| Film
Dear You
by Lan Hongchun, 2026 ( 119’)
Ye Shurou leads a quiet life in Chaoshan until her grandson Xiaowei, burdened by debt, leaves for Thailand in search of his grandfather Zheng Musheng. His investigation brings to light a love story buried for fifty years, allowing memories and emotions that never truly disappeared to resurface.
The Absent
by Lu Dan, 2024 (90’)
After spending years away from home, Ivan returns to Tacheng, in Xinjiang. At a small hotel, he meets Refat and Xiaoyu, two people shaped by different stories and inner struggles. During a snowstorm, the three share a suspended space, seeking in one another a sense of closeness and a possible way forward.
Linka Linka
by Kangdrun, 2025 (100’)
After returning from Beijing to Lhasa, filmmaker Sangye sets out to make a film inspired by her own childhood. While struggling with a creative crisis, she must also confront her unresolved relationship with her father, a writer and director of Tibetan opera, and an emotional distance that seems difficult to overcome.
When the Bottle Turns
by Loten, 2026 (89’)
Knowing his time is short and his life is in its twilight years, an old man decides to journey to Nangri Temple to seek his guru and ask about his late wife’s reincarnation. Along the way, he meets a young wandering poet, and the two set off together. As their journey unfolds, their contrasting views on life and existence complement one another offering both liberation and redemption. Though the old man never reaches his guru, the wandering poet accompanies him through his final moments.
Gold Life
by Zhang Xin, 2026 (93’)
Zhang Xin has chosen to remain in Dali while many others leave. A PhD candidate, full-time mother, separated from her husband and in conflict with her own mother, she struggles to balance study, work, family, and everyday life. On the eve of her thesis defense, a phone call forces her to face yet another turning point.
Take Off
by Peng Fei, 2026 (118’)
Li Mingqi and his wife Gao Yafeng devote their entire lives to pursuing a seemingly impossible dream: to fly. Amid financial hardship and the pressures of everyday life, that desire becomes both a means of survival and a source of hope, eventually turning into an extreme act of defiance against fate.
It's OK
by Yang Lina, 2026 (118’)
Xu Ke, a young Gen Z woman with no romantic experience, is preparing to undergo an imminent gynecological procedure. The unexpected arrival of her mother, Hu Chunrong, disrupts her plans and begins an unforeseen period of living together, marked by tension, vulnerability, and new possibilities for mutual understanding.
Number 23
by Xia Hao, 2025 (92’)
Inspired by a true story and set during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the film explores the bond between a mother and her son through two parallel dimensions: the world above ground and the world below. These two spaces become reflections of a relationship marked by distance, dependence, and affection.
Blades of the Guardians
by Yuen Woo-ping, 2026 (126’)
In the desert of the Western Regions, the guard Dao Ma is tasked with escorting the mysterious Zhishilang to Chang’an. The journey quickly turns into a dangerous flight filled with battles and pursuits, as connections from the past emerge and the fate linking Dao Ma to the young Xiao Qi is gradually revealed.
Light Pillar
by Xu Zao, 2026 (90’)
A solitary cleaner wanders around the outskirts of a decaying film studio complex, gradually retreating into a virtual relationship. Inspired by everyday reality, the film creates a suspended world between alienation and imagination through a bold and highly personal visual language.
Spring in a Small Town
by Fei Mu, 1948
4K restored version (98’)
In a small town in Jiangnan, a married woman unexpectedly reunites with a love from her past. The encounter rekindles feelings that have never truly faded and places her before a profound conflict between personal desire, marital responsibility, and social conventions.
Still Life
by Jia Zhangke, 2006 (108’)
Two people travel from Shanxi to the Three Gorges region in search of family members. Against the backdrop of the transformations caused by the Three Gorges Dam project, their personal stories intertwine with a rapidly changing landscape, revealing the fragility of individual lives in the face of sweeping historical change.