Short Film AFIN 123
Anima Possession
AFIN 2022 Winner · 5 awards
- 2022
- 25m
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Hong Kong - Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
- Sci-fi
- Romance
- Fantasy
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1 frame
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Synopsis
A pair of lovers, one of whom is a humanoid, go to a robot repair shop hoping to have their relationship mended by the mechanic.
On his advice, the human owner Jackie agrees to an irreversible upgrade for Tammy, her humanoid soulmate. However, the results are not as expected.
Tammy meets Anima, a fellow humanoid, setting in motion a series of events in a tango between the intangible sense of love, the harsh reality of possession, and the price of independence.
ANIMA POSSESSION is an intricate and delicate short which explores human-on-human, human-on-humanoid, and humanoid-on-humanoid love relationships and what it means to be soulmates.
What makes this one special
- One of just 3 films from Hong Kong across eight seasons
- A first-time filmmaker
- A student film
From the Judges
From the Judges
A science fiction story about cyborgs and the tangled ways people love the things they make, this short builds its world almost entirely without dialogue. Its production design and editing carry the telling, and the pacing and sound draw you into another place from the opening moments. The panel found the performances mesmerising and the film's take on our relationship with artificial minds a genuinely novel one.
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Fuller cast & crew
Fish Liew Chi-Yu 
Sham Ka-Ki
Executive Producer
Lawrence Ah Mon 
Heiward Mak Hei-Yan
Producer
- Steph Lau
Director of Photography
- Dunhill Lam Sui Hei
Editor
- Alan Lo Wai-Lun
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Anima Possession was Winner of Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Student Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director at the AFIN International Film Festival 2022, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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