Force Times Displacement

P 6 +

Angel WU
Taiwan
DCP
2025
Color
12min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2025 Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award, Locarno Film Festival
★ 2025 Edinburgh International Film Festival

Synopsis

In a factory driven by endless ambition, a mysterious wooden idol grants every wish for success. A young worker devotes himself to it—until a hidden room reveals a different world and sparks a desire for change. What does it mean to work, and why do we work at all?

Team

director

Angel WU

Angel WU graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts. With pencil, ink, watercolor, wood, sound, and sometimes zebrafish, she shapes the questions that come to her. Her short drawn undrew draw (2020) was nominated at Animafest Zagreb and Annecy 2021.

# Kaohsiung International Short Film Competition

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