North American Premiere
Along the endless arch of incessant work, workers ache for change.
Supported by
Fen Cheng, Yin Han Liu, Hua En Wu, Wei Chueh Wu
Taiwan
2025
No Dialogue
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Credits & Director
Producer
Angel Huang
Screenwriter
Angel Wu
Cinematography
Angel Wu
ANIM
Ji-Tian Li, Vanto Chien
Editor
Angel Wu
Production Design
Angel Wu
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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