Girl Shorts(HKLGFF 2019)

Movie Name: Confessional
Language: English(No Subtitle)
Category: I
Duration: 4 mins
Director: Louise Marie Cooke
Story: *World Premiere
A teenage Catholic girl has been dreaming of 'unnatural passions' and feels she must confess to her school priest. As she stumbles over her carefully prepared speech, choking on words that do not ring true, she learns the delicious joy of owning her desires.

Movie Name: When Abbie Met Emmy
Language: No Dialogue
Category: I
Duration: 10 mins
Director: Kevin Walls
Story: When an offbeat young woman encounters her perfect match in a movie theatre, she must summon the courage to win her dream girl’s heart.

Movie Name: U for Usha
Language: Marathi(English Subtitle)
Category: IIA
Duration: 22 mins
Director: Rohan Kanawade
Story: Usha, a single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, feels drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she never knew possible.

Movie Name: Home Girl
Language: English(No Subtitle)
Category: IIA
Duration: 12 mins
Director: Poonam Brah
Story: Plunged into despair after her mother’s death and burdened by things left unsaid, Roya is forced to face up to her true desires.

Movie Name: Tamagotchi
Language: Portuguese(English Subtitle)
Category: IIB
Duration: 23 mins
Director: Fernanda Reis
Story: Laura makes a decision to turn off the Internet and look at the world around her. She soon meets Agatha and they fall in love for each other. Almost like everything was planned to happen.

Movie Name: How to Live Your Life Correctly
Language: Mandarin(English Subtitle)
Category: IIA
Duration: 21 mins
Director: Xindi Lou
Story: *Asian Premiere
A troubled, neurotic teenager pins all hope for an existential breakthrough on the love of her rebellious hospital roommate.

Movie Name: Forget-Me-Not
Language: Spanish(English Subtitle)
Category: I
Duration: 7 mins
Director: Ferran Navarro-Beltrán Viñuales
Story: Irene and Luisa, two 70-year-old women go to a cemetery to visit their deceased relatives. A series of coincidences will cause their paths to cross.