SHIFT is once again accepting submissions for their world wide, digital short film festival. We’ve featured them for several years in a row now, and the results are always impressive!

From their blog:

Online magazine SHIFT presents DOTMOV Festival

Bittersweet Fu (富中作樂) is an illustration lover’s graphic novel. The meticulous hand of its author, Ko Sing, is visible in every page. Whether it’s the distinct character design for each and every background character, or the lovingly rendered …

Hæxagon will be the most unique and unmatched video endeavor to be created within Hong Kong in recent years. With an estimated budget of HK$ 300,000 this post-apocalyptic themed short film dares to dwell into the Science Fiction genre. A …

The cult film plays a rather distinct role in the Hong Kong cinematic imaginary: not necessarily a bastion of kitsch or camp ripe for nostalgic or underhanded rehabilitation, it is more often here measured by its absurdity. Playing along the …

You may have been wondering why we’ve been missing in action for the past few weeks, and if you’re reading this, you will have noticed that we’ve been hard at work on a major overhaul of the site.

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The Postgal Workshop (猫室) has become the champion of homegrown animation in Hong Kong. Its recent comic book and animated shorts series, Din Dong (癲噹), went from being a local indie favorite to being aired on Japanese TV. Din …

Headliner (頭條新聞, 1989-present) is, my family likes to joke, the last show that survived the attacks on free speech in Hong Kong. Legally speaking, Hong Kong does indeed have a freedom of press, but in reality, the radio and TV …

Stephen Chow controls the canon of humorous film in Hong Kong. Although today both he and fellow hometown heavy-hitter Jackie Chan have made their peace with the dictators in Beijing and pledged to use only Mandarin, the language of bureaucratic …

“This is a movie that even makes men cry.” That was the claim laid by out newspaper and radio reports. Movie-goers were advised to bring a spare pack of tissues to mop up their tears.

Echoes of the Rainbow (歲月神偷, …

Cantopop may have been revolutionary back in the days of Sam Hui, the godfather of the Hong Kong sound, but today a younger generation of new irascibles is looking to make a change in the musical landscape of the island …