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The Foreigner

浮游物

VIFF Short Forum

International Premiere

A night in the life of A-bang, a Taiwanese patrol guard amidst a factory of migrant workers.

 

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Director
Cast

Jen-Chien Ko

Credits
Country of Origin

Taiwan

Year

2024

Language

In Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese with English subtitles

Links
18+
16 min
Cinemas of Asia Drama Shorts

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 headshot

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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