Shorties Film Festival is back, an annual week-long celebration of Asia’s most exciting short films. It celebrates Asia’s brightest film entrepreneurs and their latest film projects.
The second edition of Shorties will be happening across our locations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam, from the 7th to 11th of May.
If you’re a budding filmmaker, we’re looking for you. From now till April 3rd, the Hive is launching an Open Call across the Asia Pacific Region and looking for local talents to sponsor and attend international film festivals and first-class cultural events.
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to showcase your work! Submit your shorties now until April 2019 at contact@shortiesfilmfestival.com
If you are a cinema lover, join us. Our Facebook page and website will be kept updated with exciting news, information and reveals – keep watching to be in the know.
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Please see below for film schedule:
🎥 Tuesday 7th May
Screening 1: 普洱 (Pu Er) (Singapore) – A dark drama detailing an artist’s struggle with fame. [Warning: Violent]
Screening 2: To you, my crush (Vietnam) – A romantic drama following the complicated and troubling nature of a love triangle.
Screening 3: My Deathiny (Thailand) – A drama focusing on the theme of troubling family affairs.
Screening 4: Darth Daddy (Hong Kong) – A drama following a seasoned tennis instructor and his life crisis.
🎥 Wednesday 8th May
Screening 1: Followed (Malaysia) – A thrilling drama showcasing the dangerous side of social media.
Screening 2: How To Get Over A Heartbreak (Qatar) -A slapstick comedy on how to get over a first heartbreak from an unsuspected guide – a book.
Screening 3: The Parchment (Singapore) – A Tamil thriller-horror film on sacrificial rituals. [Warning: Violent]
Screening 4: Delivery Boy (Hong Kong) – A romantic drama following a young man’s love story after delivering dumplings to his crush.
Screening 5: Sylvia (Singapore) – A psychological thriller on technology, mental health, and paranoia.
Screening 6: Lo To – The Singing “Faggots” (Singapore) – A documentary about “Lo To Sai Gon Tan Thoi” – a drag show.
🎥 Thursday 9th May
Screening 1: Is This Where I Can Buy Love? (Singapore) – A drama following a student who moonlights as a call girl and an unexpected client, “Christine.”
Screening 2: Insomnia (Taiwan) – A drama focusing on a young man’s repentance through a mysterious voice.
Screening 3: Approved (Singapore) – A dramatic thriller following a man’s attempt to escape his fate.
Screening 4: To The Lights of The North《極光出沒注意！》(Hong Kong) – A documentary on the Northern Lights in Finland.
Screening 5: Do Not OT (Singapore) – A thriller following Mei Xin, who is working over time on her 2nd day of work. What’s going to happen as she approaches the room she’s not supposed to?
🎥 Friday 10th May
Screening 1: Pa (Singapore) – A drama exploring the strength of a father’s love.
Screening 2: One Bullet (Hong Kong) – A thrilling story of a couple trapped on a one-man hillside for 11 days.
Screening 3: BLOCK A-2-15 (Malaysia) – A drama following a tenant’s troubling relationship with his landlord and his sub-divided unit.
Screening 4: SHU (Thailand) – A thrilling drama documenting the effects of human confinement.
🎥 Saturday 11th May – Award Ceremony
Screening 1: Alchemy (Taiwan) – A drama exploring Alchemy’s first law of Equivalent Exchange. To gain something, you must also lose something.
Screening 2: Wasabia Japonica (Hong Kong) – A documentary following Shigeo Iida’s wasabi farm.
Screening 3: The Widow (Japan) – A drama following 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, who recounts her experience of dating a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.
Screening 4: Nguyen Gia Phong’s Balance (Vietnam) – A film documenting the psychology of a gay artist’s struggle with gender discrimination.
Screening 5: Async (Thailand) – A romantic drama exploring the relationship between sounds and memories and a man’s journey to revive his significant other from her comatose state.
Award presentation & closing drinks
