No Island in the Sea

Competitive section

Family/ChildComing of Age

Fuqing, China. Eleven-year-old Wei lives with his grandmother and eight-year-old cousin. The cousin prepares to emigrate to live with her mother in Taiwan, but Wei, fearing their separation, secretly begins sabotaging the plan.

Programme note by PARK Sungho

Stills5

Screenings2

Sun, 09/21

13:0015:00

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 6

301Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Mon, 09/22

12:3014:30

CGV Centum City 2

347Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: WANG Zhi-Xiang
Original title: 原來海上沒有島
Country/Region: Taiwan
Year: 2024
Length: 25min
Section: Wide Angle: Asian Short Film Competition
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Chinese
Premiere: International Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Competitive section
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd TMDB

Director

WANG Zhi-Xiang

Credits

Director: WANG Zhi-Xiang
Producer: Claire TAN
Cast: De-Lang CHIU, Cheng LIENG, Ya-Ying XUE
Screenplay: WANG Zhi-Xiang
Cinematography: Ching-Yao LIAO
Production design: Jhih-Yun LIN
Editing: Shing-Fung YU, Pao-Te CHIANG
Sound: Tsai-En HUANG
Music: An TÔN THẤT

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