We present the short films that will be screened at the Open Category of the ifva Festival which will take place from March 2 – 11, 2023 at the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Program 1
Screening Time: March 9, 2023 | Thursday | 7:30pm| Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre | HK$80 / 64 | With post-screening discussion

A former dancer encountering a sudden health issue, unveiled a deeper scar that is concealed inside her for over 20 years. (ifva Festival 2023)

Kai-leung is enrolled in a Christian school by his single mom of Buddhist faith. The prefect tells him faith conversion can reunite him with his father in heaven, but not being a Christian has progressively made him a victim of ridicule. To retaliate, Kai-leung brings an army of Chinese religious statuettes to even the odds. (ifva Festival 2023)

A group of delinquent tricks a middle-aged man and steals his phone. Upon checking the phone’s content, they find a short sex clip. While noisily commenting on the video, they cause the displeasure of two children, without realising they are getting involved in a gang dispute. (ifva Festival 2023)

Fut, a parking attendant who believes in gods and Buddha, meets a mute one day during worship who reveals a secret to him. From that day onwards, Fut gets very lucky and wins a windfall. Meanwhile, massage girl Fei Fei and her friend Mei want to blackmail Fatty, a lustful taxi driver… (ifva Festival 2023)

Di is a hoarder who scavenges trash, collecting cardboard boxes and selling them to earn meagre living. By chance, she sees the staff of a funeral home throwing away paper offerings in the back alley and asks them to let her resell in the market. Selling paper offerings brings income, but she lost the most important things eventually. (ifva Festival 2023)

Program 2
Screening Time: March 10th, 2023 | Friday | 7:30pm | Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre | HK$ 80/64 | With post-screening discussion

Fut, a parking attendant who believes in gods and Buddha, meets a mute one day during worship who reveals a secret to him. From that day onwards, Fut gets very lucky and wins a windfall. Meanwhile, massage girl Fei Fei and her friend Mei want to blackmail Fatty, a lustful taxi driver… (ifva Festival 2023)

The head prefect Jaguar and vice-head prefect Smoker of a boarding school are responsible to discipline but break rules in secret. The rule of law that governs both good and bad students is disrupted when an unexpected accident alarms the school principal and affects the power balance of the two. (ifva Festival 2023)

Shan is a cosmetician who runs a beauty salon business with her partner in a commercial building. When the government announces that beauty salons must be closed due to the pandemic, Shan is forced to stay at home with nothing to do and must confront a sudden onset of loneliness. Her ordinary life changes when she makes certain small connections. (ifva Festival 2023)

Decem has been participating in Garan’s human rights movement, but the situation makes him feel exhausted and scared, and so he goes into the forest to seek refuge. Leaving his responsibilities behind, he feels relieved at first, but the longer he spends in the forest, the more longing and loneliness he feels, which makes Decem realise that the crisis would not disappear even though he has left Garan. (ifva Festival 2023)

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