List of Asian WLW Short Films

China

Adorkable Shimei x Shijie [subtitled version here]

Exactly what it says on the tin.
Directed by: 珍子, 小贝
Featuring: 李思怡, 贝贝

At the Lantern Festival

A Legend of Yunqian reunion on the last day of Lunar New Year.
Directed by: 小鲁
Featuring: 老吉, 九渡

Back to Back [subtitled version here]

The moments between ‘Let’s be together’ and ‘We should break up’.
Directed by: 张之微
Featuring: 老吉, 彭静娴

Beginning of Summer [subtitled version here]

A disciple banters with her shifu during the Beginning of Summer solar term. Part of MMORPG Justice Online’s Twenty-Four Solar Terms project.
Featuring: 一坨王奕萌, EZ赵瑞洁

Cat in the Eastern Palace [subtitled version here]

A crown prince falls in love with a cat spirit.
Directed by: 钱小柒
Featuring: 老吉, 汐曼

‘Celestial Jiejie, Let’s Be Friends’

Multi-lifetime reincarnation film that also doubles as an ad for hair products.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 莉莉

Cherry Blossoms of Wuhan

Think of this as a Legend of Yunqian AU where Muyun has decided to give contemporary clothing a go.
Directed by: 苏姝64
Featuring: 老吉, 九渡

Cherry Blossoms of Wuhan, Version 2

Short film that could be a trailer for a pastel-toned high school drama.
Photography by: 浮森嘉也子
Featuring: 老吉, 九渡

Companions in a Past Life

Reincarnation film that’s also an ad for, unaccountably, instant luosifen.
Directed by: 姬小妖
Featuring: 花崎, 沙沙

The Courtesan and the Female Scholar [subtitled version here]

A courtesan/scholar romance with the usual twist.
Directed by: 北方有南木
Featuring: 圣微, 九井宴

The Crane Prelude

Just two very attractive girlfriends being very attractive together in very attractive surroundings.
Directed by: 鱼鱼mood
Featuring: 猴天仙下凡, 莲漪lenne

Cross-Dressing Female Guard Meets Runaway Princess [subtitled version here] (cn: exotification of non-Han character)

A cross-dressing female guard is sent to bring back a princess of the Western Regions who has run away from her arranged marriage to a prince of the Central Plains.
Directed by: 影青竹
Written by: 心中生尘Rr
Featuring: 念之为琛, 周阿烂

The Demonic Lord and the Virtuous Cultivator [subtitled version here] (cn: strangulation; imprisonment)

Some truly, deliciously messed-up shifu/disciple dynamics.
Written and directed by: 四格
Featuring: 卿卿草, 栗子吖yl

‘Don’t You Like Being with Me, Jiejie?’

Improved Legend of the White Snake adaptation.
Directed by: 禾一乔
Featuring: 洛丽塔大哥, 皮皮要吃三碗饭

Endless Summer

The perfect high school friendship group: two girlfriends, two boyfriends, and their very earnest single straight friend.
Directed by: 朵声
Featuring: 何浪, 玖柯, 卓越, 大田, 枭筱, 肆鸢猫

‘Every Moment with You is Sweet’

Reincarnation film that, somehow, unaccountably, isn’t an ad for anything.
Directed by: 青岚
Featuring: 楚楚, 杨馥羽Beita
Produced by: 匠申坊

The Female Fuma and the Imperial Princess (Illustrated)

MV for song adapted from the Chinese opera of the same name.
Music by: 徒有琴
Lyrics by: 狐不举
Song performed by: 祖娅纳惜, 三无Marblue
VAs: 白鸦此去, 兔原
Art by: 竹墨繁漪

The Female Fuma and the Imperial Princess (Live Action)

Live action MV for the same song as above.
Directed by: 平守
Featuring: 夙胤言生, 青鸢

Fight Scene

Fight scene between a fan-wielder and a scroll-wielder.
Directed by: 走回去了v
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 圻夏夏

The Fox Huntress

A huntress in a fantasy world finds herself a fox girlfriend, just in time for the Lesser Cold solar term. Part of MMORPG Justice Online’s Twenty-Four Solar Terms project.
Featuring: 猴天仙, 沅枳

The Fox Spirit and the Little Priest [subtitled version here]

A village girl helps a starving fox spirit. Several lifetimes later, they meet again.
Directed by: 纳梨酱
Featuring: 胡阿小小, 圣微

General Hua and the Little Princess [subtitled version here] (cn: suicide)

General Hua rescues a little beggar maid. Or is she?
Directed by: 小莎莎莎同学
Featuring: 圣微, 北川婠婠

Girls Love [subtitled version]

They were roommates. Oh my god they were roommates.
Directed by: 李锦伦
Starring: 米勒 (Vespa Miller), 何佳颖 (He Jiaying)

‘Goodnight, My Child’ [subtitled version here]

Wholesome high school romance.
Directed by: 三鱼zy
Featuring: 费沁源, 姜杉

‘Hello, Stepmother’ (Qi Zhuyin x Hua Xiangyi) [subtitled version here]

Short film featuring the f/f side couple from Qiang Jin Jiu.
Directed by: ayaco
Featuring: ayaco, 0邀越0
VAs: 雷音, 十二月

Help, I Accidentally Stole My Shixiong’s Crush! [subtitled version here]

A shixiong asks his shimei to help him win his lady love’s heart. Shenanigans ensue.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 杨馥羽, 杨伊墨, 走回去了v
VAs: 七番繁, 晴夏苏芳, 山已几X, 湛什么湛, 周做作

‘The Hills and the Years are All Melancholy’

Quietly sorrowful tale of a Republican Era sapphic couple.
Directed by: 朵声
Featuring: -枭筱-, -大田你田哥-

The Hunter, or the Hunted? Part One

Two beautiful women compete to be the star courtesan.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 圣微

The Hunter, or the Hunted? Part Three

Demon queen meets naive young woman (or is she?)
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 我不是肚子-3-
Alternative version here.

The Hunter, or the Hunted? [subtitled version here]

A lesson in why a shifu should never abandon her disciple.
Directed by: yuri_仙哥
Featuring: 南桃Momoko, 甜心酱

I Became the Protagonist of a Quick Transmigration Novel??? [subtitled version here]

A doctor/teacher/police officer transmigrates into three different universes based (very loosely) on three different Jin Yong novels. Also an ad for beauty products.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 圣微, 小排-陈丹婷, 北川婠婠, 杨伊墨

‘I Do Not Love My Future; I Love Guanyin’ [subtitled version here]

The Extreme Gender Extravaganza that is Butterfly Lovers.
Uploaded by: _木木Mu

‘I’ll Love You Where No One Can See’ [subtitled version here] (cn: guns; gunshots; death)

Tragic Republican Era romance between an assassin and a society beauty.
Directed by: 阿乆jiu
Featuring: 山海观雾, 久岸纯

‘I’ll Spend My Lifetime Waiting for You’ (cn: self-harm)

Think of this as the tragic Legend of Yunqian AU.
Directed by: 青岚
Featuring: 老吉, 九渡

‘I’m Here, There’s Nothing You Need to Fear’

Couple of Mirrors fan video.
Directed by: 陆鱼丝
Featuring: 杜若, 微渺

‘I’ve Saved Your Life Once Again, Little Princess’ [subtitled version here]

A celibate swordswoman meets a hot-tempered little princess. Characters taken from the battle royale game Naraka: Bladepoint.
Directed by: 一只肖肖酱
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 九井宴

‘I Knew You Hadn’t Forgotten’ [subtitled version here]

Reincarnation film that doubles as a perfume ad.
Directed by: 千里明
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 清熠

‘I Waited Thousands of Years Just to See You Again’

A fish girl and a human girl reunite in their next life.
Directed by: 平守
Written by: 稻米查查
Featuring: 养乌龙猫的欠欠, baka爱

An Itch

The popular fan headcanon for this film is: two co-wives get on very well together.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 圣微, 爱野超有味-

‘Just Because I Wanted a Look from You’

A scholar is very distracted from her studies.
Directed by: 莊一夏
Featuring: 七屿呀_, uncredited

Let’s Get Married!

Traditional-wedding-themed dance video.
Photography by: 苏姝
Featuring: 紫嘉儿, 老吉

The Little Disciple and Her Beautiful Shifu [subtitled version here]

An author transmigrates into her own webnovel, with predictable results.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 爱野超有味, 圻夏夏

The Lone Warrior [subtitled version here] (cn: violence, sexualised violence)

In an Arcane-inspired world, one girl does everything in her power to protect the person she loves the most.
Directed by: 张之微
Featuring: 老吉, 大熊夜喵

Love Deeply; Regret Nothing

Recreation of That Scene from Swordsman III: The East is Red.
Directed by: 君辞
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 妞妞妞

The Matchmaker Goddess and the Goddess of Wealth [subtitled version here]

The two goddesses have a little festive adventure.
Directed by: 北方有南木
Featuring: 杨馥羽, 圣微

‘May I be the Stars and You the Moon’

Unbeknownst to each other, two women enter the academy disguised as men and become friends.
Directed by: 朵声
Featuring: -枭筱-, -大田你田哥-

A Ming Dynasty-Style Wedding

With the obvious twist.
Directed by: 樹X叁
Featuring: 沫萱, 柚柚

‘One Look, and I was Hers for Life’

Painter of the Wind-inspired romance between a cross-dressing artist and a courtesan.
Directed by: 苏寻安
Featuring: 美喵喵, 公子不坏

The Physician and the Rabbit Spirit [subtitled version here]

A physician rescues a rabbit spirit, who decides she must repay the debt.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 圣微, 猫夏小卡

The Physician and the Rabbit Spirit: Sequel [subtitled version here]

The adventures of the physician and the rabbit spirit, continued.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 圣微, 猫夏小卡

The Priestess and the Little Pig Spirit

A priestess rescues an adorable pig spirit from her attacker.
Directed by: 青莺
Featuring: 圣微, 宝珠, 刺猬

The Rabbit God(dess) Makes a Match

Just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, too.
Directed by: 阿拉蕾
Featuring: ayaco, 细细,飞雪

The Red Witch and Heroine Su

A ‘witch’ of the unorthodox sects and a heroine from the orthodox sects work together to possibly bring peace to the jianghu.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 锯齿兽, 小太阳

Republican Era ‘Sisterhood’

Couple of Mirrors-inspired video.
Photography by: 网管菌, 小涛, 阿林
Featuring: 谢安然, 老八捌

A Search Through Nine Lifetimes [subtitled version here]

A cat spirit searches for her lover through nine lifetimes. Also an ad for facial wipes.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 圣微, 爱野超有味-

Sinan and Nianbei [subtitled version here]

Warm-hearted high school girl protects her deaf friend.
Directed by: 张之微
Featuring: 老吉, 熊喵VK

Stealing a Heart [subtitled version here] (cn: blood; death)

It’s that old tragic tale: girl meets girl, but one of them has an incurable disease.
Produced by: 池夏汉风原创铺子
Featuring: 夏乙不2, 老吉

The Sweetest Sugar, the Sharpest Knife

A sweet film about a sweet couple. Or is it?
Directed by: -熹颜-
Featuring: 王桐吾, 药药君

The Tea-Picking Girl and the Tea Leaf Spirit

A match made on a tea orchard.
Directed by: 姬小妖
Featuring: 花崎, 沙沙

Teaching My Maid How to Write

A very affectionate calligraphy lesson.
Directed by: 因寻
Featuring: 图图, 西凉木子

Ten Thousand Miles of Dowry

Some traditional sapphic courtship/wedding inspiration.
Uploaded by: 后雨山

‘They Say Nine Out of Ten Republican Era Love Stories End in Tragedy; I Thought We Could be the Exception’ [subtitled version here]

Remake of several key scenes from the 2020 drama The Message.
Directed by: 阿乆jiu
Featuring: 山海观雾, 至春禾

‘A Thousand Years Later, I Finally Rediscovered My Memories of You’

THAT sapphic reincarnation lipstick ad.
Directed by: 流云蕊
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 九井宴

Three Hundred Years Later – Part 1 [subtitled version here]

Xianxia romance between a demon and an elf.
Directed by: 一只肖肖酱
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 杨馥羽

Three Hundred Years Later – Part 2 [subtitled version here]

Xianxia romance between a demon and an elf.
Directed by: 一只肖肖酱
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 杨馥羽

Time’s Soliloquy (cn: artistic blood)

Reincarnation film that doubles as a mobile phone ad.
Featuring: 圣微, 美喵喵

The Two Beauties

Exactly what it says on the tin.
Directed by: 知竹zZ
Featuring: 圣微, 圻夏夏
Promo version here.

‘Where is My Intended? In the Cold Autumn’

A non-tragic Republican Era love story.
Uploaded by: _木木Mu

‘Who is that Young Lady?’

Romance between a scholar and a young lady, featuring Significant Hairpins.
Uploaded by: _木木Mu

Xiaoshimei’s Strategy Guide for Winning Her Shijie’s Heart [subtitled version here]

Exactly what it says on the tin.
Directed by: 森焱, 思思Sr
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 杨馥羽Beita

‘You Made Me, So You Must Love Me’

An artist meets her art.
Featuring: 美喵喵, 不及丿

‘You Saved My Life; Let Me Repay the Deb

Another Couple of Mirrors-inspired video.
Directed by: 影青竹
Featuring: 一只有梦想的欸, 心中生尘Rr

‘You Still Have Me’

How you should comfort your friend after she’s been crossed in love, apparently.
Directed by: 君辞
Featuring: 兰兰, 多多

‘You Were Once My Light’ [subtitled version here] (cn: strangulation; self-harm; character death; blood)

Lovers to enemies.
Directed by: 谢泽
Featuring: 圻夏夏, 杨伊墨

‘You’d Rather Drink a Forfeit than a Toast?’

An encounter between two very stylish swordswomen.
Directed by: 走回去了v
Featuring: 圣微, 圻夏夏

The Young Master and the Pauper

Subtitled ‘the superior hunter always adopts the guise of prey’.
Directed by: 一只肖肖酱
Featuring: 杨馥羽Beita, 杨伊墨

The Young Master and the Tea-Picking Girl [subtitled version here]

The young master of an important family arranges for herself to be rescued by a tea-picker.
Directed by: 一只肖肖酱
Featuring: 杨伊墨, 余籽璇

South Korea

Alice: Crack of the Season

Yoon-hye gets jealous when her friend Da-joo starts texting a boy.
Featuring: Jang Hee-ryung, Ryu Won

Hello? Spring (Bom) is Coming

A coming out story, of sorts.
Directed by: Jeong Hanbyeol
Featuring: Yoon Sangi, Choi Dam
Produced by: Lee Miae

Really Lily?

One of the more unusual ways of confessing your feelings to your crush.
Featuring: Kim Eun-jeong, Han Yoo-jeong

The Secret Note (cn: discussion of suicide)

In-su finds a secret note penned by her new friend Mi-jin. Should she be worried?

Thailand

i Stories: ‘L’

A member of a film crew falls in love with the lead actress.
Directed by: Nattawut Poonpiriya, Khamkwan Duangmanee
Featuring: Sirada Tanapeng, Thanaerng Kanyawee Songmuang

What Happened Last Night?

Part of an anthology series dealing with relationships during lockdown.
Featuring: Pearwah Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat, Pam Priya Sangkhachinda, Natty Nantanat Thakadkul, Jiw Oranut Ramsut