Smokestacks rise like organ pipes over a coastal city, lined with oil refineries. Accidents at the plants occur with troubling regularity, and environmental disaster has become part of daily life. Residents protest the refinery’s planned expansion, even as they must coexist with the very neighbors who work there.
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Chen Po-wei
Yen
Woon Chi-shing
Yi
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Copycat Killer
Chen Hung Director · Pan Chien-ming Cinematographer Lin Sih-yu Editor
First release October 7, 2026 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 風起時
Production
Taiwan
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Original title
風起時
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
South Korea · October 7, 2026
Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
China
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · VITA SHORTS
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