Singing Chen

The Man Who Couldn't Leave (2022)

Within the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories of imprisonment and persecution happened in the 1950s in Taiwan. Among fellow inmates, frozen in time, he recounts his own experiences and those of his friend, ...

Goddamned Asura (2022)

On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to ...

Afterimage for Tomorrow (2018)

Each vision lasts a light time. ...

Body Talk (2018)

Is this my body? Who am I? As the carrier of spirit and will, how does a woman's body struggle, jostle, collide, and merge with all things other than themselves? The body seems to follow the mind as merely its shell or tool. However, the body does possess ...

In Trance We Gaze (2018)

Under constant regimes of discipline and incorporation, rituals, faiths, bodies, and the position of man and god all trend towards uprootedness, where we lose our links to the land and to others. Time is dissected into ever more infinitesimal parts. Those ...

The Moving Tent (2018)

A truck drives into a square and a moveable tent is set up. Audience members enter and hear the faint voices from the cracks in society. As the tent becomes a convergence of the thoughts of those both on stage and off, we feel the power of resistance that ...

Mountain Spirits (2014)

Having grown up in the mountains Chiayi, installation artist WANG Wen-chih weaves his memories of mountains and forests into his work. Using natural materials such as bamboo, rattan and wood, WANG creates his art with hands and collective labor. The huge s ...

The Walkers (2014)

Filmed for over 10 years, this epic documentary presents the story of renowned Taiwanese choreographer Lin Lee-chen and her Legend Lin Dance Theatre. Extracting the essential details of Lin's daily life, the film explores the origins of her dance, contempl ...

The Pig (2014)

A newly homeless family, with a sacrificed pig, in a city longing for rain: with compassion and prayer, they try to survive. ...

Taipei Factory (2013)

A collaborative project consisting four young generation of Taiwan directors, and four young foreign directors from Chile, France, Iran, and South Korea.Without being acquainted previously before meeting each other in Taipei, the eight of them shared their ...

When Yesterday Comes (2012)

Following the success of The Long Goodbye, the Taiwan Catholic Foundation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia has embarked on a second documentary film dealing with the plight of elderly people suffering from conditions like Alzheimer's and other d ...

The Clock (2011)

Suffering from dementia, Hsia flees the brand-new apartment where she now lives with her daughter and returns to her old home, only to relive the nightmare that she has long forgotten and buried. ...

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, ...

God Man Dog (2007)

A professional hand model Ching suffers from post-natal depression and her architect husband Hsuing is unable to deal with it, driving their marriage to the brink of collapse. ...

Spider Lilies (2007)

When Jade, a web-cam girl, visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Tak ...

The Pain of Others (2005)

On the night of March 18th, 2000, the presidential election, as usual, three coastguards are on patrol by the seaside of Yi-Lan. Private First Class, just out of lock-up, is equipped with a walkie-talkie. The Private (second in command) has a military 65-K ...

Great Thing in One's Life (2003)

Bundled (2000)

"I'm interested in the topic of homeless people and… there are a lot of things in this world that do not make sense." – Singing Chen Bundled is activist filmmaker Singing Chen's fiction/verite reflection on homelessness in Taiwan. ...

Who Is Fishing®? (2000)

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. ...

Flat Tyre (1999)

As the director and the cameraman of a documentary project, Meng and Jianxian are travelling around Taiwan filming statues of religious and historical figures. Their conversations and debates on the statues often touch the political reality of Taiwan. Meng ...

The Wind Within (1999)

A young woman in an old town is looking for a place to stay. How does her gaze differ from the goddess's? ...

Flat Tyre (1999)

As the director and the cameraman of a documentary project, Meng and Jianxian are travelling around Taiwan filming statues of religious and historical figures. Their conversations and debates on the statues often touch the political reality of Taiwan. Meng ...