Hong Kong Shorts - Programme 1 (HKAFF)

Tokyo, Outsider (11min / In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Leung Yin Wai As boundaries and relationships continue to shift subtly, young people drift on the cusps of "outsider" and "insider", wandering between the foreign and the familiar. A Angel Infinity (25min / In Cantonese and Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Rooney Zong A young girl who is a victim of deep-faked porn meets a wage slave young man who creates virtual lover "Angel A" – a budding love story of two lonely souls caught between illusion and reality. Treehugger (7min / No dialogue) Dir: Mufasa Yu A lonely doll meets a fragile tree in a mystic damp land. Both longing for connection, their genuine hug slowly dissolves into a fever of desire and devouring attachment. Blended Vision (9min / No dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Jess Lau The artist accompanies her father as he struggles with failing eyesight, reversing their roles of caregiver and caretaker. Their visions are blended along with their ever-changing emotional dynamics. The Fading of Morning Light (17min / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Jessamine Yú Fok As a father reminisces about his late daughter, her ghost appears to remind him that the seeds of her favourite flower have sprouted, and today is the day he must set out to plant them. A Flowing Symphony (8min / No dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Natalie Lo Amid the cyclical rhythms of rice cultivation, the soil of Lung Nga Pai in Tai Po whispers its secrets of time, and reveals the subtle tensions and resonances between nature and human presence. A Distant Spring (30min / In Korean and Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Kan Po Yi To fulfil her grandmother's dying wish to be buried in her hometown in North Korea, Ji-won and her father set out on a perilous journey across the border, carrying with them the ashes and their hidden tensions of nationality and identity.