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About the Filmmaker

Su Hung-En, received his MFA degree of Radio, Television and Film in Shih Hsin University. He’s born to mixed indigenous people/Taiwanese parents. Constant switching between these two identities helps him to see this world from different perspectives. His new project “Hunter Brothers” has been selected in Golden Horse Film Project Promotion and Produire au Sud Taipei, it also won the Third Prize of Taiwan’s Excellent Screenplay Award. His previous short film “The Land” has been selected for the 2018 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. His film works are issues about indigenous people and social problems.

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Synopsis

Lin Hsiang and Lin Cheng are brothers whose lives are completed changed by an accident that took place in the mountains. Lin Cheng goes to prison for killing their father, while Lin Hsiang successfully becomes a licensed doctor and serves their village. Several years later, Lin Cheng is released from jail, and his appearance turns Lin Hsiang’s ordered life upside down. Lin Cheng wants to go back to the forest where the accident occurred, but Lin Hsiang is considering conceding the forest to mining companies. Their conflict escalates. Meanwhile, Lin Hsiang’s wife, Yi Wen, discovers that her husband was the actual killer, but Lin Cheng became the scapegoat for his brother’s crime at their uncle’s insistent. In the end, the two brothers return to the forest to resolve their conflicts. Can they find their lost brotherhood in this land of origins?