SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020
9.16 Wed - 9.27 Sun/Admission FREE (Except some events.)

SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020
(NEW)BORDERLESS

TAG : drama

Mother, Flower

Eunhye Hong Kim/0:15:58/South Korea /Drama/2019

Mother, Flower, is a story of a woman, Soo, who's having Post Partum depression after a few months of delivering her first child. Soo is forced to leave her work because of her depression and faces various judgements towards her from her mom, husband, and others throughout the story.

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Final Exam

Kai Xiang Chang/0:13:03/Singapore/Drama/2019

Is scoring top in class more important than having compassion? In a harsh environment called school, the top 3 students in the class are tasked to help their classmate Nina improve her exam score. The trio discovers that the upcoming test could be her final exam in school.

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Sekool

Stenzin Tankong/0:14:22/India/Drama/2019

Singay, a successful man in his mid-30s, recalls the moment when officials from the Rural Education Department visited his remote village in Changthang, Ladakh, to take him—and possibly his pet lamb—to boarding school.

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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

The Cut

Chloé Cinq-Mars/0:17:48/Canada/Drama/2019

Emma had a c-section. She didn’t see her son when he was born. When she finally meets him, she doesn't recognize her baby. How could she? Little by little, mother and child fall in love. The Cut delicately explores the complexity of the bond between mother and child.

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Official Competition supported by Sony
Asia International Competition Best Short Award
Governor of Tokyo Award

After Class

Charles Xiuzhi Dong/0:15:01/China, USA/drama/2018

Eight-year-old Su Min and her mother reside in the slums of an anonymous metropolis in China. Su Min dreams of going to school some day. To fulfill her dream, her mother risks her job by sneaking into classrooms and offices to steal money.

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Refugee

Brandt Andersen/0:22:35/USA/Drama/2019

Syrian pediatric surgeon Amira works to save children from death's door, so much so that she has become neglectful of her own daughter. When the war that has largely spared them strikes close to home, Amira and her daughter suddenly find themselves fleeing for their lives.

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Limbo

John Luke Miraflor/0:11:18/Philippines/drama/2019

Limbo is a short film that will attempt to capture a day in the life of a poor young boy named Anton from Malabon who is seemingly stuck in a toxic cycle of finding food and luck.

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Distant Dream

Kio Shijki/0:16:57/Japan/Drama/2020

After receiving a mysterious phone call, an aging make-up artist’s right-hand stops moving.

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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

CHEN CHEN

Kargo Chen/0:21:38/China/drama/2019

Chen accidentally discovered that his brother actually knows many things and has the sexual desire as ordinary people, but no one has ever been concerned about that. The heart-wrenching Chen decided to take the brother who had not been out for a long time to experience the happy of life...

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BRANDED SHORTS OF THE YEAR International Category

What Fuels Your Fighting Spirit?

Zhang Dapeng/0:07:26/China/drama/2019

Client: CARABAO Energy Drink Agency: BBH China Production: Pro Films

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Official Competition supported by Sony
Asia International Competition Audience Award
Biogen Award

Final Exam

Kai Xiang Chang/0:13:03/Singapore/drama/2019

Is scoring top in class more important than having compassion? In a harsh environment called school, the top 3 students in the class are tasked to help their classmate Nina improve her exam score. The trio discovers that the upcoming test could be her final exam in school.

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A Better You

Eamonn Murphy/0:15:52/Ireland/Fantasy/2019

In a dystopian neo-steampunk world, a shy young man named Douglas invests in "a better you," a customisable carbon clone to help him win the girl of his dreams.

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Detours

Christopher Yates/0:18:07/Belgium/Drama/2019

Simon must bring his baby back to his ex-wife who has threatened to withdraw custody if he’s late again. In the rush, he smashes the side mirror of a parked car. He decides to flee. As the baby drifts off to sleep in the morning traffic, Simon realizes he’s being followed.

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Official Competition supported by Sony
International Competition Best Actor Award

Alive

Jimmy Olsson/0:23:32/Sweden/drama/2020

Victoria is disabled and she yearns after intimacy and her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match but the guy she is matching with is very shady and Ida gets worried what might happen if he they meet

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Alive

Jimmy Olsson/0:23:27/Sweden/Drama/2020

Victoria is disabled and she yearns after intimacy and her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match but the guy she is matching with is very shady and Ida gets worried what might happen if he they meet

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tapioca diary

Takashi Okado & Jon Cox/0:19:19/Taiwan/Japan/Drama/2019

Takashi, who studies abroad in Taiwan, finds every day is full of fun in friendship and love that he can't find in Japan. However, he feels the difficulty of conveying his feelings frankly while the time goes by.

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Beauty Boys

Florent Gouelou/0:17:50/France/Drama/2019

In a small village, Leo, 17 years-old, has a strong taste for make-up. His big brother, Jules, who fears to be laughed at, stands against this passion. On the night of the open stage, Leo shows up in full drag...

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Greenhouse

Xixi Wang/0:25:00/China/Drama/2019

Eager to inherit the house grandfather left behind, young man Xiaojun has to face the relatives whom he had not been close with since his father died long ago. All the faded memories about father and a home creep in…

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Official Competition supported by Sony
Asia International Competition Best Actor Award
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

CHEN CHEN

Kargo Chen/0:21:45/China/drama/2019

Chen accidentally discovered that his brother actually knows many things and has the sexual desire as ordinary people, but no one has ever been concerned about that. The heart-wrenching Chen decided to take the brother who had not been out for a long time to experience the happy of life...

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The 5th BOOK SHORTS AWARD Winner
Special Screening

Story of Shahryar

Daishi Kato/0:15:18/Japan/Drama/2020

Mamoru chooses to live alone when he knew his wife is having an affair. He starts using outcall service to fill his loneliness, and to hear stories from the call girl, Mizuki, has become the only pleasure to him. A derivative work of "One Thousand and One Nights" takes place to the present day, and the weak king Shahryar realizes what is truly important.

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