Selfish businessman Jason Mudrick is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Mudrick is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Enduring excruciating pain, Clara scours the internet for a cure for her headache. She stumbles upon a new feature of the search engine: an artificial intelligence. She soon discovers that the quest for curing her headache will challenge her perception of reality.
Jin Gang returns to his hometown to find it transformed, and when a child goes missing in a trafficking case, he steps in as an outsider—facing the search for the girl while confronting the painful memories he’s long tried to escape.
Nikita and Alex squat a vacant, gutted apartment. Between playing hide-and-seek and dancing, reality catches up with them when the landlord shows up with renovation plans. Hidden close together in a closet, the boys experience a moment of intimacy. When the coast is clear, Nikita rushes away. Alex is left behind, bewildered.
As sounds and images from the past and present envelop them, a young couple walk across the city and confronts the haunting echoes of a love and dream once left unfinished
The isolated 17-year-old high school student Zhao Fei forms a genuine and redemptive friendship with his classmate Xia Qiu and her younger autistic brother Xia Tian, leading all three toward a better life.
Amid his parents’ endless fights, young Emin escapes into his superhero dreams. One night, with a red shawl as his cape, he climbs the window—ready to soar away and become his own kind of hero.
A portrayal of a young man's inner turmoil, torn between two opposing aspects: one fighting to keep hope for the future alive, while the other is consumed by sadness and tormented by demons of his past.