Kisses and hugs

2019・Taiwan・40 minutes

Syucuo Elementary School is only 900m from sixth naphtha cracker. Owing to the concern for school children’s health risk, the school children experienced four times relocation in three years. Children chose to stay in the school, which is nearest one from petrochemical industry park. This issue seems to be settled and finally returns to normal. With the advanced development in the broadcasting nowadays, most people are not able to identify the sources of information. Disinformation can lead to social problems. It is said that each household will receive a newspaper, “Kisses and Hugs” every month in Mailiao township. The news is all about the praise of petrochemical industries. Is it related to the choice that children made about staying in the same school? This film manages to understand the special relationship between petrochemical industries and adults world through the perspectives of the school children.

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2019
香港國際紀錄片節

短片組冠軍

2021
台灣國際紀錄片影展

台灣競賽入選

Cast & Crew

Producer

周巧絃

Cinematographer

戴嘉宏