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Her First Joss Stick is a narrative short film that combines action-inflected comedy with an atypical female coming-of-age story rooted in local ritual culture. Set on Lunar New Year’s Eve, the film follows A-Feng, a retired sprinter participating in the fiercely competitive first joss stick ritual at her local temple. Having become a full-time housewife, she channels her long-suppressed desire for speed and competition into the bodily act of sprinting toward the sacred, transforming the ritual into a site of personal assertion.
After being exposed for fake-eating during her last mukbang eating show, the notorious big eater Lady White decides to turn the tide, holding an “unforgettable mukbang”. During the “Unbox Livestream”, following the backlash from haters, the life-threatening violence by “the puppet master” A-Lieh, Lady White begins to fall apart. She unveils sensational secrets she’s never told to netizens before—the terrifying truth of how her talents being exploited, the early calling of why she wanted to be a mukbanger, the heavy price for inducing vomiting, and the love–hate hunger for living in the spotlight.
Set in a decaying seaside village scarred by the relentless march of economic development, the film weaves environmental conflict into its narrative fabric. Through intimate family dynamics, the director subtly mirrors the mounting tensions between communities and the natural world—a reflection of the pressing ecological crises unfolding in our contemporary society.