Village First Secretary

The young cadre Bai Lang was dispatched from the central government to serve as the first secretary of Miyueshan Village, a remote mountain village in Xichuan County. In the critical period of poverty alleviation,…

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5.7

Two girls are competing against each other online for a coveted college scholarship. Will the odds be in their favor? Submit by Francis Ner Marañon is inspired by the filmmaker’s struggles while studying and taking…

Home Away From Home

Anna, Korean name Kim Myong Hee. 43 years after her adoption to the United States, she visits a remote island in the Yellow Sea. There in Deokjeok Island live Suh Jae Song and In Hyun Ae, a couple who raised orphaned…

Best Supporting Role

Chun Mei, Feng Jiao and Li Xian are all volunteers with the Humane Medical Association. They have joined the dental aid team and have travelled with the Tzu Chi volunteer team to visit remote villages, to check the…

On the Way Home

The daughter, A Ying, is exhausted from running around to take care of her mother, who lives alone in another remote place. (Source: IMBb)

Children of Light

In the 1960s, a 16-year-old Korean boy, kidnapped and assaulted at a juvenile center on a remote island, must escape with his rival to survive. (Source: IMDb)

Easy Money

Struggling taxi driver Cao Xi Qing unexpectedly finds a large sum of money. Chaos ensues when the prop master loses the money on set. Meanwhile, superstar Xiao Xiong inadvertently witnesses his wife having an affair…

Maidaore

The film is set in 1999, on Sado Island. While Japan is embroiled in war with a major power, the remote island of Sado remains untouched by the conflict. Here, a unique culture has developed, blending the limited information…

Loudness

Genroku era, Japan (1688–1704). A husband and wife struggle side-by-side in a remote village in the Nagaoka Domain of Echigo Province. The man plows the desolate land, his wife preparing meals as she waits for his…

The Grocery Store of Nothing

Jay, an urbanite kid of Taipei, is compelled to move to a remote small town and reside with his eccentric grandfather Wang Po in a peculiar grocery store. There, he encounters his lively yet unkempt roommate, A Le,…