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The 30th ifva Awards

Asian New Force Finalist Showcase

Programme 1

Asian New Force Finalist Showcase

11/10 (Sun) | 7:30pm | Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre | 119' | HK$ 85/68*

Green Lake

Zhu Lin Wei

China / 29'57'' / In Mandarin with English subtitles

A noir tale of love, revenge, and self-redemption. In a decaying phosphate fertilizer factory in Yunnan, Hu Xin, a boiler worker haunted by the childhood drowning of a playmate, meets Li Yue—a girl who eerily resembles the one he lost...

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Diệu-An

Vietnam / 28'36'' / In Vietnamese with English subtitles

The story begins when Bà Phán, a 70-year-old widow, whose life is bound within the kitchen’s walls, walks in on a strip show of her granddaughter (Nhiên, 18-year-old) in her room, to the camera, on a cam-site. Angry and ashamed, Bà Phán judges Nhiên as equal to being a prostitute for doing the cam-modeling work...

Side A: A Summer Day

Wan Kin Fai

China / 21'54'' / In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

If Fei finishes his summer homework on time, his mother promises he'll get the toy he's been dreaming of. Today is the last day of summer, but Fei's mother doesn't seem to be keeping her promise. Things don't go as Fei had planned. On the last day of Fei's summer, he decidesto spend the day in a different way.

We Will Follow The Wind

Demon Wong

China, France, Hong Kong / 18'30'' / In Mandarin and Cantonese with Simplified Chinese and English subtitles

Teenager"Rat" was abandoned by his partner during a theft before the typhoon, and encounter anger from security guard and his family. He tries to take out his anger on his partner, but their violence is interrupted by the typhoon.LA OÙ LE VENT NOUS MÈNE

All Our Emotions

Si Jun Chen

China / 19'59'' / In Mandarin with English subtitles

In a frozen border town of Heilongjiang, a sixteen-year-old boy is diagnosed with a hidden condition at a clinic, yet has no one to confide in. Within a desolate Mongolian-style folk park, his secret feelings for an oilfield captain come to a head—only to confront the icy weight of reality in a snow-covered car on a winter night...

Programme 2

Asian New Force Finalist Showcase

23/10 (Fri) | 7:30pm | Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre | 117' | HK$ 85/68*

A Soil A Culture A River A People

Viv Li

China, Germany / 14'28'' / In Mandarin, English and German with Chinese and English subtitles

In a dystopian future where borders between countries are indefinitely closed, a replica of Hannover becomes the only way to experience Western culture. Citizen Yu roams around this nostalgic yet eerie town built by the memories of the past. What does he really see?

The Wayward Bird

Lee Seung Jae

South Korea / 28'15'' / In Korean with English subtitles

Sangjae, a janitor at a university, finds solace in birdwatching, his one and only hobby. But when a new campus building goes up, its glass facade becomes a death trap for migratory birds. One day, he notices Tom, an older janitor, quietly placing stickers on the windows to prevent more fatal collisions...

Wind Gap

Zheng Lu Xinyuan

China / 29'34'' / In Mandarin, English and Vietnamese with English subtitles

Ming, unexpectedly becomes pregnant in a dimming relationship, and her life seems to have come to a sudden halt. She embarks on a journey to the China-Vietnam border alone, encountering gods and ghosts.

Wasteland in Embers

Jia Rui Jie

China / 24'05'' / In Mandarin with English subtitles

2012, Bashang Grassland, Hebei in China. A small town smothered by sand and unemployment after the coal mine shuts down. A girl with an intellectual disability lives with her grandmother, holding on to each other. When the grandmother suffers a sudden stroke, the responsibility of her care is passed around among the children...

The Last Jiangshi

Yu Chih Chieh

China, Taiwan / 20'00'' / In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles

From ancient corpse-herding rituals to cult cinema, the jiangshi became a Chinese cultural icon. This documentary follows Lao Li, believed to be the last jiangshi alive today.