40 Short Films you shouldn’t miss at the 7th Minikino Film Week (Part 2)

By Asian Film Festival on September 2, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

We continue with the list of short films that you shouldn’t miss at the 7th Minikino Film Week which will take place from September 3rd – 11th, 2021 in Bali, Indonesia.

See PART 1 HERE

– Recommendations –

**Looking for Wong Kar Wai** by Christopher Ling Jing – Malaysia | 2020 – 2 minutes
**Section**: Flicker

A girl going back to a place she once bared her all to a boy, whom infatuated by Wong Kar Wai’s films.

**Luu Ngal Chay Kya** (Age of Youth) by Myo Thar Khin – Myanmar | 2020 – 20 minutes
**Section**: Longing

Young Employees from a plastic ware store, Sithu & Min Htet plan a mission for Sithu to elope with a girl.

**Makassar is a city for Football Fans** by Khozy Rizal – Indonesia, France | 2020 – 20 minutes
**Section**: Hidden Truth

In a city when the ‘men’ have to go crazy about football, Akbar has to pretend to love football in order to prevent rejection.

**Maskaholic** by Hiroki Horanai – Japan | 2020 – 15 minutes
**Section**: Bizarre

When Kumi wears a mask, she looks like a famous actress, Maiko. A photo of Kumi is published in a magazine as Maiko.

**Menthol** by Chae Yu – Korea | 2019 – 3 minutes
**Section**: Image Forum Film Festival, Japan

Late at night, an unfounded anxiety and frustration comes without warning. It is faint at first, but it grows, becomes independent, and eventually begins to speak to me in someone else’s voice.

**Morning Glory** by Grace Song – Singapore | 2021 – 14 minutes
**Section**: Wondering

Young french horn player OLGA is forced to confront her fear of moths when she is haunted by one that would not go away.

**Mother, flower** by Kim Eun-hye Hong – Korea | 2020 – 16 minutes
**Section**: Seoul Yeongdeugpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival

Mother, Flower, is a story of a woman, Soo, who is having a hard time to adjust herself as a new mom to her newborn child after a few months of delivering her first baby.

**Notes Before the wind** by Ip Yuk-Yiu – Hong Kong | 2020 – 26 minutes
**Section**: Image Forum Film Festival, Japan

A fragmented record of Hong Kong from 2014 to 2019. Views switching between unremarkable everyday life and after the sites of mass media reports of the Umbrella Movement and protests.

**Out Loud** by William Adiguna – Indonesia | 2020 – 6 minutes
**Section**: Bemused

A guy’s morning takes many turns as an unexplainable phenomena happens to him.

**PICK-UP** by Roh Dohyeon – Korea | 2020 – 14 minutes
**Section**: Seoul Yeongdeugpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival

Chu-hyun, a newbie film staff, drives a van to pick up an actress. But as a result of miscommunications on both parties, she ends up giving a ride to a prostitute, Hee-ra.

**Rite of Passage** by Olivia Griselda – Indonesia | 2020 – 4 minutes
**Section**: Experimental 1

Shot in Solo, Indonesia, this dance film follows a man who must choose to embrace either the rhythm of time or the will of nature.

**Solo Trekker** by Chang Jing-Ye (Ying-Hui) – Taiwan | 2021 – 25 minutes
**Section**: Slice of Life

The fates of two souls who trek alone intertwine briefly.

**Step into the river** by Ma Weijia – China, France | 2020 – 15 minutes
**Section**: Passages

A fairy tale about 2 girls who try to overcome prejudices of a sexist society and their past traumas.

**The Men Who Wait** by Trương Minh Quý – France, Singapore | 2021 – 15 minutes
**Section**: Intricate Love

On a slag heap where coal miners used to tramp, men are now awaiting each other.

**The Rebound** by Sung Changwon – Korea | 2020 – 9 minutes
**Section**: Seoul Yeongdeugpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival

Sujin is upset at her boyfriend for not calling her. When he finally does contact her, Sujin ends up saying some things that she will later regret.

**The Smell of Coffee** by Nishok – Singapore | 2020 – 12 minutes
**Section**: SX2021 Singapore

Raga accompanies his grieving grandmother in the wake of his grandfather’s passing. Perplexed by his absence, Raga innocently yearns for his return.

**Touch (Cham)** by Pham Linh – Vietnam | 2020 – 36 minutes
**Section**: SX2021 Vietnam

Sharing the same bed with his roommate, a young man begins to have homoerotic phantasy.

**Trainee** by Park Ji In – Korea | 2020 – 15 minutes
**Section**: Seoul Yeongdeugpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival

Ga-young has been training to be a K-pop star for years at an entertainment company, when one day she is suddenly asked to leave the company.

**Treno Waranggono** by Fitri Mursidah – Indonesia | 2019 – 13 minutes
**Section**: IR2021 Yogyakarta & Jawa Tengah

A story about Eko Sutomo or also known as Ambar, a transwoman doing domestic chores like housewives.

**Waltz** by Mari Miyazawa – Japan | 2019 – 14 minutes
**Section**: Jolly

The world of wheat. Nine is confused by a different world, but eventually he comes to terms with everyone.

For more information about this festival please visit: https://minikino.org/filmweek

About:
MINIKINO FILM WEEK has been held annually since 2015. This festival was founded and organized by the Minikino committee as its parent organization, which has been working since 2002 in this field. Furthermore, the Minikino organization is under the Indonesian legal entity; Yayasan Kino Media.

Minikino Film Week International Short Film Festival reaffirms that short films are cultural products with cultural and social values from the artists who live in that society. The short film presents artistic achievements in a contemporary product that describes the latest cultural, aesthetic and social trends.