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Night Bus

Joe HSIEH

Taiwan202020min Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Animation based on Taiwan's promising young director Joe HSIEH’s worldview of the virtuous and punitive. An old lady's expensive necklace disappears on a desolate late-night bus carrying tired passengers, and the driver and passengers accuse a man on the bus. However, the situation takes a new turn as an unexpected passenger gets on the bus. This gruesome fable depicts the inner darkness and psychology of a varied group of people on a late-night bus.
 

Diretor

Joe HSIEH

Joe Hsieh, an independent Taiwan animation director whose works often explore the dark side of human nature and are filled with horror and suspense. Meat Days (2006) was nominated in the Pusan International Film Festival, The Present (2014) was nominated in the Sundance Film Festival and was awarded Best Animated Short Film in the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Night Bus (2020) was awarded Best Animated Short Film in the 2020 Taipei Golden Horse Award