Lai's search for himself

Involuntary separation, displacement and the search for identity have been constant themes in Taiwanese director Stan Lai's works.

"My own journey is a sort of microcosm of the whole modern Chinese journey. But my direction was different from many people because I was born in the West, then I emigrated to Taiwan," Lai says.

"So, definitely, identity is a theme and that is certainly one of the big themes of the past half century, I think, for all Chinese people."