Shorts 3

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

What does it mean to lose a colour? The film 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

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing “Ode to Joy” at the ceremony for the new incoming 1st graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part, the big drum.

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

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.