ASIA
SHORTLIST
Ordinary Family
China / Horror / 36 minutes
Director/Writer: Funing Tang
Producer: Lu Liu
Cast: Shuai Song, Man Yang, Ping Ge
The 27-year-old Rongqiang Xiao (Son) still lives at his childhood home, with his alcoholic father (Father) and loving but clingy mother (Mother). On this day, a kind of zombie plague spreads in his community, and turns humans into zombies with obsessions.
Focus
China / Drama / 17 minutes
Director/Writer: Jingyi Chen
Producer: Xiaoyin Zhang, Sherry Shen
Cast: Yuyao Fang, Bing Zhang, Zhonghui Gong
We tend to have an aspiration to achieve something extraordinary in our life, but most people end up being ordinary, when we try to achieve our goals assiduously in a narrow field and pay little attention to anything other than our profession, do we actually miss something more meaningful in our life?
Lucky Cat
Hong Kong / Drama / 25 minutes
Director: Yeung Kwong Chung
Writer: Yeung Kwong Chung, Wan Shuk Han
Producer: Fruit Chan
Cast: Lam Hoi Suet, Mui Chun Ho, Deng Yue Ping, Ho Sai Man
Ah Fut, a lowly parking attendant is very superstitious. One day, he encounters a mute fortune teller who reveals a secret to him. Suddenly, Ah Fut becomes un-naturally lucky.