The shortlist for the RisingStories 2023 Top 50

After a rigorous review by the main co-organizers, out of nearly 800 submissions, 50 works in both Chinese and English have been selected for the preliminary round. These selected works will now be handed over to a panel of expert judges to collectively choose 10 works for the final proposal conference.

The organizers will notify the selected participants of the event schedule through email in the near future. For more information, please stay tuned to the official website and fan page.

Film

• Dark Moon Hotel
• Two Girls and a Gun
• No Love Left That is Right
• HAM
• The Bridge Also Lives
• Love before sight
• Naked and Unseen or Alice Behind the Looking Glass
• Boy and the Beast
• Piecemeal (Before Ash, After Miles) / 粉零麻碎
• Mermaid By Bissme S
• Best In-Laws Forever
• The Chronicles of Wan
• My Unker’s Journal
• Permeation
• THE FEARLESS CONFESSIONS
• Broken
• The Missing Bambinos
• The Women of '29, '46, '59
• Dementia
• Banana
• Summer Some
• Asian Splendor
• Two Brothers: Together/Apart
• The Little Ghost's Hands

Mini Series

• Bear Claw Cafe
• Cycle
• Love before sight
• Emma's Choice
• Rise Of The Immortals
• Cancelled
• Killer Drones - Self Rule
• Haunted Rubbish Chute
• In love with my Genie
• Ajaan : The Ghost Negotiator
• The train station piano
• Writer
• Ponding
• The Ghost In The Library
• Police to the mission
• Malignant Secrets
• Pontianaks in Taiwan
• LI
• Prosthetist
• The Wallflowers
• THE FLINGERS CLUB

TV Series

• Catalyst
• The Taisho Map 1912
• Nightriders
• My Not-so-foxy Study Pal
• People

(Works are arranged in the order of submission.)