Shanghai Theatre Academy

Summer beach, yellow raincoat, curly-haired puppy and girls drenched by the sea. It is a cry for help and also a defense from teenage territory. Dyed hair is a protection for prying eyes. Rash that grows is a rejection of secrets. Soft intimidation becomes a long last bond and hope is wrapped under layers of woolen yarn that will not come to light. Another good day for swimming. The raging pain fades and the dampness lingers in Ariel's chant.

Photographer Dong is planning a photo exhibition, but he has no photographs that he is proud of. His grandmother call him falsely claiming that she was ill and needed Dong to come home. It turned out that his mother had been released from prison that day. Dong spent his childhood in the mockery of his classmates and was full of resentment against his mother. After going through a struggle in dealing with his relationship with his mother, Dong experienced the missing maternal love for the first time and recorded the whole process with his camera.

In China, Ben & his friend watch a ping-pong competition on a communal village TV, and Ben's dreams begin. Ping-pong is in Ben's heart, but he can't ask his mum for money to buy the balls & paddles.

With her husband passed away and her daughter working far away, 55-year-old retired Zhao Na felt confused about her life. She decides to leave Shanghai and embarks on a self-driving journey to revisit her second hometown, where she went to Tibet with her parents when she was a child. However, the place has long been changed and there is no belonging. Zhao Na is searching for her peace of mind during the journey.

A livestream feeder sends his bovine companions to the slaughter line day after day. Yet in a split second of eye contact with the cow, he finally breaks down and resolves to run toward freedom alongside it.

After her adoptive mother’s death, a girl sets out to find her birth mother. On this long journey, she explores the roots of her identity amid reality and imagination.