Runtime: 00:55:10
Available: May 19, 2022 11:25
Until: May 20, 2022 23:59

CBFF 2022 Poetic Short Film

Loading Access
Loading Access

Circular Ruins

Circular Ruins

00:18:37

Liang Jing, a woman who works in the city, returns to the village where her parents live. Her mother orders her to consult an old fortuneteller for finding marriage. Although Liang is hesitant to obey her mother, she goes to the woman’s place one night. During the meeting, Liang's reality starts to intertwine with her past. Under the guidance of the fortuneteller, Liang’s life starts to change.

Before A Truth

Before A Truth

00:01:52

A Story of Water: The crucial life sustaining resource, squandered, depleted, and a scarcity for many. Yet, in a climate veering from flood to drought, ignorance and denial of the implications for catastrophic human conflict and natural loss ominously persists.

Asian Brass

Asian Brass

00:23:51

It’s an elegy written for the hometown. Ping, a high school teacher, overwhelmed by disappointing trivial matters in daily life, became able to see her dead grandpa in the his old house awaiting demolished.

Libby's shores

Libby's shores

00:10:50

In a story of unrequited love, we find Libby on the seam between desire and reality. Drifting as she navigates the shifting shoreline between these embattled landscapes, she closes a circle with Yuli.

Loading Access
Loading Access