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A Hidden Trail

The smell of the damp forest fills countless long nights, setting up an invisible road back home. Several illegal migrant workers carry the felled logs through a small winding trail. An accident happens when the police try to arrest them.
The night coming, the injured worker, Đoàn, has a strange interaction with the man who wants to find him. They catch a glimpse of each other's traces of existence.

  • TSAI Hsuan Kang
    Director
  • TSAI Hsuan Kang
    Writer
  • Kaohsiung film fund
    Producer
  • Lin Chun-han
    Producer
  • BiuBiu Wu
    Key Cast
    "Đoàn"
  • Tey Lung Jiru
    Key Cast
    "Lung"
  • Garvin Chan
    Director of Photography
  • Liao Yin-chiao
    Production Designer
  • Yannick Dauby
    Sound Designer and Mixer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    獸徑
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Realistic, Mystery
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 20, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Chinese, Vietnamese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital,RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival
    Kaohsiung
    Taiwan
    October 24, 2020
    World premiere
  • Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    June 18, 2021
    International Premiere
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2022
    Clermont-Ferrand
    France
    European Premiere
    International Competition
  • Incheon Diaspora Film Festival
    Incheon
    Korea, Republic of
    Korea premiere
  • Asia International Film Week
    Tokyo
    Japan
  • Golden Harvest Awards & Short Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    June 5, 2023
    Short Films Competition
  • FIFIG-International Island Film Festival of Groix
    Groix
    France
    Fiction short films competition
Director Biography - TSAI Hsuan Kang

Tsai Hsuan-Kang , born in Taipei (Taiwan). Graduated from National Chengchi University,Department of Advertising. He often adapts methods of multi-media and multi-narratives in his film practice, concerning history, media and the living conditions of marginalized people in various senses.
Tsai’s work has been showcased internationally in CologneOFF, EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival, Barcelona Independent Film Festival and Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival, etc.
His latest short film《A Hidden Trail》has been showcased in Kaohsiung Film Festival, Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival.

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Director Statement

The main theme of this film is about understanding, about how people in different living conditions and with different hopes can perceive and experience each other's true emotions. For me, the process of shooting this film is also a process of understanding. It has brought me to know people and things that were difficult to come into contact with in my past, and therefore it is especially meaningful.