International Girl Shorts: Finale(HKLGFF 2024)

Movie Name: Girlfriends (Hélène et les filles) *
Language: French(English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 23 Mins
Director: Claire Bonnefoy
Story: Hélène and Samia have always been best friends. They tell each other everything: their love stories as well as their sexual ones. When Samia was dating Gaby, she used to tell Hélène all about their passionate nights together, but now, it is Hélène who is in a couple with Gaby……

Movie Name: Three *
Language: English, Mandarin(English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 15 Mins
Director: Amie Song
Story: At her birthday party, a Chinese woman who has recently moved to the United States to live with her daughter tries to keep her daughter’s secrets from her new friends.

Movie Name: If (Jodi)*
Language: Bengali, English(English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 23 Mins
Director: Tathagata Ghosh
Story: Jaya and Fatima, two women in love, are separated because of Jaya’s marriage arranged by her conservative father. Trapped and helpless, Jaya is about to give up, when life suddenly brings her to a strange crossroad.

Movie Name: Landing On Ice
Language: Cantonese, English(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 23 Mins
Director: Jane Leung
Story: Hong Kong figure skater Wing-yee travels to Toronto alone for advanced training, aspiring to compete on the international stage. Despite the warm welcome and encouragement she receives there, very soon Win-yee faces setbacks and realises she is falling behind her peers. It is the friendship and support of warm-hearted Christy that eventually helps Wing-yee through her initial confusion and self-doubt, and she gradually develops a fondness for this beautiful roommate.

- Director in attendance
* Hong Kong Premiere