The 7th Taiwan Film Festival in Australia
25 July - 8 Sep 2024
TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME
《明天比昨天長久》
Australian Premiere 澳洲首映
Directed by Jow Zhi-Wei 姚志衞 | 2023 | 106 mins | UNCL 15+
Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal
In Mandarin and English, with English subtitles | 中英文發音，英文字幕
Awards 獎項
2023 Berlin International Film Festival — Generation 14plus Competition
第73屆柏林影展 — 新世代單元
2023 Hong Kong International Film Festival
第47屆香港國際電影節
Singaporean director Jow Zhi Wei's feature film debut, co-produced by Singapore, Taiwan, France, and Portugal, is a visually striking wonder, reminiscent of the works of Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film transports viewers into an unsettling void, where the lives of the forgotten unfold. Jow's earlier short films have garnered recognition at esteemed film festivals, including Cannes, Busan, and San Sebastian.
Chua and Meng, the father and son, exist in a social context wherein the mass of steel and concrete spaces are underpinned by very fragile lives. Chua, the father, is struggling on the periphery, while Meng, a callow youth, is searching for his identity in a displaced society. This is a personal portrait of the massive dichotomy of economic progress and the people who maintain it, a working class lost in the wilderness of survival in the modern world.
新加坡導演姚志衞掌鏡，由台、星、法、葡四國合製，獲得台灣文策院的國際合製專案支持，入圍柏林影展新世代單元角逐水晶熊獎。由台灣實力派影帝戴立忍出馬，新加坡新銳演員陳嘉良初試啼聲，共同譜出一段深刻揪心的父子情，展開迷惘青年的自我放逐之旅。
道康（戴立忍 飾）帶著兒子小蒙（陳嘉良 飾）移民到新加坡，從事除蟲工人的他無暇陪伴兒子。同時小蒙卻在學校遭到霸凌。這時候更殘酷的意外發生，讓小蒙不得不離開學校，走上未知的道路......
SCREENING DATES 放映日期
SYD: SAT 22 JULY | 4:00PM
with Short Film HAPPY NEW YEAR, MS. LUNA
MEL: SAT 29 JULY | 4:00PM
with Short Film HAPPY NEW YEAR, MS. LUNA
HBA: SAT 5 AUG | 3:15PM
with Short Film HAPPY NEW YEAR, MS. LUNA
CBR: SAT 12 AUG | 3:45PM
with Short Film HAPPY NEW YEAR, MS. LUNA
About Jow Zhi-Wei 導演介紹
Jow Zhi Wei attended Le Fresnoy (France) and Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore). He was accepted in the Golden Horse Film Academy 2010 (Taiwan). He was also awarded the Young Artist Award by the government of Singapore in 2014. He has made three short films, OUTING (San Sebastian International Film Festival 2010), WAITING (Busan International Film Festival 2010) and AFTER THE WINTER (Cannes Film Festival - Cinéfondation Selection 2013). His feature film debut, TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME, is produced by Akanga Film Asia, Potocol, Volos Films, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma and Oublaum Filmes. It was developed at the Jerusalem Sam Speigel International Film Lab and presented at the Berlinale Talent Project Market, Talents Tokyo and the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion. It received the support of Singapore’s IMDA, France’s CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde, Taiwan’s TAICCA TICP funding scheme, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Film Fund and Taoyuan Production support.
