiwan due to the territorial dispute between China and Japan, sparked by a 1968 oil field survey in the East China Sea. 'I...
Before the Radiation
In 1998, Wuqiu was marked as a Nuclear Waste Disposal site despite protests. Islanders question the choice: ‘Why dump it here? Why not bury gold?’ As a military zone, public access is denied, leaving...
The Floating Ball
Liuqiu, a tiny island on the outskirt of the Taiwan Strait, which means ‘floating ball’. Surrounded by more floating balls—’hotels-on-the-sea’ where Chinese fishermen stay. The film depict fate,...
Euromaidan. Rough Cut
In autumn 2013, Ukraine's suspension of EU accession talks sparked civil unrest, leading to President Yanukovych's resignation and conflict in the east. Filmmakers documented these events closely,...
Chornobyl 22
In early 2022, a local informant secretly recorded Russian troop movements in the occupied Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, while the workers of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station shared their experiences...
No Obvious Signs
This is the story of a woman soldier, Oksana Yakubova, who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary...