Hong Kong Shorts - Programme 3 (HKAFF)

Foreign Bodies (4min / No dialogue) Dir: Lysander Wong A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always crawl their way to the surface. I Put Ladybug into the Gun (22min / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Ice Wu Three girls scale the school fence in the dead of night, breaking into a world reserved only for them. Fueled by fury against surveillance and control, they revolt in the most absurd ways possible. Our Child ( 18min / In Cantonese, Putonghua, Henan dialect and English with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Anatole Sloan As a Hong Kong family gathers for the Mid-Autumn Festival, two women bound by motherhood confront the emotional toll of tradition and a family's obsession with a son yet to be born. Homecoming and Going (19min / In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Kristie Ko Emily has just landed in London with her fiancé, taking over a flat from her old friend Megan who has decided to return to Hong Kong. The trio shares a day wandering the neighbourhood before parting ways. Blacky The Metal Arm Cat (15min / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Nic Ho Blacky, a black cat with a mechanical arm, seeks revenge for his slain master. He is determined to fight against enemies equipped with advanced alien technology with his traditional martial arts. Brace for the Storm (27min / In Mandarin, Taiwanese and Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles) Dir: Chan Wing Man It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and two souls remain at the seaside inn: Fang, an old staff refusing to go home, and a Hong Kong student worker away from home. As a typhoon fiercely strikes, the clashing pair must join forces to protect their crumbling sanctuary.