Locust

KEFF | Taiwan, US, France, Qatar | 2024 | 133'
Screenings
Sat 22 March H 21:00
Sun 23 March H 13:00
Section
Original title
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Synopsis
In a Taipei where fear of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong hangs over the city, a mute boy leads a double life: during the day he works in a family-run restaurant and at night he joins a group of local gangsters. The gentrification of the neighbourhood threatening the ownership of the restaurant sets off an unexpected chain reaction which forces Zhong-Han to measure up to the corrupt games of power in his country.
Cast
Liu Wei-chen, Rimong Ihwar, Devin Pan, An-shung Yu, Yi Jung Wu, Nien-Hsien Ma
Films Distribution
MK2
Production
Kindred Spirit, Witness Cultural & Creative
Editing
KEFF, Junu Wu
Cinematography
Nadim Carlsen, DFF
Editing
Keff, Siuloku O., Jenson Tay Yi
Language
Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka
Subtitles
Italian, English
Premiere
Italian Première
Main awards
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Biography
KEFF is a Taiwanese American multidisciplinary artist based in New York and Taipei. He is a writer/film director who recently completed the New York University Graduate Film program on scholarship. His first short film, Secret Lives of Asians at Night, was supported by the Spike Lee Film Fellowship, and awarded the Jury Prize for Best Asian American Film by the Directors' Guild of America in 2019. His second short film and New York University thesis, Taipei Suicide Story, had its world premiere in 2020 at the Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival. He is also an open-format DJ and producer who has performed with countless international artists at parties such as Brownies & Lemonade (LA), SHOWER @ Soap (Korea), SUBBEAT @ Cakeshop (Korea), and BangOn! (NYC). His mixes have over 400k streams, and his first remix premiered on Skrillex's NEST HQ.
Filmography
2024 - Locust, ff
2020 - Taipei Suicide Story, sf
2019 - Secret Lives of Asians at Night, sf
2016 - Dream Girl, sf

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