After Taste
After Taste
2022 / Vietnam / 21 minutes / dir. Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang
Synopsis
In a stinking, narrow alley in Saigon, a film crew is rushing to finish shooting the final scenes of a small-budget movie. Coincidentally, the gaffers while setting up lights witness a murder taking place in a domestic household. In order to keep shooting, the film crew decides to help the murderer hide the dead body.
Director
Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang graduated from university in 2007 and started her first job as a producer of a TV series, TV ads, promotional clips, and short films. In 2014, she joined Kyoto Filmmaker Lab organized by Kyoto Museum in Japan, and since then she started producing some independent short film, documentary and feature projects.
In 2018, she co-produced experimental documentary “Tree House” (a co-production between Vietnam, France, Singapore and China), which was screened at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 among others.
Further to her participation in the Bucheon Fantastic Film School in Korea, several co-production projects in 2019, and Open Door Lab of Locarno 2021 which brought her the first Prize of FAI producer grand, Trang has broadened her horizons and joined the international community of filmmakers and producers.
All The Things You Leave Behind
All The Things You Leave Behind
2021 / Thailand / 18.15 minutes / dir. Chanasorn Chaikitiporn
Synopsis
Thailand’s strategic position and political orientation made it the ideal ally for the United States during the Vietnam war. Through an astonishing mix of contemporary and archival images, “All The Things You Leave Behind” deploys precise criticism to analyse a little-known page of modern history, emblematic of contemporary power games and warfare.
Director
Chanasorn Chaikitiporn is an aspiring filmmaker and moving image artist who is interested in exploring and interrogating socio-political histories of Thailand with questions of culture, political thought, identity in relation to crypto-colonialism. In combining fiction film and the documentary essay film genre, he investigates archival, found footage and declassified documents.
Dreaming
Dreaming
2021 / Singapore / 15 minutes / dir. Nelson Yeo
Synopsis
Three former now middle-aged schoolmates — a married couple and a carefree bachelor — reunite at a chalet. Hazy memories of the past are stirred up, leading to the resurfacing of a long-buried love triangle. The trio are left to confront their repressed feelings.
Director
Nelson Yeo is a Singaporean filmmaker. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking from Nanyang Technological University in 2011. He participated in Berlinale Talents Tokyo in 2014, BiFan Fantastic Film School in 2015 and Locarno Filmmakers Academy in 2018. His recent short films, “Mary, Mary, So Contrary” (2019) and “Here Is Not There” (2019), have been selected for international film festivals such as Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg and the Cairo International Film Festival.
“Mary, Mary, So Contrary” was awarded Best Experimental Short at the Golden Ger International Film Festival and Honorable Mention Silver Lynx at New Directors | New Films Festival. “Here Is Not There” was awarded Best ASEAN Short Film at the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival and Best Singapore Short Film at the Singapore International Short Film Festival.
Evening Clouds
Evening Clouds
2022 / Myanmar / 18 minutes / dir. Aung Phyoe
Synopsis
Since their factory closes down, 18-year-old San Kyi and her 25-year-old close friend Theint Theint Oo are out of work. San is set up for an arranged marriage by her mother. Since Theint will return to her hometown to work, San decides to run away with her. She gives her gold chain to Theint to make money. Things do not work out the way San expects when Theint does not return on time.
Director
Aung Phyoe is a writer, director, and film editor. He was born in Pakokku, Upper Myanmar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he developed a strong interest in cinema by entering the cinema club at the university. He also began to take film classes and attend screenings at the Film Society in Singapore, which reinforced his passion for cinema.
Later, he earned a Diploma in Editing from a Mumbai-based film school, Whistling Woods International. His first short film “Seasonal Rain” was screened for Open Doors Screening at the 71st Locarno Film Festival and he edited a feature film “Murder On The Road To Kathmandu” (2018). In 2018, he participated in the Autumn Meeting’s Director Workshop mentored by Tran Anh Hung. His second short film “Cobalt Blue” was selected to Pardi di domani - International Competition at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival, which became the first Myanmar short film to be selected for competition.
Further And Further Away
Further And Further Away
2022/ Cambodia / 24 minutes / dir. Polen Ly
Synopsis
A young indigenous Bunong woman and her older brother spend one last day in their rural village in northeastern Cambodia, before an impending move to the capital city in search of a more prosperous life.
Director
Polen Ly paused his studies in medicine to pursue his filmmaking path in 2012. He has directed several shorts and documentaries, which explore social issues related to the environment, human rights, including LGBTI and indigenous experiences.
In 2015, his short film “Colourful Knots” won the first prize at Tropfest SEA in Malaysia, and in the same year, he was selected to join the International Writing Residency at the University of Iowa in the United States.
In 2018, Polen joined the Asian Film Academy in Busan, Korea. His short documentary “Cemetery Of Green Souls” won an Honorable Mention prize at Tribeca Film Institute’s IF/Then Pitch at IDFA in 2019.
In 2021, his documentary short “Side By Side” was selected in the Open Doors section at Locarno.
His newest short fiction “Further And Further Away” received the SEA-Shorts grant from the Singapore International Film Festival.
Ly is now in early production on his first full-length documentary “The Tongue Of Water” which has received funding from IDFA (Netherlands), DMZ Docs (South Korea), and the Sundance Institute (USA).
Grandma's Broken Leg
Grandma's Broken Leg
2021 / Vietnam / 13 minutes / dir. Huynh Cong Nho
Synopsis
The story of my grandmother and her belief in God. Before breaking her leg, she always watched and believed in a famous online priest who healed many people. Then because of his popularity, the government asks him to move out of the church. After the accident, laid down and depressed, my grandmother – like other believers – has to challenge her own faith.
Director
Huynh Cong Nho was born in 1991 in Viet Nam. Nho has experiences in short courses of scriptwriting and montages. He served as the director of the Autumn Meetings together with director Phan Dang Di, Editor Julie Beziers and director Tran Anh Hung. In addition to filmmaking, Nho sometimes still paints pictures to call for investment and funding for his film projects.
Muda Wae
Muda Wae
2022 / Myanmar / 15 minutes / dir. Khine Soe Lung
Synopsis
In 2020, Muda Wae and her father live on a meagre income, sent to them by Muda’s mother, who works in Thailand. Amid Covid-19, her mother calls to say she is worried about losing her job and she would not be able to send money. A few weeks later, Muda has her first period. She asks her father for money to buy sanitary pads and panties without telling him the real reason. He refuses. Her friend gives her a pair of used panties and makes emergency pads from old clothes, which causes an embarrassing accident in front of her father.
Director
Khine Soe Lung is a writer from Myanmar. She was born and brought up in Sittwe, Rakhine State. She graduated from University of Computer Studies, Yangon. She has been writing since 15 and her literary works are published in magazines and journals. She was one of the founders and editors in Existence Online Magazine, which won the “Academy Award” given by the Myanmar Media Association in 2009. In 2015, she received the Charles Pick Fellowship from University of East Anglia, the United Kingdom. In 2019 and 2020, her short-story collections (Volume 1 & 2) were published by Waingmaw Books. She shot her directorial debut “Muda Wae” at the end of 2020, the post-production of which was delayed due to the 2021 Military Coup. She currently lives in Hpa-An, Karen State, devoting herself to translating and writing a new movie script.
Please Hold The Line
Please Hold The Line
2022 / Malaysia / 19 minutes / dir. Tan Ce Ding
Synopsis
A young scam call operator is thrust into a moral dilemma as she frantically hustles for money to afford an abortion.
Director
Tan Ce Ding is a Malaysia-based filmmaker who works as a director and writer. He is an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy (AFA) where he won Motion Picture Association (MPA) President's Special Recognition Award. His short film “The Masseuse” (2018) is successfully acquired by Hollywood powerhouse Miramax Studio, to be developed into a feature film. In 2022, he directed and wrote his latest short film "Please Hold The Line", which had its World Premiere in the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Ride To Nowhere
Ride To Nowhere
2022 / Indonesia / 15 minutes / dir. Khozy Rizal
Synopsis
It is her first day living as a motorcycle taxi driver and she has to do something to prevent order cancellations.
Director
Khozy Rizal is a filmmaker based in Makassar, Indonesia. He began his filmmaking career in 2021 by making a short film “Makassar Is A City For Football Fans” that got selected at Sundance, BFI Flare, Tampere, Palm Springs and several film festivals.
Rocks In A Windless Wadi
Rocks In A Windless Wadi
2022 / The Philippines / 22.50 minutes / dir. EJ Gagui
Synopsis
The filmmaker and his younger brother filmed a wadi they describe as “windless” for being too quiet. With archives of footage and audio conversations, it recreates a lonely character contemplating the deep muffled voices of the unseen real people, stillness of rocks to the unmoving conflict. The dialogues within the wordless exposé tackle traumatic memories as they become urgent stories relevant to both the past and the present.
Director
EJ Gagui is an independent Filipino filmmaker residing somewhere in Abu Dhabi and Pampanga. He studied filmmaking at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, specializing in documentary production. His visual practice combines fiction and documentary in narrating the everyday miracles, revelations, history, and cultural crises within his hometown. His first short film “Ing Tianak” was selected as a finalist of Film Development Council of the Philippines' Mit Out Sound 2021, a government initiative to revive silent cinema in contemporary times. His second short film “Rock In A Windless Wadi” premiered in the Opening Scenes competition at Visions du Réel 2022 and won Special Mention at Gawad Alternatibo and the Seashorts Film Festival. He is currently working as director-producer under the independent regional-based boutique film company Eximious Produkt that he co-founded.
Shallots And Garlic
Shallots And Garlic
2022 / Indonesia, Canada / 17 minutes / dir. Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
Synopsis
When polar opposite sisters Nur and Karina reunite for their grandparents' wedding anniversary dinner, Karina starts itching and blames Nur for putting garlic in her food.
Director
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto is an Indonesian writer/director who splits her time between Toronto and Jakarta. Her first short “Srikandi” premiered at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival: Asia, and the 40th Vancouver International Film Festival. Most recently, she co-directed a short documentary called “Brown Enough”, now available in TELUS Optik. She is an alumna of Experimental Forest’s 2020 Writing is Rewriting Workshop, the 2021 VIFF Catalyst Mentorship Program, and a 2022 Get Reel Filmmakers Scholarship recipient with her short film "Bawang Merah Bawang Putih" which premiered at Sundance Asia 2022. Her next short "Sawo Matang" is in post-production and one of the 2021 NFFTY Pitch Competition winners. Widjajanto is currently in development for her first feature film, anthology TV series, and other shorts.
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
2022 / Singapore/ 19 minutes / dir. Alvin Lee
Synopsis
A funeral director finds himself hapless when the wrong body has been sent for cremation. When there seems to be no other way, he devises a plan for a sham funeral with the deceased’s three estranged children.
Director
Alvin Lee is a Singaporean filmmaker. He graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Bachelors in Film Directing program. Lee’s short films have won top awards at various film festivals around the world.
Sound Of The Night
Sound Of The Night
2021 / Cambodia / 20 minutes / dir. Sok Chanrado, Kongkea Vann
Synopsis
Vibol and his brother Kea sell noodles on a motorized cart every night on the streets of Phnom Penh. They often face troublesome threats from gangsters and thieves, even if these very people are their only customers. As the city is growing around them, they consider their unstable income and imagine a different future.
Directors
Sok Chanrado grew interested in the relationship of media, public opinion, and freedom of expression. He studied film at Bophana Center. He has also joined filmmaking and photography courses with the Institut Français in Phnom Penh, and the Busan Film Commission’s 2018 FLY program in Singapore. He has primarily worked as a documentary filmmaker, and he has made four short documentaries since 2015.
Kongkea Vann graduated with his degree in film in 2016 in Phnom Penh. “Sound Of The Night” has become his first short film as co-director and cinematographer.
A Worm, Whatever Will Be, Will Be
A Worm, Whatever Will Be, Will Be
2022 / Malaysia / 12 minutes / dir. Mickey Lai
Synopsis
Not knowing it's the final three months for her dementia-ridden grandmother, a filmmaker records their daily interactions. Her intent gaze documents the grandmother's physical changes and her belief that worms are living under her skin. After the passing, the filmmaker revisits her hometown in hopes of weaving reminiscences of their past memories. The unpleasant condition of the space confronts her with truths on ageing, change and mortality.
Director
Born in Malaysia, Mickey Lai is an emerging filmmaker, who graduated with a Master of Film and TV Production at Met Film School, London, the United Kingdom. Her works revolve around the topics of diverse cultural values, mortality and the discovery of self-identity. Her previous debut thesis short film “The Cloud Is Still There” has travelled to international film festivals including Busan, Clermont-Ferrand, Shanghai, Jogja-NETPAC, etc. Her upcoming short film has been selected for script development in Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2021 (Singapore) and presented in the Torino Short Film Market (Italy).
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