Seemingly an ordinary youth from the outside, White Ant is, in fact, an underwear fetishist who cannot hold back from sneaking out and stealing female lingerie. One day, he receives a DVD containing footage of him stealing female underwear, shattering both his life and sense. While his fear of exposure eventually leads him to inevitable doom, it turns out that people around him also suffer from their dark side, which is like a gnawing “White Ant” within, and the turning point of their intertwined fate has secretly approached…
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Director’s Statement
While we face changes of interpersonal relationships and our desire evolves within, fear gradually accumulates, gnawing our mind away like a white ant. Sometimes, it eventually transforms our desire; at other times, it releases itself as anger toward others. But in the end, most of us still choose to leave countless lies behind, struggling to live on under the norm of collective consciousness silently.
Seemingly an ordinary youth from the outside, White Ant is, in fact, an underwear fetishist who cannot hold back from sneaking out and stealing female lingerie. One day, he receives a DVD containing footage of him stealing female underwear, shattering both his life and sense. While his fear of exposure eventually leads him to inevitable doom, it turns out that people around him also suffer from their dark side, which is like a gnawing “White Ant” within, and the turning point of their intertwined fate has secretly approached…
Director’s Statement
While we face changes of interpersonal relationships and our desire evolves within, fear gradually accumulates, gnawing our mind away like a white ant. Sometimes, it eventually transforms our desire; at other times, it releases itself as anger toward others. But in the end, most of us still choose to leave countless lies behind, struggling to live on under the norm of collective consciousness silently.
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53rd Golden Horse Awards –Best New Director Nomination
21st Busan International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Award
2017 Taipei Film Awards – Best Actor Award
41st Hong Kong International Film Festival – Indie Power
27th Singapore International Film Festival – Silver Screen Awards Asian Feature Film Competition
1st Malaysia Golden Global Awards – Best Film, Best New Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Screenplay Nominations
20st Shanghai International Film Festival –Taiwan Section
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