The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, one of the most prestigious festivals in the world and the second largest in France after Cannes, is renowned for its exceptional programming and global influence. “Clermont-Ferrand Selects” offers the Hong Kong audience to experience a curated selection of outstanding shorts from this world-class festival.
Run time: 98 mins
Schedules
14/9/2025 (Sun) 5:30pm – PALACE ifc#
20/9/2025 (Sat) 5:05pm – PALACE ifc#
Death To The Bikini!
Director : JUSTINE GAUTHIER
Canada | 2023 | 16 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Lili, a rebellious ten-year-old girl, has always bathed shirtless. When her parents impose a bikini top on her for an outing to the water park, she revolts: why should she hide her non-existent breasts when her friends, all boys, don’t have to?
Pentola
Director : LEO ČERNIC
Italy | 2022 | 7 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Pentola is a small, middle-aged man who leaves his wife Titti for Batman.
Jean Fell In Love
Director : ROMAIN ROELLET
France | 2022 | 20 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Jean is the prodigy hooker of his village’s rugby club. As his team defends its title, he falls madly in love with Ayoub, a player from the opposing team. The brotherly relationship he has with his teammates turns out to be more fragile than he thought.
Masquerade
Director : OLIVE NWOSU
Nigeria, United Kingdom | 2021 | 14 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
On the day of the Egungun ritual, Salewa returns to Lagos to bury her mother. During the ceremony, she meets an acquaintance who forces her to deal with old wounds. A meditation on memory, identity and duty, on the many versions of ourselves that haunt and soothe us.
In The Wild
Director : MARCEL BARELLI
Switzerland | 2021 | 5 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but homosexuality is not just a human story.
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Director : ALEXANDRE SINGH, NATALIE MUSTEATA
France, United States of America | 2024 | 36 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
An absurd tragedy that takes place in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death and where people pay for things by being slapped in the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, makes compulsive purchases in a department store. Here, she is fascinated by an ingenuous saleswoman. Despite the ban on kissing, the two get closer, arousing the suspicions of a jealous colleague.
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