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Force Times Displacement film image; illustrated blue people standing beneath a hanging caged animal

Force Times Displacement

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North American Premiere

Along the endless arch of incessant work, workers ache for change.

 

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Director
Cast

Fen Cheng, Yin Han Liu, Hua En Wu, Wei Chueh Wu

Credits
Country of Origin

Taiwan

Year

2025

Language

No Dialogue

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18+
12 min
Animation Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts Women Directors
Future Connect Ltd.

Credits & Director

Producer

Angel Huang

Screenwriter

Angel Wu

Cinematography

Angel Wu

ANIM

Ji-Tian Li, Vanto Chien

Editor

Angel Wu

Production Design

Angel Wu

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Angel WU

Angel Wu was born in Taipei in 1998. She graduated from Taipei National University of Arts in 2020. With pencil, ink, watercolor, wood, sound, and sometimes zebrafish, she shapes the questions that come to her. Questions about bloodlines, empires, mental illness, time, love, light, Wall Street, eyesight, entropy, eternity, poverty, beauty, and the first 22 hours of zebrafish life… She works as a calligrapher and filmmaker in Taipei, Taiwan. Her recent films include drawn undrew draw (2020) and Force x Displacement (2025).

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