Shanghai Film Academy

Inhumation is a traditional Chinese funeral custom. People believe that the dead can rest in peace only when they are buried in the earth. Otherwise, their souls will be lost and become wandering ghosts, never to reincarnate. The place where cattle laid comes from an ancient Book called Jin, which means a geomantic treasure place where people can rest in peace. In modern days, the Reform of Funeral and Interment began, and many stories of conflict with faith occurred. Old Li and the Fool’s journey took place in the autumn of the year when the burial was changed to cremation.

On the eve of the 21st century, Keke, a fine arts graduate, is on his way to Guangzhou to look for his grandfather’s tombstone. On the way, he meets Ono, a guitarist who is chasing a typhoon. Two people aimlessly walk in a strange city, for their own purposes to find, to experience, but there seems to be no results. Anything can happen before the apocalypse.

On a night in Shanghai, there is an accidental encounter and separation of the broken-hearted Ajie and an amnesiac old lady…

After Fang Ke experiences emotional frustration, he indulges in the fast-pace life of debonair. Upon knowing that grandpa is to undergo a third operation, he makes his way back to his hometown. An intertwined story about the enduring relationship between grandma and grandpa, grandpa’s health, a young man’s pursuit, wish-making, and grandpa’s secret. Life is boring and love is flawed, even in the so-called paradise.

A short film based on a combination of the director’s personal experience and social reality. It tells the story of Li Yun, a middle school girl who seems to be strong and has no weakness. When “menarche” comes, this secret becomes a huge test for her. Her good friend Chen Xue keeps this secret and helps Li Yun in her transition into adulthood.

Hui Chang, who is pregnant, believes in Buddhism. She supports her family by folding and selling paper ingots. In a pregnancy check-up, she finds out that the fetus has a chromosome defect. In order to keep the baby, Hui Chang’s husband Guoliang Zhao takes her to a sorceress for a cure. In the process, Hui Chang’s faith is questioned and she suffers anxiety and pain.

Qiandao Lake rookie search and rescue officer Yu Zaishui is looking for a boat that was washed into the lake by the flood. With the help of retired search and rescue officer Hu Xunzhou, Yu realises that the case is related to a missing old man. The floodgate at Qiandao Lake is about to open and they must find him before that happens. During the operation, the Xin’an River Great Migration incident from 60 years ago emerges…

A story which focuses on a woman who is born poor and suffers immensely for her family. As a wife, she supports the whole family and takes good care of her paralysed husband. As a mother, she is misunderstood by her adolescent son. As herself, she has a strong desire for the beautiful things in life which cannot be fulfilled. All of these involve money. So the woman comes up with a “brilliant” idea…

Lao Wang is an old man living alone in the countryside. After being dismissed and sick in succession, he built a coffin for himself and lay in it. After hearing the news, the son thought that his father was making trouble for no reason, felt helpless and humiliating, and persuaded him to have a conflict with his father. When the conflict between father and son is the most intense, the sudden death of the neighbor makes the father and son gradually understand each other and ease the relationship.