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.
There’s No Sex, Only Fans
The surreal often emerges from everyday life. The rituals, urban legends, and folk beliefs in this selection may appear as distant as myths, yet they are deeply embedded in our daily experience, touching the most potent emotions and sense of awe within us. I have always believed that the surreal is not the strangeness of the external world, but an enlargement of what lies within. Between the mysterious and the mundane, the landscapes of Asia give rise to their own authentic and singular tales. These films move through the cracks between reality and myth, illuminating the subtle, ineffable connections between people and the world, between faith and the void.
The Poison Cat
The Walkers
Dayang Bersiong - The Sinful Cook
One to Ten
When dreams return in fragments, when memories slip away, when the past comes rushing in, when the storm circles back—take a few minutes, just drift for a few minutes. The everyday can transcend time and space; abstract animation and imagery capture colors we cannot speak aloud, like elephants hidden in a castle, a head holding onto its last strand of hair, someone lost in a midsummer dream, or a fierce cyclone swirling outside. We all need—and deserve—these few minutes.
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.
