WHAT  IF

What If《如果》

Written & Directed by Yanghuixiao Gao

2023 | 18 minutes | Fiction | Short

After knowing that a recurrent gynecological disease she has might deprive her of fertility, YILIN, a young Chinese woman confronts a sore point between her and her mother during a special visit back home.

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  • 19th HollyShorts Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying)                                                          Official Selection

  • 52nd Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (Academy Award, GOYA Qualifying) Official Selection

  • 39th Cinema Jove - International Film Festival of Valencia (Spain) Official Selection

  • 18th FIRST International Film Festival (China) Official Selection

  • 86358 Jia Village Short Film Week (China) Best Screenplay

  • Directors Notes (British Independent Film Award Qualifying) Official Selection

  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Academy Award Qualifying) Shortlisted

  • Festival Internacional de Cine y Multimedia Best Short Film, Award Winner

  • Spello International Film Festival Best Short Film, Award Winner

  • Mokkho International Film Festival Best Female Director, Special Jury Award

  • Mokkho International Film Festival Best Short Film on Women, Award Winner

  • Paradise Film Festival Best Drama, Award Winner

  • Short Shot Film Festival Official Selection

  • IEW International Film Festival Official Selection

  • Rome Prisma Film Awards Nominee

  • Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA Qualifying) Semi-Finalist

  • Big Fridge International Film Festival Semi-Finalist

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