Asian Short Film Competition

《抱歉打搅了》

Sorry for the Inconvenience

Carl Chavez The Philippines

Joshua Joshua, a timid teenager, comes home one night bullied by his schoolmates. Burning an ire of revenge, he decides to take care of the matter himself. But things don’t go as planned. He is left with no choice but to ask his policeman father for help.

Joshua是一个害羞胆怯的少年。有一天晚上他被学校的同学霸凌，带着伤回到了家，他的心中燃起复仇的渴望，他决定要掌握自己的命运。但万事终不能如愿，走投无路之下，他只好寻求自己警察父亲的帮助。

Tidal

潮汐

Yenhsun Lee，Taiwan

李彦勋，台湾

It’s about a tidal like relationship. Ocean, a boy who grew in a small island. He has a taboo relationship with Tide, a sailor who regularly dock the island. On once Tide’s docking. Ocean is going to tell Tide that he had convinced his mother to let him go sailing. On the other hand, Tide has been concealing his married identity to Ocean. And he decided to end their romance.

这是一个爱如潮水的故事。Ocean（海洋）出生于一个小岛上，而Tide（潮水）是一名常常停靠小岛的水手。他们两人之间开展了一段禁忌之恋。某次靠岸，Ocean准备告诉Tide自己已经说服了母亲放他出海。然而在这段关系中，Tide却一直向Ocean隐瞒着自己已婚的身份，他终于决定结束这段恋情。

迟暮的纳西瑟斯

Old Narcissus

東海林 毅，日本

Tsuyoshi Shoji, Japan

An old picture book writer named Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty. But now, can’t bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Yamazaki collapses during an S&M session with Leo, and reveals his agony. But it’s lost on young Leo. Yamazaki turns to hurting himself in order to bear his own reflection in the mirror….

山崎是一名业已衰老的绘本作家。年轻时的他风华正茂，深陷于自己纳西瑟斯般的美貌无法自拔。现如今，年华已去，风光不在。某夜，他偶然认识了年轻帅气的Leo，从此两人开始了虐恋的关系。在某次S&M的过程中，山崎崩溃了，他再也无法遏制住心底的痛苦，而年轻的Leo则迷失了自己。当山崎望向镜子的时候，他只能看到这样的自己，于是开始了自残……

低烧

Feverish

郑陆心源，美国

Xinyuan Zheng Lu, the United States

Val, Max, Alix and Jonathan. They love then are apart. By the end of the day, the only loyalty to Val is music, to Max is freedom, to Alix is joy. Jonathan looks just like Max. "I can imagine my life without you, I just don't know if it will be better.” - Val

四个年轻人，Val，Max，Alix，还有Jonathan。他们相爱，然后别离。这个故事发生在数字时代、性别流动的现在，发生在四个生活在洛杉矶的年轻人身上。他们是这片土地的异乡人，尝试在彼此身上寻找一种类似于“家”的寄托。

“我可以想象生活里没有你，只是不确定，那是不是更好的生活。”－ Val

导演叙述：距离拍摄已有一段时间了，翻开那时搜集的素材，里面有一首顾城的诗。诗的最后一句写道，“一切多么远了，那个夏天还在拖延，那个声音已经停止。”

Pink Pill

粉色药丸

Xiaoshan Xie, China 谢晓珊，中国

The story happened in a small town in China. Zhang He, a girl in high school. She was found to be a lesbian and then being bullied. Li Bo, likes her very much. He tries so hard to protect her. One day, he was told that maybe aphrodisiac could cure her gayness. Will it? Can he really change her? Or only destroy them both?

江边小城，高二女孩张鹤的日记被人当众念了出来，她与陈雪这两个女孩之间的暧昧关系由此被公开。此后张鹤在学校不断受到舆论的伤害和欺凌。张鹤的同桌李波，一直暗恋着她，目睹发生在张鹤身上的一切，很是心疼，为了张鹤，懦弱的他甚至跟人打架。二人慢慢靠近，李波心中升起希望，也许自己的爱可以改变张鹤，使张鹤彻底摆脱困境。

Red

红

Yuchao Feng, the United States

冯宇超，美国

A teen finds comfort, freedom, and affirmation in dressing in “women’s clothing,” until they see their father on the street.

一名少年穿上“女装”，感到无比的舒适自在、自信满满。这样的美好只持续到ta在街上偶遇了自己的父亲……

Slingshot Prince

拿弹弓的王子

Sixin Lin, the United States/China

林思新，美国/中国

那是1995年的中国，南方一座小镇上有一位12岁的“假小子”女孩，家人见她都觉得脸上无光，但对她的弟弟宠爱有加。她一直打扮得像个男孩，思考方式也像个男人；她每天都掰着手指数着离开小镇的日子，期盼着有一天，她可以去到一个地方，受到同等的尊重。女孩这般独立的个性让班里的男生视她为眼中钉，生怕被她抢了风头。于是，他们把女孩围堵在一条漆黑的小巷子里羞辱和欺负了她，想借此教训她一下。自此之后，女孩下定决心要对这种不公进行报复。她追着男孩们满镇跑，用自己的弹弓将他们逐个拿下……

It’s 1995 in a small town in the south of China and 12-year-old Tomboy girl is an embarrassment to her family who values her younger brother far more than her. Tomboy girl has decided to dress like a boy, think like a man and count the days until she can leave her village and find a place where she can be treated as an equal. The boys in her school are threatened by Tomboy girl's independence and decide to teach her a lesson by cornering her in a dark alley and sexually molesting her. Determined to avenge this injustice, Tomboy girl chases the boys through town, picking them off one-by-one with her slingshot.

Uninvited

未邀而至

Seung Yeob Lee, Korea

Seung Yeob Lee，韩国

Jungho's mom comes up to Seoul and visits Jungho's place in a sudden and Jungho is not comfortable with her suddeb visit.

妈妈来到了首尔，造访了Jungho，面对这“不速之客”，Jungho不知如何是好……