Elvis A-Liang Lu

The director gets a phone call from his aged mother. A stubborn woman, she worries about the future of the rest of the family. The father is a gambling addict in poor health; the brother is penniless yet sure of his talent as a medium. Looking back at the reasons he left 20 years earlier, Elvis A-Liang Lu creates a wonderful family portrait, touching and full of light.

Mufan and Chen Wei are two young aboriginal gender-fluids living in a small mountain village of the Paiwan tribe. Striving to be themselves, they face a conservative and catholic culture imposed on their tribe by Western missionaries that turned them into taboos. As everyone avoids them, they become to each other the only way of understanding the world around them and the only reason to stay alive.

Despite harsh condemnation and denunciation from society, a heterosexual female pastor founded Taiwan's first LGBT-affirming church in May 1996. For LGBT Christians, who had been rejected by the Christian community for a long time, they finally have a church that offers them a safe haven. Though the founder has passed away, the church members continue to make their voice heard, confronting the unjust social institutions while struggling with religious conflict at the same time. Come hell or high water, they strive to make a difference in the lives of others by telling their own life stories, in hope that love will eventually trump hate and solve misunderstanding someday.

Adju, originally means sisterhood and has also been used by the LGBTIQ+ community from the Taiwanese indigenous group Paiwan people to express their trans identity. Director Lu follows the musical journey of Mo-Fu, who identifies as Adju.

My elder brother A-Chih has been serving as a psychic since he was twelve. He has helped many believers communicate with the divine to overcome their problems. Despite his gift, he is unable to escape the grip of his own difficult life. It is the reason why I have doubts about his abilities. To improve his circumstances, he has tried various works such as street vending and part-time jobs. What can he do to find a way out of this tough situation of life?

The director gets a phone call from his aged mother. A stubborn woman, she worries about the future of the rest of the family. The father is a gambling addict in poor health; the brother is penniless yet sure of his talent as a medium. Looking back at the reasons he left 20 years earlier, Elvis A-Liang Lu creates a wonderful family portrait, touching and full of light.

Mufan and Chen Wei are two young aboriginal gender-fluids living in a small mountain village of the Paiwan tribe. Striving to be themselves, they face a conservative and catholic culture imposed on their tribe by Western missionaries that turned them into taboos. As everyone avoids them, they become to each other the only way of understanding the world around them and the only reason to stay alive.

Despite harsh condemnation and denunciation from society, a heterosexual female pastor founded Taiwan's first LGBT-affirming church in May 1996. For LGBT Christians, who had been rejected by the Christian community for a long time, they finally have a church that offers them a safe haven. Though the founder has passed away, the church members continue to make their voice heard, confronting the unjust social institutions while struggling with religious conflict at the same time. Come hell or high water, they strive to make a difference in the lives of others by telling their own life stories, in hope that love will eventually trump hate and solve misunderstanding someday.

Adju, originally means sisterhood and has also been used by the LGBTIQ+ community from the Taiwanese indigenous group Paiwan people to express their trans identity. Director Lu follows the musical journey of Mo-Fu, who identifies as Adju.

My elder brother A-Chih has been serving as a psychic since he was twelve. He has helped many believers communicate with the divine to overcome their problems. Despite his gift, he is unable to escape the grip of his own difficult life. It is the reason why I have doubts about his abilities. To improve his circumstances, he has tried various works such as street vending and part-time jobs. What can he do to find a way out of this tough situation of life?