Landing Countdown
Director: DAI Wei
Year: 2024
As night falls, the whistle blows, and the realm of the young unfolds. They ride through the darkness, following pre-programmed paths, moving stealthily towards hidden goals, gathering and dispersing in silence. By the time the sun rises, every trace of their presence has vanished.
This is a tale of secret endeavors, tracing the footsteps of these youths, a brutal story of adolescence.
DAI Wei
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I look into the Mirror and repeat to myself
Director: Giselle Lin
Year: 2024
With her family on the cusp of change and dissolution, a filmmaker questions the meaning of her given name, her place among her four sisters, and their stories.
Giselle Lin
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Evoke
Director: DU Xinshi
Year: 2024
A story about a family reunion and a mix of reality and illusion. The daughter Duo has been straddling the line between sanity and insanity.
A shaman from the mountain is invited to the reunion and is about to find a universal issue hanging in this family space. Following the shaman back to the mountain, Duo peers
into the mirror to see the power of the divine, and finally finds the answers and her sobriety.
DU Xinshi
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The River that never ends
Director: JT Trinidad
Year: 2024
Along a river that undergoes a major change, Baby, a middle-aged trans woman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to disappear, she realizes that she has been left behind in a sprawling city.
JT Trinidad
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Where do Ants Sleep at Night?
Director: WEI Dean
Year: 2024
A man and a woman suffer from the same terrible disease: they do not fit in. Their world, an office space, is disrupted when a pigeon flies in through the window and wreaks havoc. This is a short film combining elements of dance, theatre, music and the language of cinema.
WEI Dean
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