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Festival 2021
Undercurrent
Taiwan, 2020

Focus TaiwanShort Form
Directed by
Yu-Tong Weng
Running time
19 min mins
Focus TaiwanShort Form
Queer East -

Taiwan, a winter evening in 1979. The city is under curfew, but a curious teenager follows a mysterious young man along a riverside path and into an abandoned hut, where they exchange their fears and slowly develop a sense of mutual trust.

Screening in conjunction with Secrets of 1979 (UK Premiere)


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Queer East -
Director Bio



Yu-Tong Weng graduated from ESRA Paris with an MA in Production and Distribution, and was trained as a writer-director in Talents Tokyo and Produire au Sud Taipei workshop. Her work focuses on Taiwanese history and gender issues.

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