Watch: Beautiful animated short film “Monso” by Hong Kong
by Alex Billington
August 8, 2025
Source: YouTube
“I had this feeling that I do not belong here … I continue to hear the sounds of someone crying …” Another short animation short film to take advantage of – it is worth mounted. Monsoon blue is a 14-minute short film made by filmmakers in Hong Kong and after playing in festivals in recent years, it is now available online to watch. The dream of a red fish transforming into its wild form arouses its memories forgotten for a long time. The film also talks about a young woman working in this pet store for fish. She and the goldfish are both trapped in the city. “When our soul is lost, where and how could we look for it?” Featuring the voice of Kay Tse. The short film won the best animated short film at the Golden Horse Film Festival 2024 in Taiwan. Another review describes it better: “Between the difficulties of the summer with its nameless dissatisfaction, a parallel exploration of a memory dear to childhood and an abundance of images of fish, the short term makes an investigation which, in consideration, is surprising in its enormous.” The animation is beautiful and all the fish here are super cute. See below.
“During the search for the response to the reason for existing ”, we must go through a scene like a storm during the monsoon season, it is suffocate, it is strange and chaotic. Two goldfish try to free themselves from the plastic bag which traps them, in order to go out and return to nature.
–Directors Ellis Kayin Chan and Jay Wong
Thanks to Catsuka for the advice on this brief start. In short, intro of Youtube: “The dream of a goldfish to return to its wild form takes off its memories long forgotten, and a conscious monsoon is about to be uninhibited.” Monsoon blueOriginally known as 夏夢迴, is an animated short film created and directed by the two artists / filmmakers Ellis Ka-Yin Chan (Follow it on ig @elliscky) & Jay Wong (Follow it on IG @ jay.w.art). It is produced by Flying Monkeys Production (based in Hong Kong). According to a script written by Donald Wingkin Kwok and Ellis Kayin Chan. And with original music from Allex Chan (Room307). This first was presented in first in 2023 and won the best animated short film at the Golden Horse Film Festival. He also played at the 2024 Sitges Film Festival and other holidays around the world. For more information on this short film, stop on YouTube or visit the Post IG of Ellis. To discover more shorts (including animation), click here. Thoughts?
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