Backstage Studio Movies

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary...

This is a touching documentary film about some elderly people who suffer from dementia, and their families.

Puppeteer Chen Hsi-huang establishes his own troupe and moves out from under the shadow of his father, the legendary Li Tien-lu.

A disturbing close portrait of a young man who, like all other men in Taiwan, must enlist in the army. Dreaming of saving enough money to enter an Australian art college after having been discharged, he is gradually crushed by the corruption, the verbal violence, and the hypocrisy that festers in...

Years after their breakup, Martin and Joey reconnect over dinner in Silay City and reminisce about the past. As they talk, they discover new truths about themselves and each other, leading them to question whether closure is truly possible for the two of them. But when they stumble upon the iconic...