COMPOUND EYES OF TROPICAL

Combining stop-motion animation with paper hand crafts from traditional Taiwanese funeral culture, experience a fluid, mirror-like narrative from the perspective of a fly’s compound eyes.

This film is inspired by the costumes of “yi zhen” performers from Taiwan’s ceremonial festivals and originally adapted from the Southeast Asian folktale The Mousedeer Crosses the River.

Like the fractured perspective of the fly’s compound eyes, the story leads the audience back and forth through various interlinked narratives, exploring the universal experiences linking Taiwan’s local culture with world culture.