Arnie

What will our lives be like 10 years from now? Five up and coming Taiwanese directors each offer their own take in answering this question. In 2028, Taiwan is suffering from nuclear waste (“The Can of Anido”), migrant workers (“942”), industrial collapse (“Way Home”), low birth rates and diversity in families (“A Making-Of”), and insomnia (“The Sleep”).

Fantine, whose mom is a Filipina and dad a Taiwanese, just returned to Taiwan after dad's business in China went down. She couldn't fit in at school, nor at home. Dad was never there, and grandma's always mad at mom. She felt so alone. Then a Filipino boy Jason showed up with the magical Chicharon..

As she nears the age of 30, Rina still tries to find, with some difficulty, a path to becoming a film director. This year her father Richard, who she misses dearly, sends his favorite animal and Chinese zodiac sign, the tiger, to silently listen and follow his daughter through her unsteady sound of life. Through the medium of film, we distantly imagine what the world was like in the 1950s, when he himself was 30.

Everyone has a secret, and it can hunt like a monster.