Writing
As a long-standing bar prepares to close, owner Hung and his young staff member Yip set out to return unclaimed bottles of wine to their owners. Through these encounters, Yip learns the deep connections between the wines and their stories, gaining insight into Hung’s philosophy. Alongside veteran bartender Bill, passionate mixologist Grace, and singer Adam, they create lasting memories for their customers in the bar’s final days.
A Hong Kong pastor faces an impossible test of faith when the young man responsible for his daughter's death arrives at his church seeking both salvation and shelter.
Magical moments happen both in and out of the movie theatre. Ho is a dedicated film buff who works in an independent movie theatre. He is especially passionate about the classics which hardly attract any audience. One evening he notices an audience bursting into tears during the closing credits of the fourth film she has watched in a row. Ho checks on her but she remains reserved. Upon seeing all the old film copies in the theatre, she realises Ho’s passion for film and opens up to him.
Smoker, a prefect in a boarding school, maintains order with weed and terror. Within the confines of the school, we witness a twisted version of a coming of age story of unbridled violence in the name of law and order, culminating tragically to the death of the bullied Dickhead. As the incident escalates and things go astray, Smoker faces a moral dilemma: Should he clear himself of further corruption, or should he act as an accomplice of the authorities? Stylistically extravagant, the short uses the secondary school as a metaphor to underpin the absurdity and brutality in ‘the worst of times.’
