When the Wind Rises

  • 18'
  • Taiwan
  • 2023

An ageing activist wages a solitary struggle against the expansion of an oil refinery in his tiny fishing village. All the while the other villagers are infectiously united in their indecisiveness between sustainable change and short-term social security. A simple and charming portrait with a humorous undertone that hits the nail on the head: if we compromise on health risks and environmental pollution, we’re not going to make it.

– Loes van Keulen

  • 18'
  • Taiwan
  • 2023
Director
Chen Hung
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Taiwan
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
18'
Medium
DCP
Original title
下風處
Language
Taiwanese
Producer
Ting-Hao Chiu
Sales
Sayonara Film
Screenplay
Chen Hung
Cinematography
Chien Ming Pan
Editor
Chen Hung
Production Design
Ru Chang
Sound Design
Jin De Lin
Cast
Chiang Ming Chung
Director
Chen Hung
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Taiwan
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
18'
Medium
DCP
Original title
下風處
Language
Taiwanese
Producer
Ting-Hao Chiu
Sales
Sayonara Film
Screenplay
Chen Hung
Cinematography
Chien Ming Pan
Editor
Chen Hung
Production Design
Ru Chang
Sound Design
Jin De Lin
Cast
Chiang Ming Chung