SEA Short Film Competition 1

Fresh as Daisy (2025) Socheata Van | Cambodia | 2025 | 13 min | NC16 (Some Sexual References) Two friends find themselves at a crossroads, torn between the familiar constraints of home and the uncertainty of carving out their own paths. Fruit (2025) Lim Jen Nee | Singapore | 2025 | 15 min | R21 (Gore) In a time and place where abortion is illegal, a woman’s repeated attempts to end her pregnancy fail, until she crosses paths with a strangely serene bus driver. Children's Day (2025) Giselle Lin | Singapore | 2025 | 20 min | PG Timid 8-year-old Xuan searches for the perfect Children’s Day outfit in the face of her family’s harshness. Meanwhile, she gradually opens up to a kind classmate seeking her friendship. Ponay (or You Are Not F***ing Welcome) (2025) Hesome Chemamah | Thailand | 2025 | 27 min | R21 (Mature Content) To retrieve a document required for a gender-identity-based exemption from military service, Cherry travels from Bangkok to southern Thailand and confronts their conservative family. BLEAT! (2024) Ananth Subramaniam | Malaysia, Philippines, France | 2024 | 16 min | NC16 (Some Mature Content) A baffled elderly couple discovers that the male goat they are raising as an offering to the gods is pregnant.