Dead Talents Society – John Hsu- 111’ (Taiwan)
March 6 • 9:15pm • Room 1
A delightful comedy – and it is far from easy to make humour out of fantasy films. That’s the new film by director John Hsu, winner of the Best Film Orient Express Award at Fantasporto 2020 with “Detention”. What does it take to be a real ghost? First of all, you have to really know how to scare and, after a number of tests, beat the competition and obtain the necessary certificate to practice the ‘profession’. Alongside television programmes, influencers and TV shows, the candidate Camilla has to become a big star and know how to handle fame. Toronto Film Festival selection. Selecção do Festival de Toronto.
John Hsu
Director, writer and editor, Hsu has directed several shorts such as “Intoxicant” (2008), “After Dark” (2011) or “My Dream Place Born in 60 Seconds” (2015). The director has already won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards in the Golden Horse film Festival with this “Fanxiao /Detention” (2019) that Fantasporto presented in 2020, the winner of Best Film Orient Express of the festival. “Dead Talents Society” (2024) is his second feature film.
