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- A short film about love, life, loneliness, the choices we make and sex toys. Inspired by 90s independent wave, Shanghai Story's main appeal lies in its characters, dialogue and classic visuals. Two people meet to exchange a few words but end up trading more. Cigarettes, booze, neon lights, romance and Shanghai - all that comes together in Shanghai Story. Because, you know... life is full of surprises.
- Tina is a 13-year-old maths genius in an isolated world where solid and definite answers given by computer analysis are more comforting and secure than the ambiguity of human relations. This mathematical savant fills her world with imaginary visions rich with mathematical fantasies. However, her aspiration gets questioned by an unlikely mentor, Mr Richardson. This science teacher shares her genius but challenges her to connect with the human world. When Tina's family life is threatened, she must make a choice between retreating deeper into isolation or solving her 'human equation'.
- An old and retired chef, named Chu, with hopeless disease, takes a golden retriever and drives an old car to start the journey in order to visit his four kids in the faraway places and cook a dinner for each kid. In different places, old Chu meets his children one after another and finds out that each child had got his own secret. He begins to realize his own problem.
- A stubborn old man endures his wife's persistent nagging while struggling to find a dish, Huo Fang, a taste from his distant youth, however a bite of it puts to rest their life-long quarrels.
- A light, subjective and not very documentary series that takes a look at some of the small places in China that you might not see on the mainstream media. This is just a rough and fun slice of life look at the real China many foreigners might not get a chance to see.
- Gua Shu Shijie - Melon Harvest In China, the modern meets the traditional and personal relationships are still very traditional and there are many social obstacles keeping young men and women apart. Melon Harvest is the story of a couple of young Chinese lovers that have been too shy to get together. The beautiful Meilin plays her traditional guzheng musical instrument at an elite party of modern Shanghainese and a mix of expatriate foreigners. Charged with the excitement of performance and the insistence of her friends, she asks the young man, Jiang Lu whom she likes to carry home her instrument for her. Due to a rather comical miscommunication their relationship starts off on the wrong foot. A vulgar Chinese saying for taking a girl's virginity can be to say "split her melon" -- which is about equivalent to saying "pop her cherry" in English. This crude saying combined with some persistent melon images leads to clumsy and comical misunderstandings that are common in first love.
- Polluted follows Jenny,a young professional traveling to her parents home in rural China. Her life unalterably changes upon encountering Jim, a photo journalist covering the environmental devastation and human suffering caused by industrial pollution. Jenny confronts both Chinese authorities and local customs when she helps Jim get the story.
- This film presents a vivid depiction of modern Shanghai seen through the eyes of 9-year-old Peipei Wang. Following her mother's sudden death, she and her brother are forced to rely on each other. In traditional China, family is central but modern life is changing the culture. This film explores the meaning of family when these children must care for each other since the loving support they have known is disrupted. Emotions intensify when father is late from work one day and can't be reached by phone. Peipei grasps the reality of their situation - without their father, they are entirely alone in the world. The children's intense emotions involve us and draw us in throughout this short film and leads to a surprising ending.