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

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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Ritsuko&Ken-chan

Ayumi Omori/0:24:58/Japan/Drama/2019

The isolated island of Nagasaki, Kuroshima. The island of the cross (Cruz), where the lurking Kirishitan(Christian) used to be. Ritsuko and Ken-chan, who live a self-sufficient life here, have a secret.

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On the Ride

Jen McGowan/0:13:24/USA/Drama/2019

On his morning bike ride, Scott grapples with the memories of a trauma he experienced with his husband Todd. When his route suddenly takes an unexpected turn, Scott finds himself on the doorstep of a stranger intimately connected to the past he can’t shake.

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George Lucas Award (Grand Prix)
Official Competition supported by Sony
International Competition Best Short Award

November 1st

Charlie Manton/0:24:42/UK/drama/2019

Traveling to witness the execution of her son’s murder, a mother is torn between retaliation and reconnecting with her estranged daughter.

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

Paperboy

Ninna Pálmadóttir/0:10:25/Iceland/Ninna Pálmadóttir/2019

A small town paper delivery boy peeks through his neighbor’s window and connects with a traumatized woman.

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November 1st

Charlie Manton/0:24:42/UK/Drama/2019

Traveling to witness the execution of her son’s murder, a mother is torn between retaliation and reconnecting with her estranged daughter.

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Father, Son and the Beach

Chieh-Huei Hsu/0:19:07/Taiwan/Drama/2020

Ting-Wei spent his entire summer vacation helping his dad make deliveries, with only one condition- that he will take him to the beach before school starts.Dad never keeps his word; will he actually remember to fulfill his promise this time?

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Ties

Dina Velikovskaya/0:07:36/Germany/Drama/2019

There is a strong connection between parents and their child. A young woman leaves the parental home to see the world. But the world of her parents is so tightly connected with her that by leaving, she puts it at risk. It turns out that this connection can be also destructive.

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Sanako Yuwakashi, 29 Years Old

Kahori Higashi/0:24:48/Japan/Drama/2019

Sanako, who is feeling lost in her life, is working in a public bath which has been decided to close the business for a stupid reason. Three days before it shuts up, Sanaco gets an idea when she interacts with regular customers. Why not stage a comeback on its last day? A shy, clumsy woman, Sanako creates a furor! This is a Techno Pop public bath movie.

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Goodbye Taka

Jason Guerrero/0:11:26/USA/Drama/2019

After an unexpected crisis, a woman phones her friends for solace while wandering the streets of tokyo, only to find that all the solace she needs is within herself.

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ASTRO AGE

Ronny D?rfler/0:23:41/Japan/Drama/2019

Misaki, a young science writer, is appointed to the interview astronaut who have successfully completed a manned asteroid exploration mission and returned to Earth. When you're enthusiastic about your dream offer, you'll soon encounter an unexpected view of the universe.

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Lovely Day

Bo Mirhosseni/0:07:19/USA/Drama/2019

A young construction worker, anxious about the state of his relationship, spends a day prepping to meet his significant other.

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The Stick

Teppo Airaksinen/0:10:29/Finland/Drama/2019

Denied a dog by her father, a young girl gets a very unusual new friend.

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No girl is without enemies

Daisuke Kamijyo/0:24:49/Japan/drama/2020

Rika, a high school girl who belongs to the movie club, was not ready to tell her friends that she is going to another school next month. In such an occasion, the adviser of the movie club notifies her that the club will be closed. To save the club, they have to make a film?! Can Rika complete the film?

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Directed by Bong Joon-ho ("Parasite")
Special Screening
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

Incoherence

Bong Joon-ho/0:30:00/South Korea/Drama/1994

An editorial writer who habitually steals milk as he goes for his morning jog, an elite prosecutor who is caught by an security guard as he was about to urinate on the street, drunk, and a university professor who enjoys pornographic magazines, get together on a television program to discuss social issues. An omnibus film in three segments.

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Touch

Noemie Nakai/0:05:05/Japan/drama/2019

A woman carries a chair across mountains. Where to? A visual poem about memory, grief and letting go.

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Official Competition supported by Sony
International Competition Audience Award

The Present

Farah Nabulsi/0:24:20/Palestine/drama/2016

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

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The Edge

David Chausse /0:17:55/ France/ Drama/ 2019

An altercation breaks out between two young men who are complete opposites.

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Directed by Taika Waititi ("Jojo Rabbit")
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Two Cars One Night

Taika Waititi/0:11:18/New Zealand/Drama/2004

A tale of first love. While waiting for their parents, two boys and a girl meet in the carpark of a rural pub. What at first seems to be a relationship based on rivalry soon develops into a close friendship. We learn that love can be found in the most unlikely of places.

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