Shorts 3

Losing Blue
Leanne Allison | 2023 | 17 min | Canada
Asia Pacific Premiere

What does it mean to lose a colour? Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the
otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change.

Girls Move Mountains
Anna Huix | 2024 | 20 min | Spain
Asia Pacific Premiere

A group of young girls who use soccer to fight for gender equality and gain independence in one of the most remote places on earth, the Karakoram Mountain Range, Pakistan.

Instruments of a Beating Heart
Ema Ryan Yamazaki | 2024 | 24 min | Japan
International Premiere

1st grader Ayame's ups and downs from music audition to performance reveal lessons of sacrifice and resilience in the Japanese education system.

Girl of Wind
Nanhsi Yuen | 2023 | 38 min | China
International Premiere

This is a story about how a deaf girl help her hearing friend to find the purpose of life.
Yang Yang, a lonely deaf girl, often climbs with her bare hands on top of 500 tall buildings in the city. By chance, Nanhsi, met her and the two started to share a special life journey together.