Noname Square
The Last Day of Summer
isle of Chair
The War of Roses
Aunt Lotus & Her Dream Bicycle
Amour-Legende
Collaborating with Giloo, Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival has created its own online streaming platform where the past short films will be launched in turn. This platform not only provides the audience with viewing the short films again but also strives for getting in touch with more people. The first-round released short films are those award-winning titles from international or local film festivals. There will be more features coming up. Please stay tuned with us!
The Gentle Madness
Trek of an Extinct Bird
A Long Ride
The Sea Within
This Is Not the End
Almost Home
The theme of this program is hookup films — stories of young men and women in the city, some by chance, others by design. Each work carries a strong sense of space: homes, subways, laundromats, saunas — online and offline, full of contemporary texture. Sex is the desire to live; when facing death, I feel small, and each night becomes a luxury. At some point, I stopped saying “forever” and began saying “the rest of my life,” though what remains may be only tonight. In one scene, he asks, “Why do you make films?” She answers, “Because I like it.” Because I like it — that’s how simple the reason is for this generation.
These films document the everyday through diverse experimental forms, reflecting the entanglement of self, gender, and history. From the fissures of collective memory to fragments of perception, each work reimagines the boundary between life and politics, body and identity. Within the everyday lie emotion, memory, and unease — a quiet dialogue between self and world, extending into technology, belonging, and the imagination of the future.
“Hong Kong Movies Never Die ” marks its tenth anniversary — ten years witnessing the highs and lows of Hong Kong cinema. This selection features films I believe are worth recommending from the past decade. They may not be flawless, but each is the work of an emerging director. As the saying goes, “the younger generation surpasses the old,” and newcomers are no less capable than their predecessors. To keep Hong Kong cinema alive and unbroken — to truly achieve “Hong Kong Movies Never Die ” — please support these new forces of quality Hong Kong filmmaking.
KJ: Music and Life
3 Generations 3 Days
Before the Box Gets Emptied
In the playground of short animations, established narrative frameworks are shattered. Sensibility breaks free from the shackles of human form, finding freedom in the world of images. From the whimsical love between human and beast to the dogs nurtured upon the skin, here we transform, merge, fracture, and reassemble— finding a five-minute respite.
Are children inherently innocent? And what kinds of struggles do teenagers face while growing up? Here are 5 selected short films that invite us, as adults, to re-enter the world of children and adolescents, in an attempt to get a little closer to them.
Shouting my heart out in the square, only to lose my voice like some bad joke. About to wave the flag—almost take the wrong one. Guess I’m hitting that early-senior haze; can’t be bothered to raise it anymore. Forgot it, just headed home and went to bed early. Before sleeping, I watched some films on Giloo—ended up in tears. Turns out awakening just makes things blurrier. Can't help pressing the play button for the next video.
