SEA Short Film Competition 2

Play (2024) Myo Aung | Myanmar, Taiwan | 2024 | 11 min | PG (Some Disturbing Scenes) A group of village kids pass their time playing with toy guns on the railroad tracks. One of the boys, Gao Gao, decides to visit a friend’s home and is changed by what he sees. Hour of the Flower (2025) Grace Song | Singapore | 2025 | 18 min | PG13 (Some Mature Content) On the eve of a new millennium and a looming eclipse, 9-year-old May tries to make sense of her mother’s difficult pregnancy while a neighbour plays an ominous poem on an endless loop. Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From The Sky (2024) Maria Estela Paiso | Philippines | 2024 | 10 min | NC16 (Some Mature Content) Along the coastal waters of Zambales, young Sita talks to her mother about her experience of almost drowning. Meanwhile, the town’s fisherfolk resist the encroachment of Chinese fishing vessels. In the Valley (2025) Lim Han Loong | Malaysia | 2025 | 21 min | PG Young Lei must leave Ipoh alongside her mother, who seeks a better future. With her best friend Ze, she escapes to a limestone valley where nature’s whispers ease her fears of change. My Plastic Mother (2025) Amar Haikal | Indonesia | 2025 | 17 min | PG Despite heavy rain, landslides, scavengers and bulldozers, Eki hunts relentlessly through a colossal landfill for objects to remember his late mother by, desperate to preserve her memory.