Best Hong Kong animation movies

McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.

As the 18th descendant of an extremely insignificant philosopher and inventor from ancient China, McDull is fortunate that he does not have a lot to live up to. However, his mother has higher aspirations for him and decides to send him to a martial arts school in China. Overweight and slow on his feet, McDull is the last of his classmates to run away when the headmaster needs to choose someone to represent the school in an international children's martial arts competition.

A colourful "fountain performance".

The weird hand creatures undergo different transformations in synchrony with the music.

A vibrant watercolour dance, fireflies glowing in the darkness.

Spinning, spinning….familiar imprints on our memories.

“Human race will just surrender to fear by betraying our true feeling.” – Taizo Kato. The value and happiness of people should not be built on others. If you try to find someone to complete your life, your self-value will become dependent on others and will feel incomplete when you lose this person.

Meshed plays with layers of concrete textures, exposing meshes of geometric transformation. Composed of photographic stop motion sequences captured at West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, this film focuses on the surfaces of architectural buildings. Through this intimate account, the work fundamentally questions the underpinnings of our physical world.

The Screen Shaver starts shaving every inch of his hairy body, but saves the stache.

We can see things differently when we see things from different angles.

The small plane Tinny dreams of becoming a hero, but in a friendly team of inveterate planes he does not get recognition. One day, despite the captain Ben's ban, he sets off to save people from fire, but his life gets in danger, and the captain saves him at the cost of his own life. Out of misery, guilt and fear to take off Tinny leaves the team and starts working at mine. But suddenly the raging fire makes him recollect past times and he rushes to the aid of his friends without fear.

Abstract 2D hand-drawn animation using jazz music

In their third animated adventure, Old Master Q meets an extraterrestrial at a theme park.

Repetition and distortion drive this audiovisual collaboration between composer Lux Prima and visual artist Max Hattler, where fuzzy analogue music and geometric digital animation collide in an electronic feedback loop, spawning arrays of divisional articulations in time and space.

“Elephant in Castle” is created within the context of two strange years, 2019 and 2020. The work expresses a constant change within Florence’s inner world, to express the emotional, aesthetic, and tactile responses that she has to Hong Kong, the city where she grew up. The film is both a reflection on the political and social changes in the city and an attempt to understand the relationship between city, place and the individual.

That night, a lady met a lovely beast, a gigantic slimy cheesy one.

This is a set of pre-show animations commissioned by M+ Museum. Inspired by Shek Kip Mei Park, Shatin's cycling track and M+ Museum, this work captures Hong Kong's unique cityscape.

Dear, Can I Give You a Hand? explores the erotic obsessions and existential panic of a senior citizen with a deadpan narration as touching as it is disturbing.

A young "incel" man embarks on a futuristic jerk-off session.

It’s confronting to step into the unknown. Reassurance or validation is sought from anywhere we can find it; at least for that bit confidence to move forward. Building on experiences, exploring new environments, adapting to the unfamiliar, all becomes part and parcel of progress. But what if it all gets too much? Finding yourself and fitting in, compromise and keeping up? Sometimes you just need to pull yourself out of it, appreciate the people around you, and enjoy every moment. Because life should be more uplifting.

A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.

I have lost my interest in any kind of social activities after my nose left me.

baby lets take it slow. enjoy a 24hrs sex.

In order to take over the universe, Grand Duke Urman of the Principality of Xevius destroyed the Planet Aurora. Han-eul and his friends must find the Phoenix King robot.

Prehistoric men compete in a downhill race.

A terrible mistake puts two best friends on a quest to reinvent themselves and overcome personal barriers to pursue their long forgotten dreams, right before the pandemic hits.

Borrowing its title from a campaign raising awareness for the use of forced child labor in football stitching in Sialkot, Pakistan during mid-to-late 1990s, Toe Yuen's short is a social statement protesting the exploitation imposed by sports brands.

When a nuclear catastrophe lays an entire civilization, the Green Empire, to waste, its remaining inhabitants turn to the only method of survival they can think of: they take human beings into captivity and force them to rebuild their empire. Sent to rescue the captives are Captain Leo and his Cosmos Warriors. He strikes a deal with the Queen of the Green Empire, but when she refuses to let the captives go and orders the assassination of all the Cosmos Warriors, Captain Leo must prepare for a battle with much more at stake than just the well being of the captives. The fate of humanity just might rest in his hands.

Dr. Samson, inventor of the Hyper Travelling system, has disappeared along with his invention during an experiment on the planet Leo, and it looks like the work of the Zoic Empire. The Earth Defence Force sends Superior Falcon 7 to rescue the scientist and save the Universe from certain catastrophe. There is no silver lining in the race, only the winner survives.

The dream of a goldfish transforming back into its wild form stirs up her long-forgotten memories. She and the goldfish are both trapped in the city. When our soul is lost, where and how could we search for it?

Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.