About the director

KEFF is a Taiwanese-American writer, director, musician, and artist who grew up in Hong Kong. His first short film, Secret Lives of Asians at Night, was supported by the Spike Lee Film Fellowship, and awarded the Jury Prize for Best Asian-American Film by the Directors Guild of America. His second short film (and NYU Graduate Film thesis), Taipei Suicide Story, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), and won the Grand Jury Prize (Narrative Feature) at the Slamdance Film Festival. Locust is his first feature film. (Semaine de la Critique)

Press reviews

„Director KEFF’s engrossing and taut directorial debut explores a young man’s world turned upside down when political corruption, disloyalty, and love collide.“ (Abdul Latif, Film Fest Report)

„Beautifully shot in the dark and rainy streets of downtown and other urban areas of Taipei, without the glamorous excesses of the more classic gangster films but in keeping with a somewhat more realistic style, LOCUST is a personal drama set amidst a police plot that delves into the real estate markets, the secret arrangements behind the “urban renewal plans” and the brutal hypocrisy of the politicians of the day, supposedly concerned about the people.“ (Diego Lerer, Micropsia)