The Unseen Sister

The Unseen Sister

Growing up in a border town, Qiao Yan (Zhao Liying) became a well-known actress after years of hard work, but was careful along the way under heavy...

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Nina Wu

Nina Wu

After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller. The part is challenging, not least...

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The Road to Mandalay

The Road to Mandalay

Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of...

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Bad Education

Bad Education

On the night of their high school graduation, three delinquents decide to exchange their darkest, most unspeakable secret.

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The Clinic

The Clinic

A weary-looking middle-aged couple shuffle around their cluttered loft in Yangon, Myanmar. There is stuff everywhere, and a mountain of pills in...

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Ice Poison

Ice Poison

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the...

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Letters from the South

Letters from the South

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the...

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The Land is Our Navel

The Land is Our Navel

In a village on the Central Plains, six-year-old Mao Qing and her mother Hongmei live a peaceful life. A mysterious Ghost Child arrives in search...

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14 Apples

14 Apples

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is...

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Jade Miners

Jade Miners

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war...

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Return to Burma

Return to Burma

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and...

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Taipei Factory

Taipei Factory

A collaborative project consisting four young generation of Taiwan directors, and four young foreign directors from Chile, France, Iran, and South...

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QUAN MA HE

QUAN MA HE

In Quan Ma He village, deep in the mountains of Northern Myanmar, a young couple welcomes their newborn child. Should they follow the other...

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Silent Asylum

Silent Asylum

A film director interviews Burmese refugees about their experiences encountering oppression and cruelty in their homeland, and reads aloud poetry...

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The Palace on the Sea

The Palace on the Sea

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace...

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Poor Folk

Poor Folk

Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand...

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The Making of

The Making of

Adopting a pseudo-documentary format with a film-within-a-film metacinema approach, it portrays the onsite filming and behind-the-scenes during the...

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City of Jade

City of Jade

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

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Goodbye! Taiwan!

Goodbye! Taiwan!

Motorcycle Driver

Motorcycle Driver

Everyday there are many people traveling long distances from Burma to China. They buy motorcycles and resell them in Burma to earn money. Lashio is...

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