Hsu Hua-chien

Alifu, the Prince/ss

Alifu, a 25 year-old Paiwan boy, works as a hair-dresser in Taipei and struggles between his dream of getting a sex change operation and following his father’s footsteps to inherit the title as Chief of the indigenous Paiwan tribe. His lesbian roommate, Pei-Zhen, is also his best friend and confidante. Sherry, a transgender man, is the owner of a drag queen bar. For years, Sherry has been in love with the plumber, Wu, even though Wu only sees him as his buddy. Chris, a civil servant, lives a dull life. A one-time gig as a drag queen in the bar unexpectedly becomes his unique and secret way to relief stress. Chris has no choice but to keep this gig a secret from his girlfriend Angie. Across different genders and sexualities, the only common ground these people share is their search for love, understanding and acceptance. (Source: Golden Village)

Where We Sit Together

Fang’s home is cramped and chaotic—not even a dining table to gather around. One day, she visits her friend Qi’s birthday party and, for the first time, sits at a real table to share a meal. That simple moment awakens a longing she never knew she had.

Till We Meet Again

Ah Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loves the most.

Pig and Futari Coin Laundry

A man washes a stuffed pig in a laundromat in Taipei and a woman waits for someone else. Like mass-produced pigs, this is a brief encounter, one of the many chance encounters in life, but what we learn about the two and the life of the city seeps in and plays a long aftertaste.

Somewhere Out There

After being through many tough situations in her life, Lin Mei-jing wrote this letter to Lin Hsih-hao. Even though they’re classmates, they are not familiar with each other at first. By a chance, she entered his secret shelter, after that, they started to share secrets and everything there. Today, they decided to leave the world together. This is a top secret plan. No one else knows it.

The Losers

A man chooses to leave the city and goes back to his hometown in the countryside. However, he finds that his dream of being a farmer is shattered as the property developers have flocked into this small town in Southern Taiwan. Consequently, the farmland is taken over by holiday homes and villas, which not only look incongruous in the landscape but have destroyed the serenity. A woman who left home lives in one of the villas. She has been trapped in the house both physically and mentally until she meets the man. Their encounter is about to change everything…

It's Drizzling

Emma is unmarried and needs someone to be her unborn child’s legal father. Her friends, Abel and Romeo, set the “perfect” trap for a middle-aged man, which fails. They decide to run away to Thailand, but they need to tie up some loose ends before their big escape...