Anne—seated in an obstetrics and gynecology clinic—grapples with a heart-wrenching dilemma: whether to terminate her unexpected pregnancy for a dream job in Silicon Valley or stay in Taiwan and embrace life as a single mother. As the tension between reason and emotion intensifies, her long-buried fear of family life rises — like a monster from the deep.

Directors Yunghan Chang and Huai-Yu Chang

Yunghan Chang (Left):

Yunghan was born and raised in Taiwan, where he developed a deep passion for art, fiction, comic books, and film. He pursued his studies in Animation and Illustration at San Jose State University, where he wrote and directed two animated short films, No Robots and Bye-bye Bruce.

After graduating, Yunghan joined Pixar Animation Studios as a story artist, contributing to several Academy Award-nominated and winning films, including Inside Out, Coco, Turning Red, Elemental, and Inside Out 2. He also served as the Story Lead on Toy Story 4, shaping the film’s narrative with his storytelling expertise.

Huai-Yu Chang (Right):

Huai-Yu is a filmmaker from Changhua, Taiwan, with a master’s degree in film and television from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, specializing in directing and screenwriting.

His filmmaking journey began as an art assistant on Orz Boys! (2007, Dir. Yang Ya-Che) and later as a production assistant on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi (2012).

While studying in the U.S., he wrote, directed, and edited several short films, including his final thesis Esperanza (2017). After returning to Taiwan in 2018, he has primarily worked as an editor on a range of film and media projects. His credits include serving as an assistant editor on Yee Chih-Yen’s 2021 animated feature City of Lost Things, editing the Golden Harvest Award-nominated short XXXMOG! (2021) and working as an editor for the 2019 Golden Horse Awards promotional films.