Peasant Boy

What will our lives be like 10 years from now? Five up and coming Taiwanese directors each offer their own take in answering this question. In 2028, Taiwan is suffering from nuclear waste (“The Can of Anido”), migrant workers (“942”), industrial collapse (“Way Home”), low birth rates and diversity in families (“A Making-Of”), and insomnia (“The Sleep”).

Allie is a walking enigma trying out acting lessons. After serving eight years in prison for the manslaughter of her abusive father, Yen returns to her suburban hometown. Yen and Allie look identical. When their shared secret is revealed, will Yen and her mother outrun their fate?

Lonely and closeted, Xiao-Wei turns to the internet—until real-life feelings bring more questions than answers.

In the village, the boy offers help but is turned down by everyone. Later his friend asks him to help on their fish farm and take the motor to the neighbouring village afterwards. But he loses the key and is determined to find it although the tide is coming in.

At Home of Happiness, a devoted social worker struggles to reform troubled youth while the institution falls into crisis. A bullied boy clings to his late mother’s teddy bear as his world collapses. A former resident, 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.

Haunted by past failure, Ah-Zhi faces towering stakes that mirror his inner fears. Pressured by his mother to focus on exams, he sinks into doubt—until Xiao-You's quiet support helps him rise. In overcoming fear, he begins to truly see himself.

Pan Nah and his friend Azhu are causing trouble all over the town. When they encounter a bullied dork, Pan Nah adopts him into their group. And so begins an outing that will change the fates of all of them.

A-Jun, who lives by himself, is gradually slipping away from normal growth development. During this period of his life, there’s many perplexities around his world. Isn’t it just one way off going down the stream to Jia Jiu Liao and set him free?

Instructor Wang is strict with the students and forbids them to date. Despite this depressing circumstance, Student Xie Ying-Jie is the one who wants to go against everything.

Ad director Wan Ting-fang, with little time left to live, receives an unusual offer from underworld emissaries: film an adult movie for ghostly audiences, and he’ll gain more time on earth. Short on resources, he enlists his mother-in-law Hsiao-fang, whose unexpected enthusiasm reignites his creative spirit. But when their forbidden project catches the City God’s attention, Ting-fang's final deadline draws near.

As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, a weary office worker encounters a strange, heartbroken girl. After a wild night together, they brace themselves for the end — and for a new beginning.