Angie
When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.
Set in Norway, Lykke Til is a story about struggling in a foreign land. Ann, who has moved to Norway, is facing obstacles on multiple fronts: visa, employment, cultural differences, racism and an unexpected pregnancy, which puts her relationship with her girlfriend in jeopardy, another secret hovering over the already strained relationship with her mother. Instead of trying to simply stay afloat, the worst person in the world now has to make a decision and reclaim her life. The director who also writes the script and plays the main role expresses through the short her own experience as a Chinese diaspora and creative talent living in Europe.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an owner of a cleaning company meets a young mother and her daughter. Would their encounter save each other during the recession of Hong Kong's economy?
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play the devil and idiot game. Meanwhile, heated debates emerge inside the jury room, where nine jurors grapple with the truth.
At first glance, Grandma MUI and Uncle CHEUNG look just like another ordinary elderly couple loitering outside a school wall. Grandma MUI is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and her conditions deteriorate notably after the death of her granddaughter Ka-ching from a fall off the school building, with the school officials suspected of negligence and being dishonest in their testimony. Stricken by grief, Grandma MUI’s mind falls into complete chaos as memories, delusions and reality mesh together. Uncle CHEUNG, indirectly connected to Ka-ching’s death, lacks the courage to tell the truth. As an act of atonement, he takes care of Grandma MUI even when the future looks bleak…
The fairy tale of childhood is that our lives will follow an ideal trajectory. Destiny decides otherwise for Wing-Kai who becomes bedridden, paralysed from the neck down after a car accident. The monotonous hospital life depresses the young man. Years later, he meets a young girl who is caring for her boyfriend in vegetative state, believing that her love will wake him up eventually. Wing-Kai ridicules her innocent optimism. When the young man recovers miraculously, hope reawakens in Wing-Kai who begins rehabilitation training with great fervour. However, time passes and everything remains the same. Sinking into even deeper despair, Wing-Kai tries to regain control over his own destiny……
Ching
홍콩에 사는 노년의 게이 남성들의 사랑 이야기이다. 70세의 택시 기사 박은 부인과 함께 살고 있으며 아들 가족과 임신한 채 결혼하려는 딸을 지척에 두고 있다. 사별한 채 독실한 기독교인인 아들 가족과 함께 사는 호이는 손녀를 챙기는 낙 외에는 즐거움이 별로 없다. 가족들에게 자신의 성 정체성을 숨기며 살아온 박과 호이는 우연한 첫 만남 이후 점차 함께 있는 시간이 늘어나고, 서로에게 사랑을 느끼게 된다. 한편, 호이는 60세 이상 게이 남성들의 모임에 정기적으로 참여하고 있는데 이들은 정부로부터 게이 노인들을 위한 양로원 건립 지원을 받기 위해 포럼을 기획한다. 그러나 누구도 대중 앞에 나서서 연설하려고 들지 않는다.
