Devin Pan

In Taiwan, as the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a young silent thug, leads a life divided between his work in a family restaurant and parties in the dark Taipei underworld. But when a questionable businessman wants to buy the restaurant, Zhong-Han is drawn into a whirlwind of events that confronts him with the corrupt power games of his country.

Liang’s simple, humdrum life in his deceased father’s dilapidated boathouse on the Shezi island takes a totally unexpected turn when he saves a mysterious young woman from drowning. A woman with her own painful past meets a man haunted by nightmares.

On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?

Ann and Mimi come across A-kai, a guy waiting for a mysterious on-call work. They hit it off right away. Yet, not getting what they want, they end up getting involved in a crime due to circumstances beyond their control.

On a cold Valentine’s Day, Xiao-Hua meets the gentle A-Wen and the carefree charmer Zi-Jie, whose lives soon intertwine with hers. As love triangles, betrayal, and old flames resurface, Xiao-Hua must face her true feelings—before time runs out for Zi-Jie.

Up in the mountains in the darkness of the night, a young logger who illegally cuts down Formosan cypress trees meets a middle-aged solo trekker who broke his leg after falling off a cliff. The trekker offers the young man ten times the price of a Formosan cypress to carry him down the mountain. Will the deal help the trekker survive? Will the logger get his reward? The fates of two souls who trek alone intertwine briefly.

Ping finds a guitar with only three strings at the port and tries to fix it by himself. Meanwhile, his father, the rookie temple host, tries to catch a big snapper as an offering to the god.