In a bare house on an ordinary afternoon, a nervous woman prepares for a visitor whose calm presence hides an unspoken demand. Through whispered bargains, rigged games and desperate tricks, their encounter unravels into a quiet duel of chance and control. A Quiet Day is a slow-burn chamber piece about fear, power, and the fragile hope that one more gamble might change everything.
Kevin and Cassandra lost their daughter, Hannah, who died in a freak car accident. While Kevin mourns her death, Cassandra celebrates her life, but bitterness and mutual blame threaten to tear their marriage apart.
One day, Lan Xia goes to her classmate Hai Feng’s house to stay overnight. They start to feel awkward around each other without really knowing why, but slowly get closer through insignificant words exchanged while doing a jigsaw puzzle of the world map. The next morning, Hai Feng realizes that Lan Xia has left without saying anything and sets out to follow her. A memory of a summer in which the world belonged to the two of them alone, if only for a moment
Valerio is a man lost between what was and what could have been. Obsessed with the perfect idea, he tries to tell a story but ends up losing his own. Trapped in a cold, distant present, he takes refuge in the few memories he has left, reliving fragments of a past consumed by the search for meaning.
After the “September 18 Incident” in 1931, Japanese forces occupied Northeast China. University student Bai Yihua was ordered to return to his hometown, Liaoyang, posing as a teacher to secretly organize anti-Japanese resistance. However, constant threats put his mission and identity at risk. As enemy and ally clashes intensify and his cover nears exposure, can Bai Yihua uncover the traitor, break through the siege, and turn the tide of the resistance?
Two boys anxiously wait for their friend to partake in illicit activities, however their curiosity overwhelms them leading to an unfortunate chain of events.
After her mother's death, Martina is unable to move on with her life. So she decides to preserve and honor her mother's memory by giving ceramic plates with meaningful illustrations to each of the town's inhabitants, thus continuing the family legacy.
A mentally drained anthropomorphic cat enjoys his lunch on a bench on a warm spring day. An anthropomorphic fish, his natural prey, sits down next to him and accuses him of every single bad thing under the sun. Will the cat be able to go back to eating his lunch in peace?
Whispers of Walls follows a young couple in love across caste lines, whose bond is tested when trust is broken and betrayal turns deadly, leaving silence and blood in its wake.
Benjamin and Natalia Welling are two young lovers who leave behind their life of crime for a better life. But stuck in a tough economy, they have to get "thrifty" to find ways to make money. Benjamin starts Thrifting at local antique and thrift stores, and up-selling his finds to collectors. But when his criminal past catches up to him, he and Natalia will have to do whatever they can to survive (both financially and literally.)
The friendship between two hooligans is showing cracks as one still thrives on the violent world, while the other tries to escape its empty existence. Raoul thrives on the chaos of the hooligan life, while Anouar searches for a way out of the violence and emptiness. This debut film shows how their friendship is tested when Anouar distances himself, afraid to face his true feelings. Raoul refuses to let go. For him, riled up and high on drugs, instilling fear is the way to command respect. His buddy Anouar, however, is increasingly fed up with the world rife with violence and toxic masculinity.
Chị Ngã Em Nâng is a touching story about two siblings, Thương and Lực, who grew up in a family devoted to the traditional craft of incense making. Tragedy struck early, leaving Thương as the sole support for her younger brother — taking on the roles of both sister and parent. Growing up with hardships, Thương relied on her resilience and the deep-rooted teachings of their parents to persevere and change their lives. She eventually found success and hoped her brother would follow the same path. However, her well-meaning imposition unintentionally created cracks in their bond, pushing the siblings into painful conflicts — even to the point of facing life and death.