‘Will You Still Be My Friend’ Director Lu Po-Shun on Finding Common Ground From San Sebastian to Busan
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Variety reports that Taiwanese director Lu Po-Shun has moved from seeking final financing in March to premiering his debut feature "Will You Still Be My Friend" at San Sebastián and securing two Golden Horse nominations, a coming-of-age drama that layers adolescent friendship with local politics and the encroachment of solar energy development. The film's trajectory from funding scramble to festival recognition traces a familiar arc for first-time filmmakers working at the intersection of personal story and regional urgency, where the scale of production rarely matches the density of thematic ambition.
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Source: Variety, “‘Will You Still Be My Friend’ Director Lu Po-Shun on Finding Common Ground From San Sebastian to Busan”. Read the original →
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