Shen Ko-shang has directed feature films, documentaries, experimental films, and commercials. His documentaries include A Rolling Stone (2012) and Ways into Love (2015), and his short films Layover (1999), Two Juliets (2010), and End of a Century: Mia's Story (2015) received nominations at Cannes and Visions du Reel. Shen has also won the Grand Prize at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival and the Taipei Film Festival, as well as Best Documentary at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. His first narrative feature Deep Quiet Room is selected at NYAFF 2026's Uncaged Competition section, which he is presenting with actor Joseph Chang.

Joseph Chang Hsiao-chuan, born in Taipei in 1983, broke through in Eternal Summer (2006), where his performance as a young man caught between friendship and desire earned Golden Horse nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best New Performer. He moved fluidly between film and television in the years that followed, from Yonfan’s Prince of Tears (2009) to Yang Ya-che’s Girlfriend, Boyfriend (2012), where his portrait of a man holding decades of feeling in check won Best Actor at the Taipei Film Awards and brought further regional recognition, including Golden Horse and Asian Film Awards nominations. His television work has drawn Golden Bell attention since Corner of Auction World (2006) and Love You (2011), with The Victims’ Game giving him another major showcase as forensic scientist Fang Yi-jen. Across two decades of films and series, Chang has remained one of Taiwanese cinema’s most assured leading men, equally at home in romance, crime drama, psychological thriller, and intimate character work. In Shen Ko-shang’s Deep Quiet Room (2025), he stars opposite Ariel Lin in a drama of marital composure and private collapse; the performance brought him a Best Leading Actor nomination at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards. NYAFF presents Chang with the Screen International Star Asia Award and screens Deep Quiet Room with the actor in attendance.