SCFF: Animated Shorts

1. Till The Stars Rise 三时一日, 16 mins, Rating TBA
Director: YU Yu 余𦘒
Genre: Animation
Cast: WU Zhi-xuan 吴至璿, CHEN Po-kang 陈伯冈, CHANG Mien-mien 张棉棉, KAO Chin-yun 高靓芸, CHOU Li-ling 周俪玲, WU Yun-yun 吴允耘
Language: Hokkien, Mandarin
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:
If you only had three hours a day, what kind of life would you want to live? A comet has disrupted humanity's biological clock, limiting people to just three waking hours a day. During his journey, Ian encounters different families and their perspectives on limited time, exploring various life choices along the way.

2. He Looked Back for a Moment and Time Passed 坐看流年轻度, 7 mins, Rating TBA
Director: CHEN Qiang 陈镪
Genre: Animation
Cast: CHEN Qiang 陈镪, PU Yuemei 蒲粤梅
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Synopsis:
During the Cultural Revolution, a minor flaw in a leader's portrait led to denunciation and imprisonment. This hand-drawn, single-shot animation gently revisits the quiet tragedy of an artist who lost his youth to a moment of imperfection.

3. Beneath the Blue Cloud 蓝色乌云, 8 mins, Rating TBA
Director: CHEN Qiang 陈镪
Genre: Animation
Cast: CHEN Qiang 陈镪, PU Yuemei 蒲粤梅
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English & Chinese
Synopsis:
Xiao Lan, weighed down by depression rooted in family pain, struggles between escape and entrapment. A dark cloud follows her—yet she clings to the hope of finding a way out.

4. The Litterateur 文学家, 12 mins, Rating TBA
Director: Jade LIEN 连亚珏, Heyu LIAO 廖禾瑜
Genre: Animation
Cast: Lindsay SHEPPARD, Risa MEI
Language: English
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Synopsis:
“You have read all the stories in the world, but can you tell me your story?” The city library is preparing to shut its doors. Confronted with the prospect of being shut down, Mia, an AI database and librarian, begins to question her existence and develop her first creative consciousness.

5. Rocked by the Wind 风的前奏, 14 mins, Rating TBA
Director: HUANG Hsiao-shan 黄小珊
Genre: Animation
Cast: Jason LI 李杰轩, CHANG Shao-hua 张少华, TSAI Jia-yin 蔡嘉茵, LIN Chia-chuan 林家全
Language: Hokkien, Mandarin
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Synopsis:
• The 27th Taipei Film Festival for Best Animation
• The 47th Golden Harvest Awards Grand Prize

Yearning to connect with his bandmates and wanting a break from chores, high school senior Shuan headed to the city, to escape the familiar expectations of his family, only to be caught in a typhoon later that day. Navigating the fierce storm became an unexpected test in his pursuit of his dream.

6. Blacky the Metal Arm Cat 铁臂猫黑别, 15mins, Rating TBA
Director: Nic HO 何历
Genre: Animation
Cast: LAU Wai Ming 乔靖夫, Yuki YEUNG 杨婉潼
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:
• Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025 for Digital Entertainment (Animation and Visual Effects) Bronze Award

In a world where martial arts have lost their value with the arrival of alien technology, martial artists have become marginalised. Blacky, a black cat with a mechanical arm, seeks revenge for his slain master. Determined to confront enemies equipped with alien technology, he relies on traditional skills to prove his worth and redefine martial arts.