The Cage

“In the end, we are not just protecting the justice, but lingering to grasp the clues for survival tightly.”
Sergeant Chen has served in the police service for many years and with smooth career, but his life is in a gray area. He dares to sacrifice his clean feathers to soak into the dark corner; wipes out the criminals like dove flapped its wings, but burden with collapsed family on the back unable to break free. Facing his father's disability, and wife’s cheating, his eyes were burning with the loss of justice. The gun in his hand is no longer only aiming against the outside of his home door. After betrayal and struggling, the home that imprisoned the dove is filling of endless mock and irony.
Confronted with multiple pressure, Chen does not know what to do more to make up for every person and the "justice”.

  • Project Title (Original Language):
    《鴿籠》
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 19, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 52nd Golden Bell Awards

    Taiwan
    Actor award finalists
  • The 16th International Student Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF)
    Beijing
    China
  • All Lights India International Film Festival 2017

    Student Short Films International Competition
  • New Taipei City Student Film Awards 2017
    New Taipei City
    Taiwan
    Short Films Competition
  • Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films 2018

    Taiwan
  • 2018 THE 13TH ANNUAL SCREWDRIVER INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SHORT FILM FES 
    TAINAN
  • 2018 Beijing College Student Film Festival
    Beijing
    Short Films
  • 2018 The 10th Kuan-Du Film Festival
    taipai
  • 2018 The 5th Chongqing Youth Film Festival
Director Biography

Was born in Taiwan in1992. Majored in advertising during college. Now is studying for MFA degree in Radio, Television and Film Department of Shih Hsin University.
In 2016, was selected for Innovation Stories of Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation. Finished first short film “The Cage” in 2017. As a filmmaker, is always struggling in-between with creation and reality, sinking and floating along with the conflicts.

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Director Statement

My father is the police officer in the front line; therefore, my life experience is also inseparable from my father's career. So I can understand the bitterness and suffering of police officers. After work, police also need to bear their family on their tired shoulders. Under my own family background, I wrote this story about a police’s family. Fortunately, I accept the Taiwan Public Television Service provides sponsor to shoot “The Cage” this short film.