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
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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You Need Help

Barbara Elbinger/0:16:58/United Kingdom/Comedy/Drama/2019

An older couple experience a blip in an otherwise pretty uneventful marriage when the husband, Fred, avoids embracing retirement , and drifts purposeless around the house with an increasing resentful wife, Doreen. However, when a leaflet lands on his doormat promising to bring joy into his life again, he embarks on a mission to find himself, and put the much-needed magic - and music - back into their marriage. But she’s terrified that his ‘ridiculous’ behaviour will show them both up…

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Directed by Koji Fukada ("Harmonium" "A Girl Missing")
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Birds (Working Title)

Kôji Fukada /0:07:29/Japan/Drama/2016

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The 92nd(2020) Academy Awards® Winner of Best Short Film(Live Action)
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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

The Neighbors' Window

Marshall Curry/0:20:39/USA/Drama/2019

A story about Alli, a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and her husband. When two twenty-somethings move in across the street, she discovers that she can see into their apartment and develops a Rear Window-style obsession with their free-spirited lives.

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MOON PHASES

Chengzi Lu/0:04:06/China/Drama/2019

The moon is waxing, but the heart is waning. This film uses "noise" as a metaphor for "various voices from society." It expresses the theme of "small comment", which can be stressful to others and break their hearts.

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Guppy

Charles Richardson/0:13:12/Australia/Drama/2017

Set against the backdrop of the foreign world of Tokyo, two young lovers are separated when one accidentally boards the last train without the other. With a dead phone battery, and unaired tension, Lucas and Lindsay's relationship is tested as they learn that communication is the only thing that can bring them back together.

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Home

Sevinaz Evdike/0:09:40/Syrian Arab Republic/Drama/2019

Sara, an eight-year-old girl, lives alone in Raqqa, a city ravaged by war. While society tries to cope with the consequences of extreme violence, she gathers grenades from the rubbles to trade for food and clothing. The exchange of a grenade for a pair of gloves leads to a dramatic situation when the night falls.

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

Afloat

Ève-Chems De Brouwer/0:20:23/France/Drama/2019

It’s summertime, by the Mediterranean Sea. Garance joins her sister to look after her children. But for a few months now, something alters her appearance. Close to the water and the waves, she meets again with a man that she once knew.

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INDEX

Nicolas Kolovos/0:11:00/Sweden/Drama/2019

Dana is on the run with his family. The boat that will smuggle them to Europe is ready for departure but his son, Alan, refuses to leave the truck. Dana discovers that Alan is stuck with his index finger in the truck body. In his desperation Dana is faced with a terrible choice.

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This is Tokyo

Ben Suzuki /0:16:15/Japan/Drama/2020

Kento is selected by a team to promote a partnership with a Singapore company. One day, he is left with a job to attend President Kwang who comes to Japan. He is confused by her cold attitude. As two of them see the sights in Tokyo, they find a small change in their hearts to each other.

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

Under Darkness

Caroline Friend/0:20:19/USA/Drama/2019

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.

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Grand Prix Winner - Cannes Lions 2018

HOPE

///Drama/

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RETURN

Tomu Yamaguchi/0:04:59/Japan/Drama/2019

I thought this day would last forever. Planned and produced under the theme of "TOMORROW TODAY" at the competition " FABULOUS FIVE " at ADFEST2019, the largest advertising festival in Asia.

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Content, perspective and expression in each film are strictly of the filmmakers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and its related parties.