Status
Completed
Type
Cinereach-Supported Production
Year
2024
Production
Key Cast
Director
KEFF
Producers
Anita Gou, Justine O, Roger Huang
KEFF is a Taiwanese-American writer, director, musician, and artist who grew up in Hong Kong. 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 Graduate Film 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. Locust is his first feature film.
KEFF is a Taiwanese-American writer, director, musician, and artist who grew up in Hong Kong. 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 Graduate Film 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. Locust is his first feature film.
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.
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