Programme 2: Blurring Realities
19.11.2021 (Fri) 1945｜
with post-screening talk
host by YEUNG Chun Yin (Uncle Salt)
We thought there was a definite difference between true and false, just like the choices on an exam paper. But what is the truth? People can interpret the same incident from different angles, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Five shorts that include the elements of animation, documentary, and fiction challenge the boundary between true and false, questioning the seemingly unshakable reality.
Finalist Works of Local Competition
Mr. Tse
LEE Nim Chung | CHAN Wai Lung Ray
HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
Hong Kong｜2020｜10′｜Fiction、Documentary
In Cantonese, with Chinese & English subtitles
2021 Gold Award (Youth Category), ifva Awards
2021 Annual Screwdriver International Student Short Film Festival
2020 Champion, Study In Kowloon City Short Video Contest Champion
Mr. Tse works at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity. There are hardly any students on campus during the pandemic. When night falls, the school is now managed by Mr. Tse, the only janitor on campus. This short film records the daily routine of Mr. Tse, and observes how such a routine connects with the pandemic and society. He actually finds his haven within the bureaucracy.
LEE Nim Chung
CHAN Wai Lung Ray
Lee and Chan graduated from the Hong Kong Lee Shau Kee School Of Creativity. They love film and creation.
Email:
hkmarcuslee01@gmail.com (LEE Nim Chung)
raychan9500@gmail.com (CHAN Wai Lung Ray)
Juror’s Comment
中學生揉合劇情與紀錄講述學校保安員的故事，從中折現社會現況及氛圍，選材很好，敘述也順暢，唯劇情部分有點出戲，鏡頭語言和演員表現略嫌刻意。
Kin's Hair
CHANG See Wan｜CHAN Kwun Chung｜WONG Tsz Yin
BFA (Hons) in Animation and Visual Effects, OUHK
Hong Kong｜2018｜6′｜動畫 Animation
In Cantonese, with Chinese & English subtitles
2019 Gold Award (Animation Category), ifva Awards
2019 Nominated for Best Animated Short Film, Golden Horse Awards
2018 Short Film Competition Winning Shorts, Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong
Kin’s baldness problem is used to show Hong Kong’s past 20 years of memorable events. In the end, Kin forgives his precious last hair, which refers to time flying fast.
Kin's Hair's Team
We are humorous and optimistic, full of passion for animation. Would like to engage in a comedy style and integrate life plots into works. We hope to affect the audience in a humorous way.
Email: swanswanswanchang@gmail.com
Juror’s Comment
曾經招搖過市嘅頭毛，廿幾年間凋零殆盡。當你呢幾年用youtube，生髮植髮廣告不請自來
，都咪話唔悲。
用五分鐘輕輕地篤你痛處，掂到就收。重要嘅野如果仲生勾勾，一定係啲肉眼睇唔到嘅野。
The Endless Fate
WONG Wai Wa
Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School
Hong Kong｜2021｜27′｜Fiction
In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Keung meets his classmate Kiu because of a CD, and they find out they are congenial and like-minded. They have crushes on each other while getting along every morning and evening. However, facing countless meetings and partings under the tides of immigration, can they capture every opportunity? What course should they follow? Perhaps destiny always slips away from them…
WONG Wai Wa
Now studying Form Six in Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School. Wong joined Film Club in school during junior form and participated in various kinds of video productions and competitions.
Email: davisonwong.hk@yahoo.com
Juror’s Comment
『美麗新香港』下同舊香港嘅魂魄邂逅，唔是鬼片而係高中生嘅愛情故事。
與其兩手空空，帶啲遺憾上機或者也不太壞。
撇除技術瑕疵，真心覺得執行方面，比好多大專作品更頭頭是道。
A Killer in a Wheelchair
LEUNG Tsz Him｜LAU Kin Kwan｜LAW Ho Pu｜LAI Wai Lam｜CHENG Lok Sun
BFA (Hons) Degree in Film and Television, HKAPA
Hong Kong｜2019｜30′｜Fiction
In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Ah Wah, a winner in the game of life, hits rock bottom when an accident befalls him. The radiance of the long-awaited sunrise seems to shine on his life when he meets a student director, Ah Kwong. However, they are deemed to go through an ordeal given by the God of Film, and witness their own downfalls.
A Killer in a Wheelchair's Team
Film Academy graduate.
Email: THL97@hotmail.com
Juror’s Comment
果陣主創向全班present概念，已堅決拒絕拍一部「四平八穩嘅APA作品」（非原話，錯左咪打）。
陰功我都係APA出黎。雖然有一絲委屈嘅錯覺，實情你慌唔係妒忌人地咁有火咩。
反諷得黎好玩。期待創作團隊繼續尖銳。
Asian Student Work
Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu
Shi Teng WONG｜Gloria YEO｜Hana LEE
School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore｜2020｜7′｜Animation
In English & Hokkien with English subtitles
Hong Kong Premiere
2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Graduation Short Films in Competition
2021 Ufology and Paranormal Phenomena International Film Festival
2020 Cartoons Underground – Audience Choice
Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu is a fictional ghost documentary done in stop-motion. The story takes place in Singapore and involves a Singaporean influencer, a German professor, and a Singaporean auntie who is a “superstitions expert.” With the interviewees recounting their haunted experience at the rediscovered colonial bathroom atop Bukit Bulabu, an underlying family history between the three characters unfolds.
Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu’s Team
The team behind Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu is made up of Wong Shi Teng, Yeo Jia Min Gloria, and Hana Lee. The four are all alumni of the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, and produced this film as their graduation project.
