Unexpected Courage(HKAFF2025)

45-year-old talent manager Love and her younger partner, commercial director Born, already share a tenuous relationship due to their age gap and pressure at work. When Love is suddenly hospitalised, they are forced to confront a newfound intimacy and an uncertain future. Ashin, frontman of rock band Mayday, serves as co-producer, while music video director Shawn Yu makes his feature directorial debut, drawing from personal experiences to craft this emotionally complex and mature relationship drama about compromises and learning to be vulnerable in love. Rene Liu and Hsueh Shih-Ling share impeccable screen chemistry as the unlikely couple.

Taipei Film Festival