Closing Film / Feature Program

Borrowed Time

Feature | China | 2023 | Chinese (Cantonese) | DCP | EN Sub
17:20, 93min,
SUN, 11th May,
Lichtmess, Q&A

A late summer typhoon looms as Ting’s wedding approaches. Urged on by her mother, Ting sets out from Guangzhou to Hong Kong to look for her father who has been absent for 20 years. On her trip, Ting’s vague memories from the past come back to her. An unexpected encounter leads Ting to find out the truth of her family. She gets in touch with an old friend, Yuseng. They spend a night together at Yuseng’s place, both feeling as if they were in a dream, searching for the lost time…

Choy Ji

Choy Ji was born in 1988 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. His short films include “Nature’s Kids”, “Recalling”, and “A Piece of Time”. His works have won the Best Short Film in China Independent Film Festival, and have been selected for the Busan International Short Film Festival and the Tampere Film Festival. “Borrowed Time” is his first feature film, which was selected to the New Currents section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival.