SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2019 CINEMATIC ATTITUDE

"Naysayer" follows Ian, a young father who has been recently estranged from his son, Colin. After finding out that his ex-girlfriend and mother to his child, Michelle, has blocked him on social media - Ian takes matters into his own hands by kidnapping his child.

“Where does the sun go when it gets dark? Why is the chicken’s egg so important to humans? Who is this mister Al Jaimer who follows my grandfather everywhere?” Six-year-old Markos is determined to find the answers while, unexpectedly, the magical tale called circle of life unravels before his eyes.

"What happened to Evie" is a thriller that uses a flash-back/flash-forward narrative told from the heroine’s perspective to recount her memories of a sexual attack. It constantly asks the audience to connect the dots through Evie’s fractured, distorted memories so that they gradually learn the truth of what has happened.

Bamboo plants only bloom once, but if one does, all nearby plants go along. The same thing happens to a bunch of thirteen year old girls who are spending their summer days on an abandoned piece of land, overgrown by bamboo. When a mysterious man arrives on the girls property, they let go of their carefree summer one by one.

Ruth's voice is the announcement's voice on the bus, everyone hears her- but no one listens. Following her psychiatrist's advice, she tries to bond with the people around her- with little success. But life has mysterious ways to make her, for a brief moment, into a local star.