S-EXPRESS 2021 NETWORKS

SHIN HUA // Erick Sutanto / Indonesia / 2020 / Documentary / 15:00 // Freddy Kustanto, an old barber who struggles alone to defend the Shin Hua barbershop, a legacy from his parents. // Awards/Screenings: 2nd Winner ACFFEST in Documentary Category / Selected in MMSD April 2021: Craft

MAYANG O MAYANG // Anggita Puri / Indonesia / 2019 / Fiction / 10:00 // Joko has been looking for a life partner for years. The story of the city of Jakarta and its signature drink, Es Selendang Mayang. // Awards/Screenings: Best Short Film – Jakarta Short Film Festival 2019 / Best Fiction and Peoples’ Choice Award – ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Competition 2020

CHINTYA // Sesarina Puspita / Indonesia / 2019 / Fiction / 23:59 // Conversation of a conservative family about a disturbing guest, named Chintya.

HAI GUYS BALIK LAGI SAMA GUE, TUHAN! (Hey Guys It’s Me Again God!) // Winner Wijaya / Indonesia / 2020 / Fiction / 04:53 // What if God has a vlog? // Awards/Screenings: Pemenang Minikino Begadang Competition 2020 / Nominasi Piala Citra Film Pendek Cerita Terbaik Festival Film Indonesia 2020

MARIA ADO’E (Poor Maria) // Gleinda Stefany / Indonesia / 2020 / Fiction / 12:31 // Maria from NTT is migrating to Java for school. She often changes boarding houses because she experiences acts of racism. // Awards/Screenings: Pemenang Pilihan Juri: Semester Pendek 2020 / Indonesia Raja 2021 Official Selection

KHILAF // Khairi Asyraff / Malaysia / 2019 / Fiction / 23:14 // A single father who has to question his morality to decide whether to marry off his daughter in her early age with someone who has raped her.

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE // Christopher Ling Jing / Malaysia / 2019 / Fiction / 27:50 // In November 1989, a 19-year-old girl of mixed race, Elise came from the inland of Sarawak recently displaced for a dam construction to work at a flower shop located in the town.

THE CLOUD IS STILL THERE // Mickey Lai / Malaysia / 2020 / Fiction / 18:45 // When her grandfather becomes terminally ill, Xiao Le, a young Christian woman, faces a critical decision over whether she should intervene with her family’s Taoist rituals.

LATE SUMMER DAY // Nay Wunn Ni / Myanmar / 2020 / Fiction / 22:21 // On a late summer day, Wutt Yee plans to chase a better chance in life while it costs to ignore her own state of being happy.

THE COCKROACH (Thu) // Sxar Kiss / Myanmar / 2020 / Fiction / 09:27 // A girl was so in love with her adopted brother but her brother engaged with his lover. She think she decide to stay or get away from this take.

BURN BOYS // Kaung Myat Thu Kyaw / Myanmar / 2020 / Fiction / 11:12 // Two sons of a Karen woman who was raped reunite with his father, a former Air Force officer.

AGE OF YOUTH // Myo Thar Khin / Myanmar / 2020 / Fiction / 20:12 // Employees from a plastic ware store, Sithu and Min Htet, plan a mission for Sithu to elope with a girl.

BUDOTS: THE CRAZE // Jay Rosas & Mark Limbaga / Philippines / 2019 / Documentary / 22:23 // Davao City before it got viral in the Internet and social media. An internet bum and a small group of people.

HILUM // Don Josephus Eblahan / Philippines / 2021 / Fiction / 02:46 // Mona trains under her mother to start working as a professional mourner-for-hire.\

HOW TO DIE YOUNG IN MANILA // Petersen Vargas / Philippines / 2020 / Fiction / 11:35 // An allegory for distraction, a teenage boy roams Manila looking for an anonymous hookup.

ANDREW // Koo Chia Meng / Singapore / 2020 / Fiction / 17:45 // A man contemplates the prospect of fatherhood and marriage while mourning the passing of a childhood friend.

THE BELIEVERS // Dave Lim / Singapore / 2020 / Documentary / 16:00 // The Believers is a wry, quietly observant film that centers on secular and non-secular rituals practiced by the average Singaporean.

MORNING GLORY // Grace Song / Singapore / 2021 / Fiction / 13:28 // Young french horn player OLGA is forced to confront her fear of moths when she is haunted by onet hat would not go away.

THE SMELL OF COFFEE // Nishok / Singapore / 2020 / Fiction / 12:00 // Raga accompanies his grieving grandmother in the wake of his grandfather’s passing. Perplexed by his absence, Raga innocently yearns for his return.

HIA/TUS // Perapat Rukngam / Thailand / 2020 / Fiction / 32:07 // ‘Yo’ have to babysitting his best friend’s son after he has been disappeared from dealing drugs lately.

PLAY WITH ME // Kanyawee Sulaimarn, Janthima Saengsri, Pornsawan Rittiruth, Ramita Daomanee / Thailand / 2019 / Fiction / 05:54 // Every day, Chloe tries to do everything to make the bear play with her. But it didn’t work.

RED ANINSRI; OR, TIPTOEING ON THE STILL TREMBLING BERLIN WALL // Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke / Thailand / 2020 / Fiction / 29:57 // The queer espionage film made in the tradition of Cold-War-era Thai dubbed film.

TOUCH (Cham) // Pham Linh / Vietnam / 2020 / Fiction / 36:00 // Sharing the same bed with his roommate, a young man begins to have homoerotic phantasy.

SLOWLY & PAINFULLY // Nguyen Lê Hoàng Phúc / Vietnam / 2020 / Fiction / 18:00 // A tale of tender brotherhood against baffling ironies of life that keep the cigarettes burning.

IT’S GONNA BE A DISCONCERTED DAY IN A MOONLESS STARLESS NIGHT (Đó sẽ là một ngày bị đảo lộn trong một đêm không trăng không sao) // Red / Vietnam / 2021 / Experimental / 08:00 // A fantasy about an old veston home in which the tunnel of time locates.