Desperation Desperation Short Films

This is a story of fall: of falling into traps and for lies and scams, of falling in love and falling out of love, and of falling for your own lies and falling back into the old ways, spectacularly.Michelle enrols in a self-help course in the hope that she will make her married lover come to his senses and treats her right. When the chanting of positive self-affirmations – Peace! Friendship! Love! – descends into uncontrollable screaming and wailing, will the newly converted be able to see things in a new light or will she wrapped herself up in the shining armour of self-victimisation to keep her from hurting.

This is not a love story but it is a story about love.

Christina, in her 30s, is married to Hector, a husband who’s paralyzed and therefore physically incompetent to consummate their marriage. She wants to liberate herself from a sexless union. Her needs as a woman are unfulfilled. But her love for Hector, and her commitment to him coupled with the dictates of her faith and marital vows, and her sympathy and care for her husband keeps her in “cage of marriage,” where she suffers in melancholic solitude, yet contemplates on freedom and rediscovering her true worth.

Chen Guang is a 21-year-old Chinese woman, who lives in Beijing. Her Indonesian mother died during the May 1998 riot in Jakarta. She then heads for Korea to erase the terrible memories haunting her, and replace them with good ones. On her first day in Korea, Chen Guang meets Huan, also a Chinese woman of the same age, who has resided in Korea for quite a while. Their journey begins. After spending the whole day together, Chen Guang and Huan spend a night in a small motel; passing the night in one of its rooms. Nothing happens between them, almost. The next morning, Chen Guang decides to return to Beijing because she has found what she’s looking for: happiness.

Child marriage is usually told as a loss of innocence or problems of economy, but we forgot to ask 'What about her desire? Her sexuality?'A story about a high school girl in a rural area. She just reached an age where a boy has caught her attention and possibly heart when her family had to marry her off to an old man to help with the financial situation at home. All that could go wrong had gone wrong as she discovered how the old man is related to the boy she likes.Story by Susan Bansin.

Pulcinello always had a smile on his face. However, a hollow smile was all it was. He lived as a puppet, chained onto his master’s hands, emotionlessly dancing to its master’s rhythm... until a beautiful girl descended from the sky.

Colin feels trapped in life with no way out – thrown in at the deep end at work, stuck in a relationship that has run its course, losing touch with friends who have drifted apart and smothered by family pressures with endless bills to pay. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a dim light flickers, a spark of inspiration to go on an escapade on wheels: a fantasy joyride that promises to drag himself out of the doldrums, allows him to work out a sweat and take in a breath of fresh air, if only just for a stolen moment…

When she looks back, there is not much in her life she really liked. As a child she was happy, but these days are over. A Lao girl only knows one way out.

"Ang Gugmang Ti-unay ni Daniella" (Daniella's True Love) follows the story of Daniella, a gay individual, and her hilarious misadventures in the search for true love.

A boy and a girl decide to leave the box inside the church for their freedom.

Teppanyaki Kamazkazi is a story about a very kind and generous out of work, street magician “The Great Penguino” who is trying to survive in a world he didn’t make! When he does find work, he’s easily distracted by beautiful women, causing him to lose control resulting in chaos, and jobless once again!

A dark comedy about a B-rated actress's unusual day.一個關於B咖女演員黑暗的一天