
Directing
An Chu
Chu Chien-An (朱建安), also known as An Chu, is a Taiwanese filmmaker. He is a graduate of the MFA Film program at Columbia University.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRYoung 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. What does an ideal life look like?
Paper Life
2025
NRYoung 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. What does an ideal life look like?
Paper Life
2025
NRAt a deer farm in Changhua County, a middle-aged man is asked to cut off a stag’s antlers in front of his two kids.
The Stag
2023
NRAt a deer farm in Changhua County, a middle-aged man is asked to cut off a stag’s antlers in front of his two kids.
The Stag
2023
6.0During his weekend leave from the military, Hai goes home to help out at the family deer farm. The humid air, the smell of grass and blood mix with his memories. The deer once cured Hai's childhood illness is sent away. How will Hai deal with the past and the future?
Tuo Tuo
2022
6.0During his weekend leave from the military, Hai goes home to help out at the family deer farm. The humid air, the smell of grass and blood mix with his memories. The deer once cured Hai's childhood illness is sent away. How will Hai deal with the past and the future?
Tuo Tuo
2022
NRA mortuary in Taiwan stores the bodies of deceased children whose parents, for whatever reason, have disappeared. Their remains are kept at the top of a freezer, sometimes for years, until the funeral home organizes a ceremony. Houses and horses made of paper are burned to accompany the children on their solitary journey to the afterlife.
Paper Houses and Horses
2025
NRA mortuary in Taiwan stores the bodies of deceased children whose parents, for whatever reason, have disappeared. Their remains are kept at the top of a freezer, sometimes for years, until the funeral home organizes a ceremony. Houses and horses made of paper are burned to accompany the children on their solitary journey to the afterlife.
Paper Houses and Horses
2025
NRA mortuary in Taiwan stores the bodies of deceased children whose parents, for whatever reason, have disappeared. Their remains are kept at the top of a freezer, sometimes for years, until the funeral home organizes a ceremony. Houses and horses made of paper are burned to accompany the children on their solitary journey to the afterlife.
Paper Houses and Horses
2025
During a hot summer vacation, in addition to making Tik Tok videos and feeding the deer, Ruei has to deal with death.
Ruei's Deer World
2023
NROn a long winter day, the idea of "death" creeps into Yang Yang’s young heart. When longing transforms into poetry, memories endure eternally in the form of light and shadow.
Ripples
2023
NRA depressed young man, an enthusiastic local and a koi embark on a journey.
Falling Koi
2021
NRThe metamorphosis of the story “Madame Butterfly” told through the perspective of three women over the past century.
Madame Butterfly of Nagasaki
2025

