Her First Joss Stick is a narrative short film that combines action-inflected comedy with an atypical female coming-of-age story rooted in local ritual culture. Set on Lunar New Year’s Eve, the film follows A-Feng, a retired sprinter participating in the fiercely competitive first joss stick ritual at her local temple. Having become a full-time housewife, she channels her long-suppressed desire for speed and competition into the bodily act of sprinting toward the sacred, transforming the ritual into a site of personal assertion.
Leon Liu
Director, Writer
安眠旅舍75%
一周的朋友60%
La joven69%
The Nest60%
Farming62%
Gracie61%
Kisses71%
Nothing Personal65%
Hello！树先生71%
观音山68%
El Chicano66%
人生大事74%
Lorelei59%
Bruised68%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
Gigi & Nate76%
Adopt a Highway66%
In the Family67%
一秒钟73%
Bastard Out of Carolina70%
