This short film follows a teen girl who finds her parents old love letters. She reads through them as they tell the ups and downs of her parents relationship.
-- The divinity is worshipped in the work of art, both in the poor and in the excellent.
The shudder of the divine, the destruction of the individual, pervades the assembly.
But soon it draws breath, casts a glance at the living creatures, awakens to the feeling of life.
They recognise themselves as life; they attune to one another, take each other’s hands, shake themselves, begin to move, begin to dance.
[…] Thus the divinity delights in itself, and humanity has identified itself with it.
That delight has passed over into the eating of the divinity, yet this properly expresses infinite sorrow, the complete collapse of intimacy.
God gives Himself over to sacrifice, gives Himself over to destruction.
God Himself is dead; the highest despair of being completely abandoned by God.--
Drawing from the distorted style of deep fried memes, this experimental short explores the parallel between the crackling decay of a frying fish left unattended and a healthcare system crippled by neglect and corruption that abandons the sick to their suffering.
Damien, a young man unable to cry, lives in a paralysed emotional state. Despite trying everything from sad movies to onions, nothing can break through the walls around his emotions. Haunted by his despondency, he recalls his mother’s words and sets out to uncover the cause of his emotional disconnection. As he drifts through life, Damien’s gift for observing and mimicking other people’s emotions only deepens his detachment. However, when a long-buried memory resurfaces, it unexpectedly leads him toward the cure for his despondence.
Against her wishes, Norah receives a departed loved one's data vault, allowing her to playback all the stored memories on a paired device. Norah relives their most vulnerable moments together, trying to understand why life took the turn it did.
A peace-loving social reformer is pushed to his breaking point by a relentless gang, forcing him to unleash a buried side of himself to protect those he cares about.
A teacher struggles to navigate life through her unprocessed trauma of her lost brother, and when a new showcase pulls her story into the spotlight, how will she handle the pressure?
In 1924, tired of a life she never chose, Gorete escapes an arranged marriage and the suffocating control of her family, determined to claim a life of her own in the city. But her act of rebellion sparks a vengeful flame that burns her dreams to ash and twists her future into a living nightmare. Now, hunted by an evil that knows her name and her fears, Gorete must face the true cost of freedom, cutting, one by one, the dark roots trying to pull her back into the shadows.
A film about five friends who have become estranged after an accident with the police at a party. When one friend comes back from college for a reunion camping trip, details of that fateful night are revealed, along with a murderous plan for vengeance.
A horror film directed by Brandon Scotland about a real estate entrepreneur who becomes entangled in a web of lies and murder after meeting a mysterious woman just before Christmas.
Single-gender schools allow few chances for campus romance. Will inter-school activities provide the right opportunity? Ryan is both eager and afraid of mingling with the opposite sex after studying in an all-boys school for years. One day his friend Jayden makes him join a mixed choir formed with an all-girls school. There, he meets the enthusiastic singer Carol. Unexpectedly, Cupid’s arrow carries more than love itself. Ryan will also have to face life lessons such as a test of friendship and the unfairness of the school system. The film’s manga-like style and humourous scenes establish perfect comic timing. The innocence and ignorance of youth come alive while the ending suddenly turns into an anti-climax that reveals the bitterness of growing up amidst shattered ideals.
For every emigration wave, there is always a wave of return to Hong Kong. Leaving and returning seem to be the beginning of the journey for rootless Hong Kongers. Perhaps Hong Kongers are destined to wander in a cycle of uncertainty. Emily and her fiancé Vincent immigrate to the UK with hopes of starting a new life. They will take over the home of Megan, an old classmate who has lived there for several years and decided to return to Hong Kong. The three friends roam around London and will bid farewell to each other after spending the day together. It is goodbye but it is also the start of a new journey. The director uses this film to express her own feelings after going through the same journey. She carefully inserts daily life details to show the cultural differences and reflects on the faint sadness of exchanging fates.
Berlin, known for its freedom and inclusiveness of diverse subcultures, is a safe haven for many displaced people. But urban life may not provide the best living conditions. Idealistic traveller Moon struggles to find accommodation in Berlin but receives a helping hand from Anna, who is also a Hong Konger anxious about her unstable life. They temporarily stay at the 15-person co-living facility named Hausprojekt ‘K28’. However, this group of migrants—some have experienced social unrest back home and others just want to experience life in a foreign country—are facing eviction. Two women with very different personalities share what they have and face the hardships of life together. The Berlin-based director uses her perspective as an Asian woman to explore the clash between humanism and gentrification. Featuring Golden Horse nominee Elizabeth TANG and artist Sammi MAK in leading roles, the film deromanticises the situation of Hong Kongers living in a foreign land.
Freud once said dreams are disguised fulfilments of repressed wishes. Some recurring dreams may have awakened the unfulfilled desires buried deep inside one’s heart. Ceci has passed away at a young age. At night, when her soul wanders and encounters sleepers deep in their thoughts, she will enter their dreams and listen to their hearts. One night, she meets Kate, who is bothered by mundane matters. She finds Kate’s dreams familiar. As she recalls fragments of her memories, can past regrets between the two of them be fulfilled in dreams? The film connects the dimensions of dreams and reality with the girls’ delicate emotions and sings an elegy of lost youth.