Shorts+: Blossoms Unbound

Blossoms Unbound examines experiences of womanhood across different stages of life. Exploring themes such as love, family, friendship and personal growth through the lens of diverse women, this programme offers a closer look at how things like societal expectations, relationships, and self-discovery shape their lives and journeys.

Curated by Bee Yinn

A Girl

Praditha Blifa

A 5-year-old daughter always wakes up in the middle of the night. She stays silent, as if her ears are listening to something and her eyes are imagining something. This is the daily life of a child navigating an adult world, over and over again.

Laila

Wucha Wulandari

In a coastal village destined to become the new capital city of Indonesia, Laila, a junior high school girl, escapes on her boat. She is determined not to return to the land until her wedding plans are cancelled.

A Catholic Schoolgirl

MYRA ANGELINE SORIASO

A 15-year-old A-Student defies the views of all-girls Catholic school as she controls her feelings for a school nun.

Thirty

Ei Mon Kyaw

Myat Hsu, an obedient daughter who has always stayed with her mother for thirty years, decided to move out one day in order to find herself.

Supermarket Affairs

Hang Luong Nguyen

While preparing for her husband’s second death anniversary, a middle-aged Vietnamese immigrant woman and her Americanized adult daughter butt heads over how to best honor him, and inadvertently drag a handsome stranger at the local Asian market into their messy family dynamic.