Midi Z

Midi Z Trailers

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Chao Te-yin (Chinese: 趙德胤; pinyin: Zhào Déyìn; born 18 December 1982), also known as Midi Z, is a Myanmar-born Taiwanese film director. His 2014 film Ice Poison was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. On November 7, 2016, his work The Road to Mandalay (2016) was screened in his home country for the first time, which he called a "historical moment".

Most Popular Midi Z Trailers

Total trailers found: 21

Return to Burma Trailer (2011)

07 October 2011

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home.

Ice Poison Trailer (2014)

07 February 2014

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations.

Jade Miners Trailer (2015)

26 January 2015

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally.

Goodbye! Taiwan! Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

City of Jade Trailer (2016)

15 February 2016

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

Motorcycle Driver Trailer (2015)

23 January 2015

Everyday there are many people traveling long distances from Burma to China. They buy motorcycles and resell them in Burma to earn money.

The Making of Trailer (2018)

01 August 2018

Adopting a pseudo-documentary format with a film-within-a-film metacinema approach, it portrays the onsite filming and behind-the-scenes during the making of Spy Love.

14 Apples Trailer (2018)

16 May 2018

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day.

The Clinic Trailer (2023)

14 November 2023

A weary-looking middle-aged couple shuffle around their cluttered loft in Yangon, Myanmar. There is stuff everywhere, and a mountain of pills in blister packs lie haphazardly on top of a glass case.

The Unseen Sister Trailer (2024)

26 October 2024

Qiao Yan, born in a border town in southwest China, becomes a star actress after much effort and struggle.

Nina Wu Trailer (2019)

10 October 2019

After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller.

The Palace on the Sea Trailer (2014)

25 January 2014

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace decorated like a Buddhist temple.

The Road to Mandalay Trailer (2016)

09 September 2016

Lianqing and Guo, who hail from Burma, flee their country and seek refuge in Thailand. Gho's feelings for Lianqing may just surpass her feelings for him.

Nighttime Sounds Trailer (2025)

21 September 2025

The Song dynasty stone statues, dating back 800 years, stand in the wheat fields of Maozhuang Village.

Cherry Ferry Trailer (2024)

16 November 2024

Since June 2023, another civil war between the government and the rebel forces has been raging on in Myanmar.

Silent Asylum Trailer (2013)

14 July 2013

A film director interviews Burmese refugees about their experiences encountering oppression and cruelty in their homeland, and reads aloud poetry about the destruction of Hiroshima by atomic bomb.

Letters from the South Trailer (2013)

06 October 2013

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the anthology depicts the crisis of identity that accompanies international migration.

Poor Folk Trailer (2012)

14 October 2012

Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand.

Bad Education Trailer (2023)

03 March 2023

On the night of their high school graduation, three delinquents decide to exchange their darkest, most unspeakable secret.

QUAN MA HE Trailer (2018)

02 July 2018

In Quan Ma He village, deep in the mountains of Northern Myanmar, a young couple welcomes their newborn child.

Taipei Factory Trailer (2013)

01 May 2013

A collaborative project consisting four young generation of Taiwan directors, and four young foreign directors from Chile, France, Iran, and South Korea.