Paper Life
Duration: 14’
Director: An Chu
Countries: Taiwan
Paper Life by An Chu | TWN | 14’
Young Taiwanese worker Lin spends his days crafting intricate paper houses for funeral offerings. When his boss arranges a blind date for him, he begins to envision his future through the burning paper houses.
An Chu is a graduate of the MFA Film program at Columbia University. He is a participant of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy and the Golden Horse Academy. His short film The Stag won the Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film was also selected by Visions du Réel and the Locarno Film Festival. He has been working on his first feature film Game of Replacing Gods.
