A Tibetan girl named Yuzhen came back to Lhasa from studying in the interior China for her grandmother's funeral. Unexpectedly, getting the altitude sickness prevents her from lighting a lamp for the late grandma. In her dream, she found the grandma in a temple, and what happened in that journey has created some subtle connections to the real life.
China
A Roadside Banquet
An eleven years old Chinese girl turns into a feather duster at her baby brother's first birthday party, soon after learning her parents only ever wanted a boy.
Would You Like to Tell Me a Story?
As China abruptly lifts its "zero-COVID" policies, leaving many grappling with the sudden change, we look back at our personal stories during the still-recent lockdown in Shanghai, which lasted for two full months over the spring of 2022. Through sharing the unique experiences about food, pain, and even parenthood, we found in each other not only healing and support, but also a fresh understanding of what lies ahead of us.
A Girl Meets A Boy And A Robot
Having lost her memory, a girl wanders alone in the desert of ruins. She encounters a robot who has also seemed to lose its memory and a boy seeking Crystal of time.
On a lovely night, the boy tells the girl that his dream is to find the Crystal of Time and ask the people from the past why they made the world this way. Then the girl gives her favorite stone to the boy, hoping he can get his wish…..
The Stage of Golden Beach
In a local slaughterhouse in southern China, Bin, a female worker who stopped dancing after a sexual abuse in her childhood, was known to all in the small town. Before the Spring Festival this year, now as young single mother, Bin was forced to dance in a show that was intended for local government's funding. During the rehearsal, she fell into the clutches of her male dance teacher's assault. She had no option but to decide on a self-destructive counterattack against toxic patriarchism.
Wuqiao Circus
In Wuqiao, a small Chinese town, the inhabitants are dedicated to circus. For decades, different generations present themselves as clowns, magicians, acrobats and tamers. During the holidays of Chinese New Year, the Wuqiao Acrobatic World turns into a big playground for spectators. Surrounded by Buddhist temples and Taoist sculptures, artists create their own space of circus tradition, imagination, illusion and reality. Backstage life is melancholic. “Wuqiao Circus”, a film about circus life fra