Synopsis
[Father, Husband, Robber]
The film DAD, HUSBAND, ROBBER is a family comedy. Luo seems like a harmless man, but is secretly planning a robbery with his colleague Fei. However, their robbery did not go smoothly: Luo’s wife, son and even his mother came to mess up his plan, and caused a farce.
[Angel of the North]
This is a story about the life and struggle of feminists Li Maizi and Xiao Meili. She brings her home to meet her father for the first time …
[Don’t Film Me!]
Two men on the street use their cellphones to ‘attack’ each other because of a ‘scam’, but it quickly escalates to something they didn’t expect…
[Ordinary Love]
From the director’s own perspective, the film tells the love story of a couple who are about to get married shooting wedding registration photos in a warehouse. There are many interesting details in the film, and the documentary shooting also makes the film full of genuineness and empathy. It is a short film full of warmth and love.
[Karma Is A Fish]
Lin Hui, an unemployed live streamer accidentally clicks into an applet named ‘The Little Genie Fish’ during a live stream. The ‘Genie Fish’ claims to be able to grant him his wishes. After being humiliated by his girlfriend, Lin makes a vicious wish on her, only to realize there’s no turningback…
[Guest]
One day, a young man received an unexpected package, which made his day pleasant. But he knew from the moment he turned on the magic switch, the time to farewell with her was counting down…
[Mechanic]
As the epidemic strikes the world, people wear masks and ‘free breathing’ becomes extravagant hope. In the eyes of robots, human beings always regard the lost as the most precious, and “free breathing” is regarded as the highest pursuit of human whether in spirit or body. Maybe we can fight for the right of ‘free breathing’, so that we can live up to this moment…
[Carnival]
A young, visually impaired woman — accompanied only by her guide dog – sits in a café, reading a novel as she waits for the next bus. Suddenly, a pay phone begins to ring loudly outside. Led by her trusted friend, the young woman then experiences something that can only be described as magical.
[Slow Train Coming]
This film is about the mental and emotional states of a man unde quarantine. Isolated from his wife and daughter in a different hotel room, a man has a chance to face his true self and examine the loneliness in his marriage. During quarantine, the depression and anxiety caused by the environment and self-struggles are somehow relieved through the “abnormal” communications with the family. The sudden fever that happens to the daughter makes the man feel the power of love and the courage to overcome the crisis of his daily life.
[How Bad Is Your Nearsightedness?]
It was nighttime in the city, two passengers encountered through a carpooling service. The short journey lighted up a moment of exhaustion as the summer fireworks glitter by the water that only ends too soon. In such a metropolis, they would never meet again. Like NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft which spent 9 years to just whoosh past Pluto and have a brief glance, the real mystery of the universe is to say ‘Hi’ and ‘Goodbye’ at the same time.
[The Museum in March]
THE MUSEUM IN MARCH is an stop motion animation made by a family of three during quarentine. All of the properties and characters are made with toys by the daughter. The father was in charge of screenwriting, post-production and sound, while the mother was in charge of cinematography and grip. The production took three weeks, using family-owned digital camera, and the lighting support in slow-mostion was supportd by flashlights and bath heaters.
[From Soccer to Summer]
In the last soccer game in school, Xia, waiting for her best friend Jun who was late, tried her best to play a draw and get the game into overtime. They kept the promise of playing the last game together in the injury time, which became a memory of the last time the childhood friends met in their lives.
[Before the Storm Arrives]
Two men, a misunderstanding, and some jokes.
[Mr.Six]
One man, one phone, one night. Staying in the dark, brightness is in his heart.
[When the Cricket Sounds]
Professional sound recordist Soon, and his assistant, Maz, go to the park to record the sound of crickets. However, their different working styles lead to a conflict…
[Ashamed]
The Chinese characters are broad and profound. The word “Xu” is both wasteful and a sense of timidity. But the film’s purpose is to choose the latter. A vain girl picks up a mobile phone. Driven by greed, she is attracted by bargaining with the owner. Returning the lost items is a traditional virtue. I hope that everyone can live up to it at any time.
[A Normal Afternoon]
A young girl uses studying as an excuse to visit her friend. She feels nervous, though she doesn’t know why. Things she sees in her friend’s house becomes vivid in her mind, and the visit also turns out of control.
[Yi Qing Duan Pian]
An intense gamble happened between two guys during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Wish Tank]
During his lunch break, Stanley, a concession stand worker at the local cinema decides to present his own passion project on the big screen. The film is filled with all kinds of desire. Theses desire sometimes can be mundane, sometimes bizarre. These moments of magic and spice unfold as the scene changes, and end unexpectedly.
[Fictional Truth]
Our objective view is always monitoring out subjective imagination. One can never tell when fictional truth fades into hallucination.
