San Sebastian New DirectorsFamily/ChildCity/UrbanizationComing of Age
In a fishing village in southern Taiwan, Jun, a boy who loves to run and play, forms a secret friendship with Jasper, a city boy from Singapore. When Jasper’s parents buy up land to build a solar power plant and construction gets underway, the small rural village is thrown into turmoil. As their business interests clash with those of the village fishers, the two boys struggle to protect their friendship, but their relationship is put to the test. The film traces the coming-of-age of two boys as their special friendship takes shape, is shaken, and ultimately breaks apart amid the forces of development sweeping through their local community and the resulting conflicts among adults. Lu Po-shun’s camera shines with scenes full of affection for its subjects, while the realities of the local community come together with the boys’ search for their identities in this contemporary take on the Taiwanese New Wave.
Programme note by HONG Soin
Stills5
Screenings4
Wed, 10/07
19:2021:01
CGV Centum City 4
032KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Sat, 10/10
13:3015:36
LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 2
317Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Mon, 10/12
12:4014:46
CGV Centum City 4
497Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Wed, 10/14
18:3020:11
LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 2
687KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Born in Yunlin, Taiwan. He studied film in the Department of Graphic Communication Arts at National Taiwan University of Arts. His short film Wild Tides (2016) won the Best Director Award at the Taipei Film Awards and the Best Short Film Award at the FIRST International Film Festival. He directed Way Home (2018), a segment of the omnibus film Ten Years Taiwan, which screened at the Busan International Film Festival and the Far East Film Festival in Udine. Will You Still Be My Friend is his feature directorial debut.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
