The Open University of Hong Kong

For years, he has neglected his family in Hong Kong to tend his business in Mainland China. Back in Hong Kong after his father's death, the man discovers his son's childhood diary. As he reads about his son's life with his father, the man realizes that he has let his son's childhood pass by him. Filled with regret for both his father and his son, the man decides to make an effort to mend his relationship with his son. However, is it already too little, too late?

Colin feels trapped in life with no way out – thrown in at the deep end at work, stuck in a relationship that has run its course, losing touch with friends who have drifted apart and smothered by family pressures with endless bills to pay. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a dim light flickers, a spark of inspiration to go on an escapade on wheels: a fantasy joyride that promises to drag himself out of the doldrums, allows him to work out a sweat and take in a breath of fresh air, if only just for a stolen moment.

Two lonely souls meet in a bar on an ordinary night. United by a familiar-looking lighter and a familiar tune, they seem to have known each other long ago. Tung is a singer-songwriter who barely makes his living while Niki is just out of a relationship. They meet in a bar and a feeling of déjà vu hits them. Later into the night, they bump into each other again at the laundry store. The lighter and melody light up the chemistry between them. Two strangers open their hearts and share their magical, intimate feelings for each other as smoke slowly rises upwards.

Adam Wan, a homosexual young man who grown up in Hong Kong, trying hard to fight for rights of LGBT community, realising difficulties when achieving such goal, including conflicts with his father. He found frustration with his surroundings, thinking about how everything ended up in current societal situation. He begins to re-examine the society he lives in, his family, himself.

Ming's most coveted title is probably "Captain, Guarding Team of Literary Public Toilets in Hong Kong". He draws a map showing all the public toilets in Hong Kong. He keeps a literature in the water closets. He does not get along with his family and colleagues. His world is like a world of suppression depicted in a Polanski film. He sees that his neighbor, a young woman, is very lonely and quietly he puts a copy of Mrs. Dalloway by her side to keep her company. Ming may appear to be a weird fetish, but his unusual actions are guided by pure kindness and romance.

Yee-tou cannot recover from her sorrow at her fiancé’s death. Her admirer Heem with a quiet and introverted character is kind enough to take care of her. Deeply depressed, she resists taking her medication and suffers from frequent hallucinations. Eventually she kills herself in front of Heem, who is consequently infected by her depression, and keeps a tank of goldfishes at home. From a glass fish tank to our world, are we living in a true world or is life an illusion? “The Glass City” is a love story with sad sentiments mentioning the limitations in life as if goldfishes living in a glass tank.