CHIN LIU TAO

“The refugee camps will be demolished next month. Have you ever been there?”

The film title “Chin-Liu-Tao”（金六刀）suggests “somewhere unknown in Indochina.” Three dreams appeared in exotic places, unveiling the unknown past of two Indochinese refugee camps (1977~1988) in the Taiwan Strait.

In the dreams, people with umbrellas had all left, broken umbrellas were abandoned in a wasteland, and the rain was about to stop. After decades of being untold, the broken umbrellas were taken away by the northeast monsoon winds in the Pacific Ocean.

  • Asio LIU Chihsiung
    Director
  • Asio LIU Chihsiung
    Writer
  • Yuu CHEN
    Key Cast
    "The Cambodian girl in dreams"
  • Phina SO
    Key Cast
    "Voice Actress"
  • Feng Ting TSOU
    Director of Post Production
  • Yenliang James CHEN
    Associate VFX Artist & Colorist
  • Kai Yu HUANG
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    金六刀
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Trauma
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 13, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    70,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Ursa mini 4.6K
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Taipei
    Taiwan
    2017 Selected & funded by NCAF (National Culture and Arts Foundation)
Distribution Information
  • MIMEO FILMS Ltd.
    Distributor
    Country: Taiwan
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Asio LIU Chihsiung

Asio LIU Chihsiung's directorial debut "AND SHE WASN'T" was selected in the 2001 Sundance Film Festival's Shorts Program. His feature documentary "EXOTIC EXOTICISM: PLANT WARS" (2007) was a nominee at the Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei) and was officially screened in the 2009 Documentary Fortnight at MoMA (New York). He has been working on "PENGHU REFUGEE CAMPS TRILOGY" since 2013. He's now in the pre-production of “SOMEWHERE UNKNOWN IN INDOCHINA” (VR), which was selected for Biennale College Cinema’s 6th VR Workshop and Venice Production Bridge (VPB) in 2022.

[Filmography]
2023 CHIN-LIU-TAO
2019 THE DEAD, THE DAY AFTER
2015 JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED ISLAND
2007 PORTRAIT TAIWAN II: HUANG HAI-DAI
2007 EXOTIC EXOTICISM: PLANT WARS
2007 EXOTIC GIRLS
2006 KNIVES@SCHOOL
2004 MONUMENT TO MOMENTS
2001 AND SHE WASN'T

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Director Statement

"Have You Ever Been There?"