Private Project

Undercurrent

In a winter evening of 1979, the arrest of anti-government protesters involved in the Formosa Incident is underway. The city is under curfew, but a teenage student, out of curiosity, follows a mysterious young man from a riverside path into an abandoned hut. They exchange their fear and build up a sense of mutual trust there. However, when the student is later caught by a plain-clothes police officer, the young man chooses to turn a blind eye.

Living in Taiwan under martial law, are men constantly escaping from the government, the society, or the affection buried in their hearts?

  • WENG YU-TONG
    Director
  • WENG YU-TONG
    Writer
  • YANG PEI-LING
    Producer
  • HUANG LEE-FONG
    Key Cast
    "Teenage"
  • CHANG CHIH-HAN
    Key Cast
    "Youth"
  • WU MING-FAN
    Key Cast
    "Police"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama, history, LGBT
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 21, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Mandarin Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Women Make Waves Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    October 20, 2020
    World and National Premiere
    Taiwan Competition Nominee
  • Syracuse International Film Festival
    Syracuse, New York state
    United States
    November 14, 2020
    International Premiere
    Official selection
  • Frameline45: the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    San Francisco, CA
    United States
    June 27, 2021
    Spotlight on Taiwan
  • KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    August 19, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Golden Harvest Awards & Short Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    September 11, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Queer East Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 21, 2021
    European Premiere
    Focus Taiwan
  • Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    October 11, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Queer Days, Giornate di Cinema e Cultura Queer
    Rome
    Italy
    October 7, 2021
    Italian Premiere
    Best Directing of Queer Short Competition
  • Guá tsú-tiunn - Tainan Freedom of Speech Day's Event
    Tainan
    Taiwan
    November 13, 2021
  • Formosa Festival of International Filmmakers Awards
    Taichung
    Taiwan
    January 16, 2022
    Award of Excellent Short Film & Award of Curator’s Picks
  • Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    February 17, 2022
    Australia premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - WENG YU-TONG

Graduated from ESRA Paris, Master's degree in Production and Distribution. Worked with great masters and young talents in film industry for years across Eurasia. WENG's films have a special focus on Taiwanese history, social class, and gender issues.

She's developing her first feature Only Sun Knows, with this project she's in Talents Tokyo, Produire au sud Taipei, Writer-in-residence program of National Museum of Taiwan Literature.

FILMOGRAPHY：
THE DOUBLE (2012), short film, TAICCA original comic screenplay award

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Director Statement

A story set in the martial law era in Taiwan, about male affection under the patriarchal society.

This film is dedicated to my father, friend and political victims of gender minority under Taiwan's white terror