HiShorts! Film Festival
HiShorts! 廈門短片週
9 films
Chuff Chuff Chuff
Chuff Chuff Chuff
A house, a woman, a man, a turtle, and a train
Fishtank
Fishtank
Jules has been sober for a year, but she can’t stop vomiting goldfish. Striving to put her life back on track, she must preserve control when a fish enthusiast unexpectedly enters her life.
Wind Goes On
Wind Goes On
Ah Fung is a primary school girl who cannot let go because the old housing estate is about to be demolished. Then she meets a new friend in this disappearing place.
HÓNG
HÓNG
The 14-minute experimental fashion short film HÓNG uses nine sets of costumes and seven constructed scenes to review the development and evolution of feminism in post -1949 China, blurring the cultural and political experiences of three generations of women into one abstract character.
Hippocampus
Hippocampus
Through a childhood recording, a grandmother's story, and a family video, I try to find out why the fig tree in my hometown disappeared, questioning the source of human memory, and forgetting…
Little Deaths
Little Deaths
Two sisters live in a second-hand store where drug parties are common. Chun finds solace by hiding herself in an old fridge, while Chieh appears indifferent. After a close murder on a summer afternoon, Chun realized her seemingly amiable uncle is a perpetrator and she fell into an emotional abyss.
Sea
Sea
It lives by the sea, accompanied by another being. In the monotony of time, it finds solace only in the ocean's depths. Suddenly, it discovers they both yearn for the same unknown.
Sleep creek
Sleep creek
One afternoon, a solitary elder drifts into dreams of the past; by the riverbank, a young girl searches for her path through the mist of youth. In their own realms of time, they quietly meet.
Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
A middle-aged man hiding his unemployment from the family hangs around the street and falls asleep in a gallery. Thanks to the safety guard working there, he finds a moment of inner peace.