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Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Saturday, 07 September 2024 until Saturday, 21 September 2024
The Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is the longest running LGBT film festival in Asia. We are a registered non-profit society seeking to promote equal opportunities and eliminate discrimination against sexual minority groups in Hong Kong through cinematic works of art. We program films with a wide range of LGBTQ+ topics from Hong Kong and across the world.
With the easing of pandemic restrictions in Hong Kong, we hope things will be "back to normal" later this year as HKLGFF celebrates 34 years! The festival is typically held in September but the exact dates are yet to be confirmed. Please stay tuned.
To encourage you to send in your short films, we have lowered the entry fees and set-up lower fees for students!
Best Short Film Jury Award
Best Short Film Audience Award
2024 films...
Naked Nations – Tribe Hong Kong
Mother Father Sister Brother Frank
International Queer Shorts: Near Future(s)
Seahorse Parents *
Director : Miriam Guttmann
Netherlands / 2023 / 10 mins / Documentary
In Dutch and English with English subtitles
Synopsis
There is only one male species on Earth that can get pregnant. In the short documentary, four (soon to be) transgender parents share their personal stories of what carrying their future children as transgender males has been like.
The ABCs of Book Banning **
Director : Sheila Nevins
Co-directors : Naz Habtezghi, Trish Adlesic
USA / 2023 / 27 mins / Documentary
In English with English subtitles
* 2024 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Short
Synopsis
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labelled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right – LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment – impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, this documentary reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
Leo **
Director : Fernando Reinaldos
Spain / 2023 / 14 mins / Drama
In English with English subtitles
Synopsis
On their last day together before he moves to Los Angeles for college, Leo and Kai hide in the sports centre where they have always played basketball. What starts as a prank ends with Leo confessing his feelings for his best friend Kai.
Queen Size *
Director : Avril Besson
France / 2023 / 19 mins / Comedy
In French with English subtitles
Synopsis
This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for Reunion. But they do not know that yet.
Skin **
Director : Leo Behrens
USA / 2023 / 7 mins / Experimental
In English with English subtitles
Synopsis
With the help of her inner manifestation, the ice man, she sheds her old skin and embraces her true identity.
Running Time: 77 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere
International Girl Shorts: Finale
Girlfriends (Hélène et les filles) *
Director : Claire Bonnefoy
France / 2023 / 23 mins / Drama
In French with English subtitles
Synopsis
Hélène and Samia have always been best friends. They tell each other everything: their love stories as well as their sexual ones. When Samia was dating Gaby, she used to tell Hélène all about their passionate nights together, but now, it is Hélène who is in a couple with Gaby ……
Three *
Director : Amie Song
USA / 2023 / 15 mins / Drama
In English and Mandarin with English subtitles
Synopsis
At her birthday party, a Chinese woman who has recently moved to the United States to live with her daughter tries to keep her daughter’s secrets from her new friends.
If (Jodi) *
Director : Tathagata Ghosh
India / 2023 / 23 mins / Drama
In Bengali and English with English subtitles
Synopsis
Jaya and Fatima, two women in love, are separated because of Jaya’s marriage arranged by her conservative father. Trapped and helpless, Jaya is about to give up, when life suddenly brings her to a strange crossroad.
Landing On Ice
Director : Jane Leung
Hong Kong / 2024 / 23 mins / Drama
In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles
^ Director in attendance
Synopsis
Hong Kong figure skater Wing-yee travels to Toronto alone for advanced training, aspiring to compete on the international stage. Despite the warm welcome and encouragement she receives there, very soon Win-yee faces setbacks and realises she is falling behind her peers. It is the friendship and support of warm-hearted Christy that eventually helps Wing-yee through her initial confusion and self-doubt, and she gradually develops a fondness for this beautiful roommate.
Running Time: 87 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere
International Boy Shorts: East End Boys
Wegen Hegel **
Director : Popo Fan
Germany / 2024 / 15 mins / Drama
In German and Mandarin with English subtitles
Synopsis
Hegel spoils a hook-up. Philosophy student Ping moved to Germany in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown. He meets someone online and pays them a visit. An epiphany and an unknown liquid add up to a special evening.
LOVE+ **
Director : Tushar Tyagi
India / 2024 / 17 mins / Romantic, Comedy
In Hindi and English with English subtitles
Synopsis
Ajay wants his live-in partner, Utkarsh, to join him for the live interview, but Utkarsh wants to keep their relationship a secret. The concern for them seems bigger than appearing together for the live interview. Will this sero-discordant (one is HIV+ and the other negative) couple have a positive love story?
Up in the Wind *
Director : Haoyuan Yang
China / 2024 / 10 mins / Documentary
In Mandarin with English and Traditional Chinese subtitles
Synopsis
“How many people will we miss in our lifetime? Living in a conservative city in China, I have always felt that there is no love there because all the gay boys have gone to bigger cities. I have always wanted to leave this city, but I gradually realised that the city is not the reason I don’t have love, the heart is.”
J is just an afternoon thunderstorm ***
Director : Chuang Yung Hsiang
Taiwan / 2023 / 15 mins / Drama
In Mandarin and English with English subtitles and Traditional Chinese subtitles
Synopsis
A casual couple’s outing, a mysterious encounter, and an afternoon thunderstorm.
302 *
Director : Leon Cheo
Singapore / 2024 / 16 mins / Drama
In English with English subtitles
Synopsis
An officer cadet opens a can of worms when he declares “302” to the Singapore army.
EKG **
Director : Q Allan Brocka
USA / 2023 / 15 mins / Dramedy
In English
Synopsis :
A queer Asian American overworked emergency doctor, Hao Ling, discovers a brand-new recreational world of substance and sex. He must uncover his own true feelings before figuring out the true feelings of his father, so he can finally stop struggling with the fear of not being accepted.
Running time: 96 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere
International Boy Shorts: Wild Wild West
The Passion According to Karim **
Director : Axel Würsten
France / 2024 / 24 mins / Dramedy
In French with English subtitles
Synopsis
A Scout patrol arrives to give a performance of the Crucifixion of Christ in a remote village famous for being the scene of alien apparitions in the 1970s. Nothing can stop 17-year-old KARIM, the Scout who has been assigned the role of Christ, from his obsessive goal: to find the ecstasy to perform the martyr on the cross.
Revive **
Director : Uriya Hertz
Israel / 2023 / 17 mins / Drama
In Hebrew with English subtitles
Synopsis
After a night out at a Jerusalem gay bar, Aaron finds out that his bag is missing. Unable to return home without it, he receives assistance from Sefi, the bartender. The fates of both will be linked tonight.
Alpha Kings *
Director : Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero
USA / 2023 / 15 mins / Documentary
In English
Synopsis
From a rented mansion in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.
Some Kind of Paradise **
Director : Nicholas Finegan
USA / 2023 / 21 mins / Drama
In English
Synopsis
When a reclusive barman at an Arkansas line-dancing bar connects with a Hollywood actor via Grindr, the sheer force of their chemistry pushes him to question the isolated life he has built for himself and embrace the transformative power of intimacy and vulnerability.
Bleach **
Director : Daniel Daniel
United Kingdom / 2024 / 19 mins / Drama
In English
Synopsis
Gay and lonely, Lloyd is on a shame-fueled, Grindr-addicted spiral into tragedy.
Running time: 96 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere