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On the eve of graduation, I deposited the red envelopes I collected during the New Year into the bank. Meanwhile, my soon-to-start live streaming job demanded an advance deposit. Shuttling between the church, the bank, the parking lot, and the garbage dump, I remained ensnared in the system's cage. What roles are we truly playing? This is not merely the confusion of a single youth, but a symptom of an era—where everyone employs role-playing to confront the void and absurdity to counteract absurdity. The film examines the existential states across different social spaces, inquiring if we can still reclaim our true selves amidst the role-playing and absurdity.

Life may have no meaning, but does that mean a life without meaning isn't worth celebrating?

In the depths of winter, the Tuomao people follow their herds across the grasslands. Kaikaizi and his mother had pitched their tent on the meadows near Wild Bull Gulch Township. But during the journey, Kaikaizi was struck by the devastating news of his mother's passing. Though the Tuomao share customs with the Tibetans, they practice Islam. In accordance with their faith, the deceased must be cleansed and prayed over by an imam on the very day of their death. Thus, Kaikaizi set out alone for Wild Bull Gulch Township in search of an imam.

A middle-aged female teacher in a special education class claimed to have been sexually harassed but struggled to provide evidence. Under pressure, she incited a student with intellectual disabilities to give false testimony, ultimately leading to her dismissal. The controversy seemed to have subsided, but the harsh truth was unexpectedly revealed.

In a town corroded by rust and mold, a girl’s silence becomes her crime. Home and school collapse into an absurd dream that resists awakening.

On a sweltering summer day, a 16-year-old boy arrives at high school for the first time. As he drifts through the school’s mandatory military-style training, the summer slowly draws to a close.

A fire came suddenly, more devastating than the calamity itself, is the apathy surrounding us, the shell of the flesh has long arranged the way of your life in the dark. If the world's "color" is not high and noble, if every soul deserves to be respected, born like mustard, the heart must be hidden in the heart, will blossom. In frustration and misunderstanding, a small heart is still beating as a flame.

"Blue" is a frame-by-frame cyanotype experimental animation short film, created using cyanotype technology combined with physical projection exposure technology. I try to capture the shadows of everyday objects in the sun and freeze them on paper and in my memory.

In the rural landscape of Zhejiang, a simple bamboo hat becomes the centrepiece of this work. Casually placed on the grass, its slightly curled edges and faded bamboo strips bear the marks of time and daily use. This is an ordinary object, presented in its natural state, without the need for excessive explanation.

Each day, she defecates into the toilet. Each day, the toilet swallows it up. But over the course of seven days, this ritual falls apart.

Luo Luo entrusts her camera to her seven-year-old granddaughter, Manman. Through her eyes, the interior of their small home comes to glitter like jewels in a treasure box. We learn once again how to partake in the endless joy of the world.

The Wandering Trees is a modern queer short film that delves into the emotional connections between people and the individual's self-identification. Through the stories of two female characters, Zhou and Yu, the film portrays the trials of emotions through time and distance and the struggles and growth of individuals when facing the past and reality. The“tree” in the play symbolises the deep yearning and dependence in people's hearts, while “wandering” represents the pursuit of freedom and the future.

After moving to China from New Zealand, two sisters try to adjust to their new ballet class, only to find that the teacher has an unusual teaching method.

A son came home and told his father that he had won the school football game, so his father wanted his son's glory to be seen by everyone.

More than a decade ago, a pessimistic pastor, weary of the world due to his physical problems, imprisoned a woman who was passing by and had shown him no respect in his home one evening at dusk. He intended to teach her a lesson, but she ridiculed him again. In a fit of rage, he accidentally killed her. The next day, after regaining his composure, he decided to sell his cattle, dispose of the body, and flee. However, as two of his cows were not sold in time, he had to postpone his departure for a day. He did not know that on the last night, a small criminal gang of three people, intending to steal money, accidentally broke into his house. Fearing that his crime would be exposed, the shepherd decided to make another mistake. Finally, due to his serious injuries, he left this world that he loved and hated.

Xiao Su yearns to escape reality and see the tropical fish. However, when his journey is unexpectedly cut short, he finds himself back home, gazing in silence at the captive fish in the dim light, where dreams and reality blur into one.

In the heart of Binshe village, Shaoxing, an ancient tradition unfolds each year — a three-day celebration honouring a local goddess with the haunting melodies of The Story of Pipa, performed exclusively by female Yue opera artists. As the villagers intertwine myth, history, and devotion, the lines between reality and legend blur, revealing a tale where music bridges worlds and ancestral echoes linger on sacred stones.

From a personal perspective, this documentary presents the history of the local church alongside an individual’s life story.

Told through oral narration, this documentary retraces the life of Wang Yufeng, an 87-year-old retired teacher.

Told through oral narration, this documentary retraces the life experiences of Tong Kang, a Shanghai miner who was sent to support frontier development.

Through fragments of everyday speech, this documentary constructs an alternate dimension of portraits for characters featured in earlier films. These previously unused materials—marked by the repetition of certain words—reveal deeper layers of social and environmental context.

In the last 400 years, the Chinese contribution to the world is almost zero, but what about before? The ancient wisdom and extraordinary creativity of the past is the light of the future.

In 1974, a child begins drawing lines on paper, anticipating the thrill of playing a video game. This film captures the essence of that moment, staying true to the act of drawing as if playing a game . As lines transform into sprites, the film evolves, creating a sense of movement and excitement, reminiscent of the classic arcade experience.

A hunter stumbles upon a strange forest and ventures into grotesque dangers, encountering natural horrors, biological oddities, and a group of humanoid monsters...

24 is a fragmented return to my family memories, where sound drifts away from abstract imagery to expand the space of the screen. Moving like a single current, the film lets viewers wander through what’s remembered—and what collapses—until rebuilding begins in the aftershocks.

The form of life originates from within and is manifested outwardly; it is both positive and negative, and at the same time, it is excessive.

On the remote Tibetan Plateau, Old Zhaxi, a herdsman, relies on a white yak that once saved his younger son and carries the memories of his late wife and eldest child. Now grown and yearning for a new life in the city, his son Gongbu decides to sell the yak, hoping to bring his father along. But the plan ignites a fierce confrontation. As the son insists on parting with the yak, father and son clash in the tension between tradition and modernity, between staying and seeking change. The enduring bond with the yak becomes a thread that tugs at their shared attachment to home and the widening rift of their era.

After the death of her gentle grandfather—the only protective figure—the filmmaker's mother’s mental state began to unravel. In an attempt to find spiritual grounding and emotional clarity, mother and daughter travel together to Tibet, seeking distance and faith as a way to make sense of their fractured past.

This documentary anthropologically records an 80-year-old Horqin shaman's final 3-day initiation ritual, showcasing traditional ceremonies and spiritual trances, with the passing of sacred instruments symbolizing cultural continuity.

A deaf man perceived as stubborn, a group of mundane fools shackled by reality, and an explosion suspended in Schrödinger's state.

Walking into the historical and cultural block, Liu Xing Street in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the streets and alleys resemble a hexagonal puzzle. In this community, residents from 13 ethnic groups, including the Uygurs, Kazakhs, Hans, Huis, and others, live together.

At the outbreak of an unknown virus, they hear the wailing of the remains. Between land, sea, and restless tides of the lagoon, time deranges time from the spring of 2020.

Infinite marks by clockwork frogs.

We often hear that parents’ love is priceless and selfless. But accepting that love can come at a cost: a price of being controlled, a price of living under expectations. When this love intertwines with children’s rebellion, it creates a complicated and painful dynamic.

Through fragments of everyday speech, this documentary constructs an alternate dimension of portraits for characters featured in earlier films. These previously unused materials—marked by the repetition of certain words—reveal deeper layers of social and environmental context.

The story starts with the flower on the head of the main character, and tells the story of Xiaochun, a monkey, who is the first to stand out in a world of rules and regulations that domesticate and suppress people's nature, and is the first to blossom his own “flower of nature”, thus making everyone's “flower of nature” blossom. The story of the “Flower of Nature”.The music design of the film is based on the traditional Chinese opera “Qinqiang”, an ancient and passionate form of music that complements the traditional Chinese art style of the film.

Chinese horror film.