ifva has always been suppor tive to Asian moving image creatives to express their enormous imagination through different genres of works. Jockey Club ifva Everywhere People Cinema will present two sessions of online screening of two Golden Horse winning directors,“Joe Hsieh’s Animation Selection＂and“John Hsu’s Short Film Selection＂, with both directors being ifva Asian New Force Category awardees respectively. 

John Hsu’s works have proved his passion for video games in terms of narrative, style and art direction. Intoxicant , awarded the 15th ifva Asian New Force Gold Award, depicts the crush of trust among six internet forum users after a hacker threatened to destroy the forum; the 20th ifva Asian New Force category finalist title, The Great Escape from Café City , takes on a slightly sarcastic tone to respond to the “a little happiness” trend in the 2010s.  

Intoxicant

Taiwan / 2008 / Col / 26’/ In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

The 15th ifva Awards - Asian New Force Category Gold Award

The story is about an internet forum called “BDD Forum System” which is being threatened to be destroyed by a hacker named “Intoxicant”. While every user in the forum is wondering what kind of disaster will “Intoxicant” bring, six different users start suspecting each other. When the countdown to annihilation starts, the chaos between identity and trust begins to grow.