Hong Kong Shorts – Programme 2 (HKAFF)

Warm Blooded Animals (12min / )n English with Chinese and English subtitles
Dir: Rose Ng, Jessica Pearl
Under vanilla skies, two dreamers lust for a life of freedom in a restless age of discontent. The young lovers stand at the precipice of adulthood, lingering on a stage in life where they could fade into oblivion or burst into flames.

Dear Breeze (9min / In English with Chinese and English subtitles)
Dir: Tsui Hou Lam
A young woman drifting through the monotony of summer, trapped between a sense of idleness and the desire to depart. She is unable to leave, yet uncertain where she could go, suspended in a journey that never truly begins.

Frangipani (8min / No dialogue with English subtitles)
Dir: Hung Kwan Yiu
Like two fireflies in the dark, Nam and Hei are each other’s sole source of light and warmth. When their relationship slowly breaks the balance, their fates are eventually altered forever.

Once Upon a Time There was a Mountain (17min / In Cantonese, English and Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles)
Dir: To Chun Him
At the end of summer, a group of friends bid farewell to their childhood with a final football match and embark on a daring escapade, each about to embark on a different path in life.

SORTIE (6min / No dialogue)
Dir: Philip Wan
A private detective caught in a monochromatic maze of unexplainable happenings as he investigates a missing person case. As dreams and reality collide, every clue draws him deeper into a hypnotic, seemingly predetermined labyrinth.

GoodBye (30min / In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles)
Dir: Gurt Wong
Sometimes it takes a brave heart to say goodbye. Two men are coping with the losses of their loved ones but lack the courage to face their grief and guilt. When will they ever stop running away?

Number One Girl (6min / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles)
Dir: Wan Kar Wuen
A daughter plans a staycation for her mother’s 60th birthday. As years of silence, resentment and regret is being confronted, hidden truth is slowly revealed, eventually guiding their way back to acceptance and renewed love