Taste of Wild Tomato (UK Premiere) 野蕃茄（英國首映）

11 Feb

Taiwan / 2021 / Colour / 123 mins / In Taiwanese with Chinese and English subtitles/ Dir. Kek Huat LAU

2023 / 03 / 21 (TUE) - 19:00
This film is being played as part of A Mirror Image : Hong Kong X Taiwan Documentaries parallel programme, Kindred Histories with Blue Island
Bush House, King's College London BOOK NOW
2023 / 03 / 29 (WED) - 19:00
This film is being played as part of A Mirror Image : Hong Kong X Taiwan Documentaries parallel programme, Kindred Histories with Blue Island
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation BOOK NOW

Kaohsiung served as an important military base under Japanese rule. It suffered heavy casualties during the 228 Incident, in which the civilians were brutally suppressed. The film shows how each individual survives and sustains their memories through the different eras of oppression. To this day, memories of it still live in some people and places, and the wild tomatoes grown from this land.

Kek-Huat LAU is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. His debut film, “Boluomi”, was shortlisted for Best New Director at Busan International Film Festival, New Currents section and was nominated for the Golden Horse Awards. The project won him the Tokyo Talent Award in 2015, Best Script Award in 2013 Taiwan and was selected for La Fabrique. Cinema du monde. His short film “Nia Door” won Best Short Film Award, Sonje Award in Busan International film festival, selected for 38th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Both his documentaries “Absent Without Leave” and “The Tree Remembers” still face censorship today in Malaysia. He is an alumnus of Golden Horse Academy and Berlinale & Tokyo Talents. Lau was also jury and mentor for regional filmmaking events such as Doc Doc, Asiadoc, FFD, New Asian Scenery.
Regardless of identity, I hope the traumatic memory of every individual on this island will be treated with dignity and respect.
Taiwan Competition Grand Prize at Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2022
Busan International Film Festival 2021
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2021