Opening Night Film – Daughter’s Daughter.
The long-awaited second feature from HUANG Xi (Missing Johnny), Daughter’s Daughter is a poignant, masterfully restrained portrait of generational wounds, maternal regret, and fragile redemption. Co-produced by HOU Hsiao-Hsien and Sylvia CHANG, with cinematography by YAO Hung-I and editing by the late LIAO Ching-Song (Flowers of Shanghai).

The Chronicles of Libidoists by YANG Ya-Che (The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful) features Wu Kang-Ren, LIU Chu-Ping, and Alisia LIANG in a poetic tale of lust, restraint, and emotional unraveling. Unexpected Courage marks commercial director YU’s feature debut, produced by Mayday’s Ashin and YEH Ju-Feng, bringing visual flair and personal depth.

Organ Child, from CHIEH Hsueh-Bin (Do You Love Me as I Love You), is a dark revenge thriller delving into grief and moral ambiguity.

Dancing Home is a moving documentary on Paiwan choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava, chronicling his return home to reclaim Indigenous identity through dance.

Flowers of Shanghai (4K Restoration) by HOU Hsiao-Hsien, starring Tony LEUNG and Carina LAU, remains a timeless, opium-hued masterpiece. Yen and Ai-Lee is Tom LIN’s return to themes of grief and healing—his most personal work to date, co-starring his wife Kimi HSIA.

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