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Country/Region: Taiwan

Release Year: 2024

Story:

Marina seeks help from a spiritual medium after her hair becomes severely tangled. The medium reveals that the knots come from unresolved psychological struggles and offers a way to enter the Soul Cabin to restore her inner balance. However, entering the realm requires Marina to confront herself.

Casts & Crews:

WU Yun Jieh
Directors

WU Yun Jieh
scriptwriter

KONG Ai Lin
Actors

KO Lai He
cinematographer

WU Yun Jieh
editor

KO Lai He
editor

Runtime: 20 minutes

Language: English

Subtitles: Chinese, English

Douban: https://movie.douban.com/subject/37317103/

Festivals & Awards:
2025 Golden Harvest Awards - Special Jury Award, Taiwan
2025 Wuhan Berlin Film Week, China
2024 New Taipei City Student Film Awards - Honorable Mention, Taiwan
2024 South Sound Experimental Film Festival, USA
2024 New Taipei City Student Film Awards, Taiwan

Tags: #DigitalAnxiety #SpiritualRitual #MindUploading #EasternFolkBeliefs #SciFiAllegory

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Director‘s Statement:
The starting point of Divine Intervention comes from my observation of anxiety in the digital age. In a highly connected online environment, people constantly seek ways to improve themselves and organize their inner worlds, while also becoming constrained by invisible expectations and self-imposed demands. I transform this psychological state into the symbol of tangled hair, a visible trace of anxiety manifested through the body.
The “Soul Cabin” in the film is inspired by the imagination of inner spaces and spiritual healing found in Eastern folk beliefs. By placing traditional rituals alongside digital technology, I create a space between spirituality and technology, reflecting on how the desire to be healed, preserved, or liberated from personal limitations may also lead people into another form of control.
In the making of the film, I combine 3D animation with live-action footage to create a visual language that moves between the real and the virtual, revealing the blurred boundaries between psychological states and digital spaces. Divine Intervention does not attempt to answer whether technology can replace the soul; rather, it portrays the complex relationship between individuals, belief systems, and technology as people search for an escape from anxiety.