Towards the Sun
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The film surrounds two outcasts whose drifting paths cross by chance, taking them on a journey across Taiwan. In eastern Taiwan, fruit farmer Jia-Ming is forced to live in his truck after his home is foreclosed. On the road, he meets a young Vietnamese woman, A-Anh. Just divorced and with a resident...(Read more)
The film surrounds two outcasts whose drifting paths cross by chance, taking them on a journey across Taiwan. In eastern Taiwan, fruit farmer Jia-Ming is forced to live in his truck after his home is foreclosed. On the road, he meets a young Vietnamese woman, A-Anh. Just divorced and with a resident permit about to expire, A-Anh is going back to Vietnam. Out of kindness, Jia-Ming offers her a ride to the airport, but things take an unexpected turn.
A warm-hearted short that skillfully weaves Taiwan’s issues of deportation and scenic landscapes into a road movie. Despite its two frustrated loners seemingly having lost hope in the future, the story is not pessimistic. While conflicts rise one after another, and Jia-Ming and A-Anh are at times hostile to each other, they also find understanding and warmth. In the end, as they gaze at a city’s flickering lights, hope seems to exist in the distant illuminations.
Available Formats: DVD, Blu-ray and DCP
| Chinese title： | 迎向邊疆公路 |
| Year： | 2016 |
| Director： | WANG Yi-Ling |
| Duration： | 30min |
| Length： | Short |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | Comedy |
| Theme： | Society、2020 Program: Hitting the Road: Taiwanese Road Movies |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Stereo |
| Language： | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | English |
| Producer： | HONG Wei-Zhe |
| Actors： | GAO Meng-Jie, Beam Phunthida, LIAO Chin-Liang, WU Hung-Siou |
| Screenplay： | WANG Yi-Ling |
Camera： |
CHEN Ko-Chin |
| Editor： | WANG Yi-Ling |
| Music： | ZHENG GE-JUN |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong and Macau) |
| Royalty period： | June 1, 2018 – May 31, 2023 |
| Licensing contact： | The film is for non-profit screening only. Regarding the conditions for screening, please contact Taiwan Cinema Toolkit: toolkit@mail.tfi.org.tw For commercial licensing, please contact Public Television Service Foundation: pub5139@mail.pts.org.tw |
| Festival list： | 2017 Cannes Film Festival - CinéfondationStudent Short Film Competition 2016 Women Make Waves Film Festival - Special Jury Prize |
