Date: Thursday, May 29 – Tuesday, June 10, 2025, ONLINE: Thursday, April 24 – Sunday, June 30, 2025

Asia International Program

Competition 23

A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers

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mature Mature Content:
These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

Taiwan, 1980s. Hot summer day, watermelon juice, and a teenage girl's sexual awakening with her celluloid fantasies. Shot on 16mm.

Director
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung
Time
0:12:00
Country
Taiwan, United States 
Genre
Experimental
Year
2024
Cast
Wei Huang, Yi-Chun Chen

Awards Nominations

Student Academy Awards(2024)Gold Medalist (Alternative/Experimental)
Fantastic Fest(2024)
Kaohsiung Film Festival (2024) Golden Fireball Award
Torino Film Festival (2024)
London Short Film Festival (2025)
Slamdance Film Festival (2025)
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival (2025)
Florida Film Festival (2025)
San Francisco International Film Festival (2025)
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (2025)

Director

Birdy Wei-Ting Hung

Birdy Wei-Ting Hung holds an M.F.A. degree at San Francisco University’s School of Cinema. She is a Gold Medalist of the Student Academy Awards. Her work explores gender and sexuality, historical trauma, affect, the abject, and pleasures.

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Cast

Wei Huang, Yi-Chun Chen

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
WITH HARAJUKU HALL2025.6.8 [Sun] 17:20-19:10

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Grand Theater2025.06.12 [Thu] - 06.30 [Mon]

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Event Partner

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Creative Partner

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Festival Supporters

MORI Building

War and the Power To Live Program Special Support

International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)

Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

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