Lu Yi-ching

Cupcakes, Lonely Cats (2025)

Liu Hui is a widower whose son lives in America. She insists on living alone in the house she shared with her late husband, a calligrapher, and is surrounded by fond memories. As she gradually joins community activities, she strikes up an acquaintance with ...

Mongrel (2025)

Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes too much for him, he has to choose between survival or dignity. ...

Weekend in Taipei (2024)

A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past. ...

The Floating Generation (2024)

Three girls in different situations and stages in life decided to leave Hong Kong for their own reasons and aspirations and try to take root in Taiwan. However, there's always an unpredictable distance between imagination and reality. ...

Ripples (2023)

On a long winter day, the idea of "death" creeps into Yang Yang's young heart. When longing transforms into poetry, memories endure eternally in the form of light and shadow. ...

Hello Ghost! (2023)

After a failed attempt to take his own life, a man discovers he's returned with four ghosts seeking to fulfil their last wishes in hopes of earning his own place in the afterlife. ...

Gone (2023)

Joanna's son has been missing for years. Before forgetting him due to dementia, she decides to embark on a final journey to find her son. Taxi driver Peng, who immigrated to Taiwan from Hong Kong in his early years, still cares about his hometown. In the p ...

Reclaim (2022)

Shouldering all of her family's responsibilities, a mother scrambles to find a bigger apartment for her suddenly crowded household. ...

Dim Star (2022)

A woman is abruptly called back home to take care of her mother, interrupting her in the process of committing suicide. The family's past is gradually revealed through the revelation of the details about the relationship between the mother and daughter. ...

The Lonely Soul In The Night (2022)

To the Sea (2021)

An elderly mother who spends her life taking care of her intellectually-disabled son finally reaches her breaking point and decides to take her son on one last ride, towards the sea and towards the end of their lives. ...

March: the Southern South (2021)

The elderly photographer, Chie, told a childhood story about her sister Iòng-Hâ and the sister's admiration Kong-Suī, in a time when Taiwan's cultural and linguistic identity have undergone dramatic changes after the Pacific war. ...

Final Exam (2021)

With a week before final exams and summer vacation, a substitute teacher must prove himself worthy of rehiring. ...

Gin and the Virgin (2021)

Working as a "teahouse lady", Gin desperately needs money. A regular of the teahouse brings his virgin apprentice, Nan, on an adventure into manhood. Mama Shiu gives the business to Gin. She takes Nan to the hotel. A secret connection between the two is ab ...

The Faces (2020)

Invisible Justice (2019)

Li Zhenghong (Zhang Zhehao) is unwilling to be blind and can only be assigned to do word processing work in a law firm. He strives to participate in litigation, but always hits a wall. One day, he finally received a civil claim suit, but did not expect tha ...

We Are Champions (2019)

Bonded by blood but divided by basketball, two brothers become rivals on the court. This exciting sports film balances drama on and off the court. ...

Han Dan (2019)

An upstanding young man commits a reckless act that ends in life changing tragedy. His doomed rival becomes his friend only to become his rival again. ...

3 Days 2 Nights (2018)

Xiaoyue finds that her mother has been working for a long time away from home when she receives the apples sent from her mother. Just entering her puberty, Xiaoyue comes from a new immigrant family from Vietnam. She is laughed at and bullied in school beca ...

Rising Sun (2018)

A junior high school boy drowned in the local sea. After that, his mother accidentally finds an examination sheet in the house that doesn't belong to her son. ...

Grandma’s Farting Scooter (2018)

Hsiao Hui, a lady over 60 years old, always rides an old scooter. Although two-stroke scooters will be forbidden soon, Hsiao-Hui has got used to hers and refuses to replace it. Today, she needs to deal with lots of things, including attending a mediation c ...

La Petite Mort (2018)

Ah-Xian resides in the heavily polluted industrial area in Kaohsiung, surrounded by a multitude of refineries and chemical plants. She takes on multiple jobs to support her family financially. After she lands a new part-time job as a bathroom cleaning lady ...

To Heaven, to Gather (2018)

A vast, blue sky. An endless mountain path. This is not an excursion, but the journey of three-year-old Xiao Wu and her lamb to the orphanage where they will be abandoned. ...

The Deserted (2018)

Tsai Ming-Liang, the artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the boundaries of VR film. The Deserted stripped away traditional film techniques and is presented in 360 degrees, like a theatre. The viewer is placed in the scene and is a ...

Pigeon Tango (2017)

To repay the gambling debts her boyfriend has left behind after a fatal pigeon racing accident, Barbie, a pole dancer, meets organ dealer Malacca, who extracts her deceased boyfriend's organs. Malacca becomes Barbie's lover in the process. Meanwhile, Yang, ...

Turn Around (2017)

Turn Around is based on the story of Cheng-chung Wang, a passionate Taiwanese teacher who has won multiple educational awards. After graduating from the National Kaohsiung Normal University, he is assigned to teach at a school located at the rural Zhonglia ...

Forêt Debussy (2016)

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 alwa ...

Rookie Chef (2016)

When Miracle Meets Maths (2015)

Jin-Hui Chiu is a 28-year-old single girl recently returned home from Japan. Sean Shih is a 35-year-old Silicon Valley bachelor in search of a wife. Will these two overseas Taiwanese ever tie the knot and live happily ever after? They need some miracles an ...

Rouge (2015)

A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the p ...

Spring Awakening (2014)

It's a single-parent family, but there is always laughter coming through the door. Their house is like an aquarium; the ray surrounding the fluorescent light and the delicate oxygen bubbles from the air pumps are like the mother's arms, shielding them from ...

The Boar King (2014)

When Cho loses her husband Ying and her family business in a massive typhoon, she is devastated.Then the villagers begin receiving mail from Ying. Is he really dead? ...

Stray Dogs (2014)

An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life. ...

How to Describe a Cloud (2013)

A young woman in Taipei is confronted with the blindness of her mother who is convinced she has a sixth sense. Shot with little facilities, but it is Verbeek's most mature film - about uprooting, spirituality and modernity. ...

Together (2012)

Min Min runs a juice stall in Taipei's Yongle Market. Her husband Bin runs a small printing business in the neighborhood. Their daughter Hsiao Lan is dating a bad boy-type that keeps her out late at night, and their youngest son Hsiao Yang is helping his b ...

10 Plus 10 (2011)

10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the "Uniqueness of Taiwan," but allowed total fre ...

Hotel Blackcat (2011)

The Hotel Blackcat's owner, Mang, never leaves the counter. Guests include the immigrant worker, whore, losing-job Japanese, sex-abused man, little Lolita.... The police forces the Hotel to shut down and all guests must leave. What should they do? It's no ...

Blowfish (2011)

A woman leaves her cheating boyfriend and goes to a remote village in the Taiwanese mountains to deliver a blowfish to a man who won it on an online auction. Immediately, a quiet and unusual relationship develops between the two. ...

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. ...

One Step is Enough (2011)

Wingless Swallow (2009)

An author travels to a remote library in search of inspiration. ...

A Place of One's Own (2009)

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, ...

Taipei 24H (2009)

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes ...

Visage (2009)

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth. ...

Life is Wonderful (2009)

Seven year-old Taipei girl Pearl is shunted off to Kaohsiung to stay with her grandmother while her parents deal with work and business back in Taipei. Unhappy at this development Pearl wants to return home but her pleas fall on deaf ears. At school she me ...

L-O-V-E. (2009)

Four love stories by four talented Taiwanese first-time directors – well-known lyrist, Vincent Fang Wenshan; TV host, Huang Zijiao; online novelist, Jiu BaDao; and commercial director, Chen Yixian. ...

Ghosted (2009)

A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger. ...

Family Viewing (2008)

A french TV crew breaks into a Taiwanese family in Taipei for a real TV program during a weekend. After a short thought and seducing by the possible winnings, Lin's family accepts to be followed by the cameraman Pierre for two days. Little by little, Pierr ...

Winds of September (2008)

Lin Shu-Yu's semi auto-biographical debut 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 lif ...

Drifting Flowers (2008)

Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an unexpected bond and s ...

Brotherhood of Legio (2007)

A person's birth is influenced by time, location, and the alignment of the earth's magnetic fields. Because of these factors, there are those who have a unique resonance with their magnetic power. These humans were named the Chosen People. In the West, sin ...

Summer's Tail (2007)

In the eyes of her classmates, Yvette is a rock-and-roll girl. Because of a congenital heart condition, she has dropped out of school and spends most of her time at home with her cat Summer, messing around, playing the guitar, and getting out and about. ...

Reflections (2007)

A couple is torn by conflicting emotions. Jing and Mi are two women living in Taiwan who have been lovers for some time; Jing is a singer in a rock band who suffers from severe mood swings and has been suffering from a fractured relationship with her mothe ...

Blue Cha Cha (2006)

Just coming out of the jail, depressed and close-hearted, Ah Yu met two men with different characters from each other. One is a businessman, charming and mature; the other is a young supervisor in a factory with a promising future. But these two loves are ...

The Heirloom (2005)

A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen. ...

The Wayward Cloud (2005)

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket. ...

My Stinking Kid (2004)

Drama about a young boy who suffers from a rare deficiency disease. The medicine he has to take every day has the side effect of making him reek of ammonia. The consequent bullying and ostracism by schoolmates exacerbates the boy's sense of victimhood. His ...

My Whispering Plan (2003)

The Skywalk Is Gone (2002)

A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film. ...

What Time Is It There? (2001)

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris. ...

The Hole (1999)

In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very od ...

The River (1997)

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief. ...

Vive L'Amour (1995)

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat. ...

Rebels of the Neon God (1994)

In Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes. ...

Hill of No Return (1992)

In 1920s Taiwan, Jou, a controversial woman with a tragic past, seeks to change her life after falling for a man named Che. Meanwhile, a man named Wei seeks to buy the freedom of Fumiko, a dying young woman. ...

Boys (1991)

A junior-high student bullies and blackmails a younger boy, then receives the same treatment at the hands of some older students. ...