World Animation for Adults (HKIFF48)

Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
30 Mar 2024 (Sat)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
82 Minutes
Language
TBC
Subtitle
TBC
Director
Flóra Anna Buda, Elie Chapuis, Lea Vidakovi
Cast
---
Synopsis
27 (11min)
Today, Alice turns 27. Still living with her parents, she daydreams of escaping her dreary mundane life. After taking psychedelics at a party, she has a serious bike accident. Will the short coma compel her to face the realities of her life? Palme d’Or Short Film, Cannes.
Duck (Canard) (9min)
Living on an isolated farm, Vladimir and Olga raise ducks and hope for a baby. As the woman forms a bond with an injured duck, it comes into their lives and turns their expectations into a nightmare, evoking a psychological and metaphorical parenting nightmare.
The Family Portrait (Obiteljski Portret) (15min)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon, just before the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Andras’ aristocratic home is intruded by a sudden visit from his brother, and his twelve-member family. The elegant estate becomes an outright allegory for a dysfunctional family relationship.
Beautiful Men (19min)
Three bald brothers travel to Istanbul to have a hair transplant. When they discover that the clinic can only accommodate one of them, the tension between them begins to rise, along with their insecurities, which grow faster than their hair.
The Lovers (13min)
A man and a woman enjoy a romantic dinner at a restaurant. Suddenly the man’s face starts to change, and the couple is forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations. This Stop motion parable manifests the disintegration of a relationship after the masks we wear fall away.
Peeping Mom (Le Sexe de Ma Mère) (15min)
At the age of fifty, Éli’s daily life consists of caring for his wheelchair-bound mother, nostalgic for her wild youth, and still obsessed with sex. Intrusive and manipulative, she keeps urging her son to copulate with her neighbour, even after she dies…

27 (11min)
Today, Alice turns 27. Still living with her parents, she daydreams of escaping her dreary mundane life. After taking psychedelics at a party, she has a serious bike accident. Will the short coma compel her to face the realities of her life? Palme d’Or Short Film, Cannes.
Duck (Canard) (9min)
Living on an isolated farm, Vladimir and Olga raise ducks and hope for a baby. As the woman forms a bond with an injured duck, it comes into their lives and turns their expectations into a nightmare, evoking a psychological and metaphorical parenting nightmare.
The Family Portrait (Obiteljski Portret) (15min)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon, just before the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Andras’ aristocratic home is intruded by a sudden visit from his brother, and his twelve-member family. The elegant estate becomes an outright allegory for a dysfunctional family relationship.
Beautiful Men (19min)
Three bald brothers travel to Istanbul to have a hair transplant. When they discover that the clinic can only accommodate one of them, the tension between them begins to rise, along with their insecurities, which grow faster than their hair.
The Lovers (13min)
A man and a woman enjoy a romantic dinner at a restaurant. Suddenly the man’s face starts to change, and the couple is forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations. This Stop motion parable manifests the disintegration of a relationship after the masks we wear fall away.
Peeping Mom (Le Sexe de Ma Mère) (15min)
At the age of fifty, Éli’s daily life consists of caring for his wheelchair-bound mother, nostalgic for her wild youth, and still obsessed with sex. Intrusive and manipulative, she keeps urging her son to copulate with her neighbour, even after she dies…

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