Hong Kong

Shorts 8: Drama

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In these five shorts, exceptional international filmmakers explore subjects ranging from sex and war to grief and hippos. Whether employing dark humor or grounded realism, these stories speak to the complexities of the human experience.
A little girl sits in the backseat of a car facing the back.She looks over her shoulder to an older man, sitting beside her.

Hippopotami

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When a young girl embarks on a highly anticipated trip to the zoo with her parents and some unexpected strangers, she comes to understand a new side of her parents’ inner lives. This story of innocence lost deftly weaves dark humor with delicately nuanced characters.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 8: Drama.[…]

Time and Texture: Experimental

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Some rules are made to be broken. Singular and diverse experiences of identity, sensation, isolation, and time are translated into stunning images and sound. The resulting seven films play like something of a dream, capturing the feeling of being alive as only cinema can.

My Life as McDull

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McDull and his mother may be animated pigs, but their lives are those of working class Hong Kong residents. The film is a charming, involving picture that epitomizes the irrepressible and happy-go-lucky spirit of Hong Kong.[…]

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