SEA Short Film Competition 4

More Than Happy (2025) Tan Wei Keong | Singapore | 2025 | 7 min | M18 (Some Mature Content) Waiting for their food at a restaurant, two queer couples at separate tables talk about their dreams, their ideas of time and happiness, as well as whether or not they should leave. Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (2025) Chheangkea | Cambodia, France, US | 2025 | 19 min | M18 (Some Mature Content) When a deceased matriarch learns that her beloved grandson is engaged to a girl, she watches over the closeted young man as he wrestles with the pressure to conform. Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts (2025) Rein Maychaelson | Indonesia | 2025 | 19 min | M18 (Sexual Scene and Nudity) Sammi has the extraordinary ability to remove his limbs and organs, gifting them to others. When he passes, his mother sets out to recover these parts, determined to bury him whole. Through Your Eyes (2025) Nelson Yeo | Singapore | 2025 | 20 min | PG13 (Some Mature Content) In a discotheque stuck in the 80s, four lives intertwine as each search for connection and meaning amidst the pulsating beats and timeless allure of an era that refuses to fade. The Last Swimming Reunion Before Life Happens (2025) Glenn Barit | Philippines | 2024 | 19 min | PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Sexual References) In 2010, a group of high-school classmates reunite for a swimming trip, not knowing it’s the last one they’ll ever be fully together. A meditation on death and all things dying.