Gao Hong
Directing
Biography
Gao Hong is a Taiwanese filmmaker. With a background in acting, he creates works centered on identity and trauma. His self-directed short film, Unnamed, premiered at Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, was also selected by Frameline- San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival. His documentary short, A Prayer, funded by Giloo Fest and New Taipei City Documentary Film Awards, has received the Best Student Documentary Short and Best Editing at Golden Harvest Award. As an actor, he participated in several short films, including Freedom Under the Wall and Turn Twice and Click, which screened at Kaohsiung Film Festival and the South Taiwan Film Festival. As a performer, he also worked with artists, the AI interactive video, Exploration and Exploitation have been exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival.
Known For
Gay men Gu and Chang meet on a dating app, and head to a hotel for a hookup. The two strangers start with some small talk to break the ice, but Gu seems anxious, prompting Chang to ease him into the mood. As their conversation progresses, Chang discovers that Gu is hiding a secret.
Can You Promise Me One Thing?
Zhang Ya-Ting wants to switch to a gender neutral name. She goes to her best friend Hong Jia-Hao but interrupts him in the middle of hooking up with someone from a dating app.
Unnamed
After leaving a youth shelter, a filmmaker lost in Christian faith tries to save his friend, who has turned to Satanism for redemption. Their shared need for salvation pulls them into a turbulent journey, testing their friendship and ultimately forcing them to make life-changing choices.
A Prayer
In Ximending, the vampire meets the magician. The vampire can't see herself in the mirror, but she wants to learn to laugh. The flightless magician is always laughing, and his blood seems to be the antidote for vampires. They run and laugg in the city, and even fly into the sky. They hope to enjoy a night of fun before the magic wears off.
Turn Twice and Click
On her wedding day, Xiao Xuan faces mounting doubts under family pressure, societal expectations, and ritual burdens. Told through her friend Renjie's perspective, the story follows her brief escape from the ceremony, sparking chaos in her absence. As tensions rise, the line between personal choice and duty blurs.
Wedding
Nosebleed, menstrual blood. Friendship, love, Lovership? Beautiful worries worrying youthfulness.
Girls on Periods
In 1949, the Republic of China suffered a major defeat in the Chinese Civil War, and the Government was forced to relocate to Taiwan. The Government enacted the Declaration of Martial Law in Taiwan, prosecuted anyone who was suspected to be Chinese communists spy. Tin, an innocent farmer, was falsely accused and imprisoned. During the days in jail, Tin got lots of support from his inmate, Kok. With the hope that Kok gave him, Tin gradually found that it is impossible for him to be released from prison.
Freedom Under the Wall
As a Taiwanese in France, I have learnt a few things. There are three things I would like to share with you the most. French is difficult… but there are certain things more difficult than French.