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Love Is a Book

The film consists of two love stories, "First, Second, Third" and "Love is a Book". The former tells the story of two male lovers who start with a sexual relationship, develop feelings, and then openly share their emotions, leading to a deep connection. The latter revolves around two female lovers, reuniting after a long separation, experiencing a surge of past emotions and the inevitable clash with present realities. Love is a book, and while they are in different chapters of their emotional journeys, both stories share similar, ambiguous, and pure expressions of love.

Love Is a Book

NR 2025
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The four actors gathered in the studio spent three days rehearsing their 30-page script. They were told they would perform onstage on the fourth day. The cast has yet to be decided. Although they are upset about being in a closed environment with their smartphones and watches ripped away, the four devote themselves to rehearsals in order to obtain the roles they want to play. A second-rate actor, an unpopular actor, a bad actor, and an actor who can no longer find satisfaction in acting as directed. Their no-turning-back situations are gradually brought to light during rehearsals, revealing the women’s respective natures. Their performances collide as they give all they’ve got for their acting careers in this space where there are no rules nor even a director or producer. The fourth day arrives. As the masked audience watches, will they be able to show their true natures as actors and deliver a successful stage performance?

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NR 2025
Fish Bone

Eighteen-year-old girl Li Qi failed the college entrance examinations. She disobeyed her mother, refusing to return to school to be a returning student. The relationship between Li Qi and her mother worsened. At classmate Xiaowei’s birthday party, Li Qi and Xiaowei had a quarrel. Li Qi smashed Xiaowei’s newly-bought iPhone in a rage. Unexpectedly, her originally peaceful summer life was changed after the quarrel. Facing the crisis of claiming compensation by her classmate, Li Qi chose to hide it from her mother, determined to keep it as her secret and solve the problem alone. And this secret was like a fishbone stuck in her throat, gradually becoming an unspeakable discomfort for her. The bitterness and pains of growing-up come one after another. She began to rethink her relationship with her mother, and her relationship with the world.

Fish Bone

NR 2025
Correct Me If I'm Wrong

In this vulnerable documentary, the filmmaker captures how their family resorts to spiritual interventions in an attempt to rid them of their queer identity. The grandmother believes they must be possessed by a ‘demon girl’ – the unborn girl their mother was forced to abort before she became pregnant with Hao. Undergoing prayers, therapies, treatments and ceremonies, Hao paints a wry portrait of these complex relationships with admirable clarity and compassion.

Correct Me If I'm Wrong

NR 2025
Widmung

In the suburbs of Tokyo, Ogawa, a 39-year-old programmer, lives alone in a 50-year-old apartment. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ogawa has been working entirely remotely, rarely leaving his home or meeting other people. At first glance, his life might seem the epitome of solitude. Yet, his days are fulfilling, occupied by hobbies like playing the digital piano, online mahjong, and tinkering with keyboard switches. Despite his contentment with this solitary lifestyle, Ogawa has been a member of a marriage agency for the past three years. One day, through the agency's app, he receives a message from a woman named Maeda. Little by little, change begins to ripple through Ogawa's quiet life.

Widmung

NR 2025
If Only We Are Lovers

One day, 26-year-old Toko Tanabe(Seina Nakata) begins to be attracted to Satoshi Matsuyama (Daichi Kaneko), who is the same age as her and whom she meets.They have lively conversations over meals, he is kind, and they share the same hobbies and wavelengths... One day on a date, Toko drinks until the last train, and Matsuyama ends up staying at her house, where she spends the night with him. [Episode 5 of the miniseries "The Borderline Between Friends with Benefits and Lovers"]

If Only We Are Lovers

NR 2025