Locust
Taiwan | 128 mins | 2024 | Taiwanese
As the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a silent twenty-nothing in Taiwan, leads a double life – working at a family restaurant by day, and running with a group of local gangsters by night. But when the ownership of the restaurant changes hands, it sets off an unexpected chain reaction that forces Zhong-Han to witness and confront the corrupt power games of his country.
Director
KEFF is a Taiwanese-American multidisciplinary artist based in New York and Taipei. He is a writer/film director who recently completed the NYU 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 Director’s Guild of America. His second short film and NYU thesis, “Taipei Suicide Story,” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation) and won the Grand Jury Prize (Narrative Feature) at the Slamdance Film Festival.
Cast & Crew
Director – KEFF
Producer – Anita Gou, Siuloku O.
Cinematographer – Nadim Carlsen
Editor – KEFF, Siuloku O., Jenson Tay Yi
Music – Yoshihiro Hanno
Cast Wei-Chen Liu, Rimong Ihwar, Devin Pan