Screening of 'Zero Day Attack' (2025) with producer Cheng Hsin-Mei
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS Main Building
- Room
- DLT
- Event type
- Film screening
About this event
The Centre of Taiwan Studies is delighted to welcome Taiwanese producer Cheng Hsin-Mei for a special screening of the first episode of Zero Day Attack (2025), a political thriller series exploring the possibility of a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan and its consequences for Taiwanese society.
Zero Day Attack imagines a Taiwan pushed to the edge after a contested presidential election ignites tensions across the Taiwan Strait. As China intensifies military pressure and social unrest deepens, the fragile acting president faces an unthinkable choice – to declare war or surrender the country’s future.
As the first television drama to confront the Taiwan-China political tension head-on, this groundbreaking anthology brings together ten of Taiwan’s most acclaimed filmmakers. Each episode reveals how ordinary citizens from different walks of life confront invasion, uncertainty, and moral survival – not through the spectacle of combat, but through the quiet terror and humanity that emerge in the shadow of war and infiltration.
Image credit: Tan Kaninthanond via Unsplash
About the producer
Cheng Hsin-Mei (鄭心媚) is a Taiwanese television producer and award-winning screenwriter whose work has explored Taiwan's contemporary history and society. She began her career as a journalist, reporting on major national events, including the 1999 Jiji earthquake and the 2003 SARS outbreak. As the producer and showrunner of Zero Day Attack, Cheng brought together filmmakers and performers to explore the social and political implications of a potential military conflict across the Taiwan Strait. The series has received international attention for its engagement with contemporary security concerns and the experience of Taiwanese society under the threat of war.
