打破幸福神話。「幸福國度」不丹的政府將人民的「幸福指數」作為政策制定、推行的重要依據。作為「幸福調查員」的安柏,必須在全國各地奔波,從農村到都市,挨家挨戶拜訪民眾,透過問卷了解他們的夢想及生活難題,進而推斷出每個人的幸福指數。
在跟著安柏的腳步調查他人幸福指數的同時,鏡頭也不時穿插安柏自身的處境,與年邁的母親相依為命、對婚姻愛情的嚮往、身為少數移民的自覺。
家財萬貫真的就比較幸福嗎?坐享齊人之福的大地主,幸福也可以加乘嗎?一無所有的跨性別酒吧歌手就不值得追求幸福嗎?在日復一日的調查過程中,安柏發現「幸福究竟是什麼?」這個大哉問似乎遠比「幸福指數」的計算更加深奧莫測。
「失樂園」原本是形容天使墜落、惡魔誕生的地方;而在本片《失樂園》裡,也有一群人因命運與現實的推擠一步步往下墜,從純真落向深淵,彷彿天使變成惡魔。
電影描述一位年幼時遭單親媽媽遺棄在育幼院的男孩蕭治和(洪君昊 飾),被其他孩子霸凌卻求助無門。而一樁殺狗疑案,則開啟了另一間育幼院的故事,滿懷理想的社工蔡仁興(范少勳 飾)一心想感化家園裡的孩子卻挫折重重。而18歲搬離育幼院回到貧困老家的YANG(曾敬驊 飾),則面臨巨大的生存困境。
隨著他們的故事交織在一起,每個人都必須直面過去的創傷,並決定是屈服於黑暗,還是為了更美好的未來而再次努力。
At Home of Happiness, a devoted social worker struggles to reform troubled youth while the institution falls into crisis. At another children's home, a boy abandoned by his mother was bullied by the teenagers of the home. The teddy bear his mother gave him was his only source of comfort. A former resident of a children’s home, lured into a telecom scam, faces a moral dilemma that threatens his life. Across different paths, each must confront the scars of the past and decide whether to fall into darkness or fight for a way forward.
出身富裕家庭、聰明伶俐的凱薩琳醉心於天文學,一心渴望深入研究浩瀚星空,而非步入婚姻。然而,身處1910年的倫敦,女性沒有參政權,也不被各項學術單位接納,想要從事學術研究唯一的途徑就是嫁作人婦,擔任丈夫的「助理」。眼看著好不容易取得劍橋大學面試機會,卻仍因女性身分而遭拒於門外,就連父親也執意安排她與童年好友威廉訂婚。
就在凱薩琳對未來感到迷惘之際,思想開明的表弟瑟里爾、熱情奔放的女權運動人士瑪麗、協助母親撰寫祖父傳記的編輯雷夫,在與他們交流的過程中,凱薩琳開始接觸截然不同的人生觀,也重新思索愛情、婚姻與女性自主的真正意義。
她該如何勇敢掙脫社會與家庭的束縛,追逐屬於自己的夢想,又該如何在探索遙遠星空的同時,好好正視身邊近在咫尺的人、事、物與愛?
情人節當天,一輛雙層巴士在春光明媚的上午突然爆炸,造成嚴重傷亡,燒焦的殘骸散落四處,警方迅速成立專案組,邀請退休鑑證專家龍Sir(譚耀文 飾)復出調查,發現這並非意外,而是兩名乘客──出身問題家庭的同志戀人暉仔(江𤒹生 飾)與Ike(陳毅燊 飾)──蓄意所為。他們飽受童年虐待、恐同歧視與社會邊緣化之苦,目睹經濟不公與店舖結業,終於在絕望中決定以自殺方式向世界抗議,留下牆上銘文:「在美麗的日子,結束我們不美麗的人生。」
On Valentine’s Day, a double-decker bus explodes in a fiery blast, killing many and leaving charred remains, with evidence pointing to a deliberate act by two passengers, Fai and Ike, a gay couple from troubled backgrounds living on society’s margins. As retired forensic expert Lung Sir investigates, he uncovers their tragic story of abuse, homophobia, and despair, culminating in their decision to end their lives in a suicidal protest against an unjust world, leaving behind a haunting message: “On a beautiful day, we end our unbeautiful lives.”
計程車司機宇佐美浩二(木村拓哉 飾)的生意上門了,預計從東京柴又出發,前往神奈川葉山的一處療養院,乘客是 85 歲的高野女士(倍賞千惠子 飾)。
旅途中,兩人逐漸對彼此敞開心扉,高野女士提出了一個請求,想趁此機會「好好看看東京的最後風景」,於是宇佐美依照她的要求,開車前往東京各地。同時,高野女士也娓娓道出自己過去不平凡的人生。
短短一天,這場計程車司機與乘客之間的偶然邂逅,正逐步改變他們的心境、轉動他們的人生。
《書店裡的影像詩:生活不在他方》
《書店裡的影像詩》由夢田影像監製蘇麗媚發起,邀請導演侯季然執導,自2014年展開,歷經第一季、第二季,以及相隔八年後於2024年展開的第三季,十二年間走訪台灣各地與離島,累計記錄120間書店,也記錄書店裡的人,以及他們選擇的生活方式。
對侯季然而言,最初拍的是書店,後來逐漸發現真正想拍的是書店裡的人,以及他們所選擇的「另一種生活的可能」。台灣的閱讀與書店風景持續變化。有些搬遷,有些歇業,近五十間書店已不在原來的位置。
法國詩人韓波曾說「生活在他方」。然而,走過120間書店,看見不同的人生選擇,也讓人開始思考:理想的生活真的在遙遠的他方嗎?還是,就在每個人選擇如何生活的當下?
《書店裡的影像詩:生活不在他方》從書店出發,記錄人與地方,也記錄十二年間台灣獨立書店與閱讀文化的變化。
Initiated by producer May SU and directed by HOU Chi-jan, Poetries from the Bookstores began in 2014. Spanning three seasons—including the third season launched in 2024 after an eight-year interval—the project has spent twelve years documenting 120 bookstores across Taiwan and its outlying islands, along with the people within them and the ways they choose to live.
For HOU Chi-jan, what began as a journey to film bookstores gradually became a portrait of the people within them—and of the possibility of living differently.
Taiwan’s reading culture and bookstore landscape continue to change. Some bookstores have moved, while others have closed, and nearly fifty are no longer at their original locations.
The French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote of “life elsewhere.” Yet after visiting 120 bookstores and encountering so many different ways of living, another question emerges: Is the life we seek really somewhere far away, or is it in the way each of us chooses to live here and now?
Poetries from the Bookstores: Here I Belong begins with bookstores to document people and places, while capturing twelve years of change in Taiwan’s independent bookstores and reading culture.
★首部刻劃臺灣半導體發展史的紀錄片電影。
導演蕭菊貞在2019年參加科技界前輩胡定華的追思會,深受與會者分享的臺灣半導體故事觸動。他們肩負國家使命,遠赴海外取回半導體製造的技術火種,那份革命情感與奮鬥精神,不僅開創了臺灣半導體產業的契機,也見證了臺灣的島嶼命運與生存挑戰。「這段歷史不能忘記!」成為導演拍攝這部紀錄片的初衷。臺灣雖僅占全球陸地面積不到萬分之二,卻掌握著AI與先進製程晶片的關鍵技術,成為地緣政治的兵家必爭之地。台積電生產的晶片不僅牽動全球戰略與商業競爭,也讓臺灣在國際局勢中扮演前所未有的重要角色。
An epic documentary tracing Taiwan’s transformation into a global semiconductor leader — a journey that began half a century ago with bold bets and quiet builders who shaped the future.
In 2019, director Hsiao Chu-Chen was deeply moved by stories shared at the memorial of semiconductor pioneer Hu Ding-Hwa—accounts of engineers who, driven by a sense of national mission, journeyed overseas to acquire the crucial knowledge that ignited Taiwan’s chip industry. Their spirit of sacrifice and collective resolve not only laid the foundation for Taiwan’s semiconductor revolution, but also marked a pivotal chapter in the island’s struggle for survival and global relevance.