International Premiere
A night in the life of A-bang, a Taiwanese patrol guard amidst a factory of migrant workers.
Supported by
Jen-Chien Ko
Taiwan
2024
In Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Uilin Wang
Producer
Yunting Chu
Screenwriter
Wen-Shuo Hsueh
Cinematography
Wai-kin Sou
Editor
Wen-shuo Hsueh
Production Design
Tzu-wei Yeh
Wen-Shuo Hsueh
Wen-shuo Hsueh is a Taiwanese filmmaker born in 1994. His short film, Lovely Sundays, won the Grand Prize and Best Director Award at the 2019 Golden Harvest Awards, as well as the Taiwan Student Award at the 2018 KFF International Short Film Competition.
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