SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020
（NEW）BORDERLESS

The sisters who were born and raised in Iraq love Japanese animation. They especially like “SLUM DANK” and “HUNTER×HUNTER”, and are big fans of them. The war experience was relevant to why they like animation.

In the cold northeast China, people lived by hunting for generations. A little boy born in a hunter family seemed to have a mysterious connection with the forest. Killing animals upset him but he couldn't stop his father. The relationship between them became increasingly tense. Eventually, the boy's naive behavior changed the fate of both.

In a cottage deep in the forest, a cat and an owl are competing for the approval of their witch mistress. Less skilled for spellcasting than his rival, the cat steals her magic wand from the witch as she leaves for the woods.

Felix, a little kid who loves his fish, Lala, really wants to make her happy by sharing everything he eats with her, but it only makes the fish bowl murky and Lala’s condition gets worse and worse.

Japanese artist Maya Yonesho visited Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to explore the city’s character and specific atmosphere. Based on her impressions of the Old Cathedral, the Ars Electronica festival, Pöstlingberg mountain, Cafè Traxlmayr, the Tabakfabrik complex and much more besides she created one of her famous ‘thumb trips’.

While visiting a home for children, a little girl meets Joseph, a boy whose only dream is to have a yellow umbrella. This unexpected encounter awakens his memories of the past. Inspired by true events,Umbrella is a homage to empathy and hope.

Director: Wuthisak Anarnkaporn
Agency: Alpha 245
Production: Factory01 Co., Ltd.

One day, when a grandmother is cleaning the entrance, her eyes are fixed on a young man who is passing by. The grandma mistakes the stranger for her son.

Director: Toshiyuki Yagi
Agency: HAKUHODO Kettle Inc./Hakuhodo Inc.
Production: TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION

A Group of refugees tries to reach themselves to a safe country in search for a better life. They pay a smuggler to convey them across the boarders in a fridge truck. However, the freezing temperature of the truck turns their hopes for a better future into a fierce struggle for survival.

A recent arrival at the zoo, a turtle, challenges the zookeeper and other animals by not speaking on command to receive his food. By revealing his story to the others, the turtle exposes themes of exile as a refugee in a land that provides for the body at the cost of the soul.

Wuen, a prairie boy and his horse were inseparable until an unexpected dust storm separated them. One day, Wuen finds out his horse was kidnapped to the metropolis for horse racing. Despite never having left his prairie, Wuen sets off on an adventure to save his beloved horse.

You fly with no seat! That's the rule in the Turbobus. To get one is a hard day job for a young wolf on his turbo-journey to find real friendship.

We all tend to see things the way we want, even if it is just an illusion. It helps us to stay happy in life.

Based on a true story in World War II Poland, a young Jewish woman struggles to survive after her family is murdered. Refusing to give up, she joins the Soviet resistance, and realizes that through photography she can remember the past while documenting for the future.

Middle-aged and round, Richard the security guard has a great love for ballet. It compels him to steal every fleeting opportunity to dance, only to be constantly interrupted by his boss. Yet the spotlight beckons, and Richard decides to take the stage in a life-changing moment...

Alone on an asteroid, Stan feeds himself harpooned space debris and converts it into nourishment. To feed his soul, he dreams only of love. One day, he spots Beatrice, a fellow astronaut stranded on a passing comet. To be with her, he will need to resort to extreme measures.

Dino was very hungry. As he roamed the woods, a strange egg fell from the sky, clonkety-clonk. He gobbled it up... And that lead to trouble!

Director: Alan Harca
Agency: Publicis Singapore
Production: Elastic Studios/Provill

Recently, Louis, painter is experiencing strange events. His world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furnitures, objects, people lose their realism. They are destructuring, sometimes disintegrating …