Fresh Wave Retrospective: Award-winning Short Films

Mohammad is a young asylum seeker from Pakistan. To make a living, he works illegally as a night delivery worker. He spends his days with his compatriots looking for jobs and waiting for their application results, hoping indefinitely for a miracle.

In the summer of 1999, Janet is expecting her first child, while taking care of eight-year-old Lum Lum as a domestic helper. When Lum Lum finds out about the pregnancy, Janet asks her to keep it a secret.

Will reconciliation be possible for our conflicted young people in Hong Kong? A portrait of the era of estrangement and displacement.

12-year-old Anthony forgets to bring a crucial document and fails to complete the entrance exam paper. Driven by desperation, he seeks an opportunity to retrieve and complete his exam paper.

Two lonely souls meet in a bar on an ordinary night. United by a familiar-looking lighter and a familiar tune, they seem to have known each other long ago.

Single father Tsui meets university student Gigi who works at an old-fashioned barber shop that Tsui frequents. They bond immediately and begin a profound exchange.

A young couple boards a spaceship to reach their utopia. However, the theft of an important literary work, “Book of Flock”, turned their voyage into upheaval and jeopardized their dreams.

Two little brothers' daily lives dripping with innocence and purity. A Fresh Wave Award winning title and the debut of child actor Sean WONG Tsz-lok.

Is the mother-son bond eternal or just a recollection? Opening Short film by winner of Fresh Wave Award.

Child growing up in single-parent family and poverty struggles against going astray. Student division Best Film Award winner.

Children travelling to the future is a magical tale as well as a social commentary.

High school girl Shengnan gets invited to a weird adult party.

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A teacher’s pet who strives his best only to become the eternal runner-up, and a pair of intelligent but diametrically different step-siblings reconsider and challenge the limits of sense and sensibility through seven exam questions.

Golden Horse Best New Director Lau Kok-rui’s first narrative short film explores the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China through a love story.

The pursuit of justice in the post-truth era through an incident of sexual assault in school.

The disillusionment, loneliness and nostalgia of people who have been working for almost a decade.

School as a metaphor to underpin the absurdity and brutality in ‘the worst of times’ in Hong Kong.

A difficult debate ensues when love for the family conflicts with religious obligations.

Religious skepticism owing to the church's vileness and unspeakable deeds.

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We wake up in the morning just to find that life in here is just as it was the day before. With no other choice, we try to catch up with reality. Marco the sixth grader, however, is desperately seeking something else.

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Ching was asked by her mother to take her grandmother in until she would relocate to a nursing home.

After Ling conducts music therapy for her dementia-stricken father, which reveals their dark family history, she must face the conflicts between her and her older sister.

Working an unglamorous job at a warehouse, Man Hang was bullied by his boss with unreasonable demands. His mind wanders back to his school days especially when he was seated next to Wing Lok, a classmate with autism who was constantly ridiculed and taunted by the class.

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Nine works for an old laundry shop due for closure to make way for urban renewal projects. Ordered to return a washed suit and pocket watch to an old customer, Nine starts a journey within the area soon to be transformed beyond recognition.