Lu Te-hsing

Set in a near future, SILIQ follows an advanced drone prototype on a classified cargo delivery mission across Taiwan. As it navigates landscapes through machine vision, it witnesses traditional rituals, everyday traditions, and traces of a rapidly changing world. Processing these encounters beyond its original programming, SILIQ begins to question the nature of memory, spirituality, and consciousness. Blending speculative science fiction with Taiwanese mythology, the film explores whether an artificial intelligence can develop its own understanding of humanity, and ultimately make choices beyond the intentions of its creators.

Last Choice explores the social-withdrawal phenomenon in Japan. After isolating in a room for more than three years, a "hikikomori" is then facing the dilemma between going out or staying because of the deadly earthquake and the tsunami, which is also the choice between living or dying.

Lian And Natsuko is a hybrid documentary about a 98-year-old Taiwanese lady with two identities. Two decades ago, Shia-Lian showed a traumatizing videotape to her grandchildren. Turns out her previous identity, Natusko, was abandoned because of the cruel events shown in the videotape. Directed and initiated by Shia-Lian’s grandson, the film attempts to reconstruct Shia-Lian’s young and carefree counterpart, Natsuko, and the faded memory of the nationwide traumatizing events.

Set in a near future, SILIQ follows an advanced drone prototype on a classified cargo delivery mission across Taiwan. As it navigates landscapes through machine vision, it witnesses traditional rituals, everyday traditions, and traces of a rapidly changing world. Processing these encounters beyond its original programming, SILIQ begins to question the nature of memory, spirituality, and consciousness. Blending speculative science fiction with Taiwanese mythology, the film explores whether an artificial intelligence can develop its own understanding of humanity, and ultimately make choices beyond the intentions of its creators.

Last Choice explores the social-withdrawal phenomenon in Japan. After isolating in a room for more than three years, a "hikikomori" is then facing the dilemma between going out or staying because of the deadly earthquake and the tsunami, which is also the choice between living or dying.

Lian And Natsuko is a hybrid documentary about a 98-year-old Taiwanese lady with two identities. Two decades ago, Shia-Lian showed a traumatizing videotape to her grandchildren. Turns out her previous identity, Natusko, was abandoned because of the cruel events shown in the videotape. Directed and initiated by Shia-Lian’s grandson, the film attempts to reconstruct Shia-Lian’s young and carefree counterpart, Natsuko, and the faded memory of the nationwide traumatizing events.