2021 Nominees

The Cleaner

Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation

TAIWAN

- Television Movie

This show revolves around one special type of cleaners who scrub murder scenes. In modern times, living alone is a common phenomenon: elderly people in aging societies, depressed city tenants, singles without kids, etc. Scrubbing and cleaning their homes after people die is a thriving new profession. This show analyzes the loneliness of contemporary society via this profession and, through the process of cleaning and facing deaths, we learn and respect lives.