Open Call Shorts(HKLGFF 2019)

Movie Name: 2064
Language: Others(In Parts)(English Subtitle)
Category: IIA
Duration: 12 mins
Director: Joseph Adesunloye
Story: Ireti and Tonto’s love is put to the test when the new state of Grand Afrique attempts to end the continent’s environmental catastrophe and revive the climate by instituting an annual cull of men.

Movie Name: Treacle
Language: English(No Subtitles)
Category: IIB
Duration: 17 mins
Director: Rosie Westhoff
Story: Belle and Jessie go on a weekend away to help Jessie get over her recent breakup from her boyfriend. Over the course of 24 hours, lines begin to blur between them when the always-heterosexual Jessie in her drunken, post breakup loneliness kisses bisexual Belle.

Movie Name: Lesson #8
Language: English
Category: IIB
Duration: 6 mins
Director: Alberto Ferreras
Story: A gay app hookup takes an unexpected turn, proving that the best laid plans won’t get you laid as you planned.

Movie Name: Denim
Language: English
Category: IIA
Duration: 15 mins
Director: Daryen Ru
Story: On a regular day at school, Micayla is outed as transgender when a rival classmate vengefully takes a photo of her using the girl’s bathroom. She is ostracized by the other students and labeled a sex offender by local law enforcement.

Movie Name: Three Months
Language: French(English Subtitle)
Category: IIB
Duration: 17 mins
Director: Sasha Alcoloumbre
Story: When a young man belatedly reveals his HIV status to his lover, their romance waivers.

Movie Name: Otherland
Language: English(No Subtitle)
Category: IIA
Duration: 14 mins
Director: Jan Pieter Tuinstra
Story: A vogue dancer performs at a Voodoo Carnival Ball, an important dance contest where he will have to prove himself to be accepted by the local ballroom community.

Movie Name: Xiao Xian
Language: Mandarin, Spanish(English Subtitle)
Category: --
Duration: 17 mins
Director: Jiajie Yu Yan
Story: Xiao Xian is in charge of finishing a dress. Her mother has decided that she is going to take care of it that night, and she obeys as usual. Sheng Xia, her best friend shows up at her house to convince her to go partying. Xiao Xian accepts, but she cannot imagine what will end up happening that night.