Watchlist: Mandarin

Three men living in the Eastern most island of China go on a road trip to the Western most end of the country, and facing crises of love, friendship, and faith on their journey to the West.

Five Chinese artists explore the echoes of the past in order to understand the predicaments of the present. Increasingly, their struggle for a democratic civil society seems as relevant for the world today as it is for China.

Beijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."

Shanghai Strangers is about the dilemma of a young woman, Xiu Xiu, in post-Communist China, where the fast-growing material wealth and the spiritual void create a longing for a more authentic era when love was more difficult but also ultimately meaningful. A chance encounter, an unexpected discovery, a fateful afternoon, a song and a boat..., this film is my love haiku to Shanghai - a city where I was born and raised, an urban landscape that I most frequent in my dreams.

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

On the same day, in the same accident, Wei loses his pregnant wife and Ming her fiancé. In Buddhism, one is given 100 days to mourn for the dead. Like two mice lost in a labyrinth, Wei runs around in circles while Ming calmly creeps down a determined path. But the pain and sorrow linger on. With the 100th day approaching, they wonder if they'll ever be able to say goodbye.

After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.

In Taiwan, officially, each year there is an average of 400 cases involving sexual exploitation of underage girls. Out of those cases, an average of 130 girls and a few boys are placed in rehabilitation correctional facilities for one to three years, during the peak of their adolescence, before allowing them to return to normal society. This is their story.

Da Yu, a 15-year-old boy, wanders aimlessly in the lonely city.

A visual love poem of magical realism.

A love story takes place over the course of one evening in Taipei.

When home entertainment enters the market in 90s Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his young son into starting their own pirate movie company, but easy money comes with its own price tag.

In this multigenerational drama, a Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and new-found responsibilities.

White Ant is a psychological drama that tells a story about sexual fetishism. Bai Yide is a young man living alone. He works at a bookstore and derives sexual pleasure by stealing and wearing women's underwear. One day, he receives a DVD in which his activities have been recorded and he becomes anxious. The DVD was sent by Junhong, who happened to know about Bai's psychological trauma stemming from working at Bai's mother's wedding dress shop.

A small-time gangster clumsily attempts to court a girl he has a crush on. Can he win her over and leave the underworld behind?

A New York attorney is sent to Shanghai on business, where he finds himself in a legal mess that threatens his career. With the help of a relocation specialist and her contacts, he soon learns to appreciate the wonders of Shanghai.

Pregnant, abandoned and destitute, gifted writer Xiao Hung embarks on a daring literary career in the face of patriarchy, privation and war.

The bisexual owner of a record store and a new girl in town bond over Jack Kerouac. Meanwhile, a girl in her class falls in love with her.

It's almost been one year since his boyfriend committed suicide on the day of the Moon Festival, in their own home. Wei, left alone, struggles to leave his memory behind and isolates himself in the apartment that torments him.

"PARADOXICAL" is one of the rare science fiction films from Taiwan. A man with a mysterious background meets a beautiful, enigmatic plant designer. As the two embark on a series of unconventional dates, she discovers a mysterious lottery ticket, revealing the man's true profession and overturns their definition of time. The seemingly unrelated incidents unfold to reveal an unexpected conclusion- offering a thought-provoking commentary on the paradoxical nature of both time travel and life.

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

In the red light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese night club navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship and love.

Inseparable childhood friends Shou-heng and Cheng-shing have their world thrown into chaos when a new girl comes to town and falls for Shou-heng. Director Leste Chen's sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

Chen Chen, a high school student, finds the love affair of her mother just before the college entrance exam and gets depressed. After the unsuccessful exam, Chen gets acquainted with Zheng Yu Xing, a handsome campus cyber celebrity, because of a lie. The two join hands to face growing pains, and witness growth and metamorphoses of each other, in the summer of their unsettled youth.