Ahead of the 30th ifva Festival, audiences are invited to first revisit the award-winning works from the 28th and 29th editions. This September, partnering with MovieBloc, ifva is presenting a special online showcase of 16 award-winning short films and animations from the 28th and 29th ifva Awards, featuring works from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Macao, India, Iran, and beyond.
Audiences worldwide can enjoy these distinctive works online for a limited time, exploring bold storytelling, diverse cultural perspectives, and contemporary concerns from filmmakers across the region.
Free to watch: Stay Tuned. To be announced soon.
Open Category - Silver Award
A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An Untold Suicide of the Last Ming Emperor
Kitty Yeung
Hong Kong / Col / 25'24"/ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Documentary
This experimental short film, blending Cantonese Opera and modern dance elements, re-enacts the episode from classic Cantonese Opera Floral Princess. The last Ming emperor Chongzhen and his faithful eunuch Wang Sing-yan are on a journey to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy.
