A young man named Ayaz who has trouble showing his emotions struggles to write a script about his emotions for a new film. He lives in a world full of dreams where water represents emotion. We see his journey of self-acceptance.
Kiblat stated that he would propose to his girlfriend, Asya. Asya accepted with the conditions, Kibla met Asya's father and received his blessing. Again, it was accepted, but when Kiblat told his mother about his desire to get married, his mother outright rejected this desire. The obstacle for Kiblat and Asya to get married actually came from Mrs. Kiblat herself.
A commercial short film co-presented by FIRST Film Festival and Vivo, revolves around the protagonist Zhuang Shu in director's previous TV mini-series "Why Try to Change Me Now", focusing on the northwestern small city of Qingcheng in the 1990s, telling the story of the unexpected encounter between two pairs of fathers and sons on the Spring Festival. This brief reunion made the children grow up a little. "Whether facing family responsibilities or facing the challenges of life, we are still led by the universal desire of 'dreaming'. Dreams are the instinct of existence and also guide us to our truest self." Director Zhang Dalei explained the meaning of the title.
This is the story of Gaku and his friend Ryu, born and raised in a rural town in Kagoshima, Japan. The two are trying their best to live in the present with "weakness" in the enormous amount of time they have. They experience bullying, suicide, and abuse, and learn that life is full of absurdities, disparities, wars, and various contradictions.
Zhang Yinglong, who had been working alone in Beijing, returned to his hometown to visit relatives and learned that due to logging and coal mining, the environment in his hometown had deteriorated from once being a place of abundant water and grass to now being covered in yellow sand. Despite the opposition of his relatives, he resigned from his job as a deputy general manager and sold his house to return to his hometown to fight the desert. After experiencing difficulties and perseverance, he has now become a "national model worker" with green trees lining the streets.
Two Hustler cousins attempt to get over on an associate of theirs, but after the job they pulled goes wrong, the duo must leave their families and skip town.
Fulfilling her work as a bailiff in Salvador, Íris delivers warrants and is often forced to execute orders that go directly against what she believes in. The job torments her. One day, with the disappearance of an activist after the execution of a warrant issued by her, the officer begins to investigate the crime and finds herself involved in the discovery of a large land grabbing scheme.
Kika and Igo, even though they are now officially brother and sister, because their parents got married, have decided to continue their dating relationship. And now it has been more than three years since Kika and Igo have been in an LDR. Jakarta-Ausie is quite far, you know, across a deep ocean. I definitely miss you, but what if they are VCs? Kika feels like Igo has changed... so every time they call they always fight. Kika's longing was rewarded when Igo suddenly returned to Jakarta without Kika knowing, fortunately Papa Juno was very innocent and told him the news of Igo's return. With flowers, Kika prepares for Igo's return. But what happened, Igo didn't come home alone, he brought a beautiful Caucasian girl who begged for mercy. Suddenly he hit Kika's head, he wanted to be angry but he was proud.
Night after night, a watchman clocks into his lonely booth and spends hours composing endless security logs to stay awake, as he slowly descends into darkness.
An unexpected incident at Suki's party caused Rea to have trouble again with her old friend. Only Asta remained loyal, while Dante and Ziva added complexity to her life.
Desperate to raise money for his daughter’s cancer treatment, a retired bull rider teams up with his estranged son and resorts to robbery to secure payment before time runs out. But after the heist goes awry, keeping the money—and their freedom—requires the duo to outwit a dogged pair of local law enforcement officers, including a justice-minded sheriff who soon suspects that the key to her case may lie uncomfortably close to home.
Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital heart disease. A doctor tells Nobumasa Tsuboi that his daughter will only live for about 10 more years. Nobumasa Tsuboi is devastated that his daughter won't live past the ago of 20. Nobumasa Tsuboi and his wife Yoko Tsuboi (Miho Kanno) cannot accept the diagnosis. Even though he has no medical knowledge or experience, Nobumasa Tsuboi begins to study about artificial hearts.
A world-renowned pianist faces the devastating news that she has progressive hearing loss which will ultimately lead to deafness. This news comes at the same time a new love walks into her life. Will she let her fear of not being able to hear consume her and keep her from exploring this new love? Or will she allow Abigail in so they can deal with the hearing loss together?
Laurent is a failed and lazy painter. When Camille, his childhood friend, invites him to his home to get back in touch, Laurent meets Thérèse, his wife, whom he falls under the spell. The man pretexts wanting to make a portrait of his friend in order to go to the couple's house every day. Thus, Laurent and Thérèse become lovers. Their love seems to grow, but it is impossible for them to fully live their relationship. They consider excluding Camille from their lives...
On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.