Raintown Short Film Competition 2026 Top 20 Finalists Showcase (Set A)
Language: English, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil
Subtitle/Surtitle: English
Category: Film
Tags: Screening
Duration: 120 minutes without intermission
Doors Open: 45 minutes before the event
Seating: Assigned By Venue
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Duration: 120 minutes without intermission
Doors Open: 45 minutes before the event
Seating: Assigned By Venue
Ticketing
Saturday
5th
Sep 2026
About
| Film Title | Synopsis |
| Sesudah Taiping by Adam Taufiq Suharto | Champ, Jay, and Adam visit their old friend, Khidir, in Taiping after his mother passes away. Champ notices an unsettling change: Khidir is entirely consumed by A.I. even to communicate. The trio sets out to find answers. |
| Far From Home by Cheun Shi Chin | A sound recordist living in Taiwan enters the rainforest in search of nature’s purest tones. There, he unexpectedly hears familiar voices from his Malaysian homeland—drawing him deeper into the foreign wilderness, where an uncanny encounter quietly awaits. |
| What Does It Mean To Be Me? by Mei Thistlethwaite | Told through a diary brought to life with stop-motion drawings, the film follows a young girl as she reflects on her experiences, emotions, and identity while trying to understand what it truly means to be human. Through meaningful memories of her father, quiet observations, and intimate visual storytelling, the film explores loneliness, growth, self-acceptance, and the limitless passage of life. This film is dedicated to her dad, her role model. |
| Lingering Shadows தொடரும் நிழல்கள் by Sidney Chan | A woman inherits a box from her late father, who died alone - leaving behind more than just memories. |
| Memories 餘溫 by Chim Guan Yi | After a painful argument with his grandmother, a teenage boy named A-Lok is forced to confront a love he has long taken for granted. Moving between childhood memories and the present, the film follows A-Lok as he recalls a strange ritual his grandmother once performed to keep the rain away — burning a paper turtle and scattering tea leaves and rice. As he grows older, what once felt childish and controlling gradually reveals its true meaning: care, protection, and love. Set in an old Malaysian home, the film unfolds through family, memory, guilt, and the lingering warmth that remains after conflict. |
| Oi-Jia 娭毑 by MayJune Tan | After becoming a mother herself, Ah-Hong returns to her late grandmother's empty room for the first conversation they never had. Surrounded by old photographs, fading memories, and a spittoon she once believed symbolized control, she revisits the stories she inherited about motherhood, sacrifice, and love. As memories of her mother resurface, Ah-Hong begins to question the truths she has carried since childhood. Through an imagined dialogue with her grandmother, she slowly uncovers the distance between memory and reality, confronting the silence, resentment, and emotional inheritance passed down through three generations of women. Set almost entirely within an old room, Oi-Jia is an intimate reflection on motherhood, family narratives, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. |
| Sang Kercis by Nur Nazlia Binti Nazlan, Nur Fatihah Binti Zulkurnain & Nurul Atieqa Sharin Binti Izan Sharin | Fifteen-year-old Mawar enjoys a carefree adventure with her extraordinary pet friend, Kercis, a horned mousedeer. Their joy is shattered when a ruthless hunter appears, bent on capturing Kercis. During their escape, Mawar and Kercis discover a hidden island inhabited by Kercis’s kind. However, peace is short-lived as the Hunter tracks them down, putting the entire species in danger. In a final stand, the united mouse-deers overpower the Hunter, restoring harmony. Grateful, they sent Mawar and Kercis home peacefully. |
| Mendung by Adam Zainal | In the midst of a cold winter and homesickness, a young woman makes a desperate phone call to her mother who is back in her home country. Out pours her heart and inner struggles to fit in in a place so foreign to her. |
| We Remember What We Remember by Julien Chen Lip Syn | After over a decade since graduating secondary school, the filmmaker gathers old friends to 'remember' the collective memory of their school life, 'revealing' different perspectives of incidents and 'resolve' the lingering trauma of adolescence. |
| Rain Rain Go Away 雨过天晴 by John Wee | A heartbroken young man rushes beneath a bus stop in Kuala Lumpur to escape an evening downpour. There, he strikes up an unexpected conversation with a woman who shares a similar experience of losing an interracial romantic relationship. As rain falls around them, the two strangers discuss love, heartbreak, and the lingering hopelessness that follows, as well as their different ways of coping with it. While the woman chooses to remain hopeful and optimistic about the future, the man finds himself clinging to the past, unwilling to let go of a love that once defined him. Their conversation unfolds through memories, reflections, and cinematic imaginings, revealing the deeply personal ways in which people make sense of grief. Yet something about the woman feels strangely familiar. The more they talk, the more the man notices uncanny parallels between her and his former lover. Drawn to her warmth and understanding, he begins to question whether their meeting is merely a coincidence or something more profound. Blending romance, melancholy, and surreal imagery, 雨过天晴 (After the Rain) is an animated short film about memory, healing, and the lingering traces of the people who shape our lives. |
TIMETABLE (05/09/2026, SAT)
12:15PM - 01:00PM
Show your registration QR code to our staff at the registration counter (Paragon Cinema Taiping Mall)
01:00PM - 02:30PM
Short Films Set A Screening (Hall 3, Paragon Cinema Taiping Mall)
02:30PM - 03:00PM
Q&A session with all short film directors.
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