When a white lie leads to unexpected results, Chen Chen and Zheng Yuxing forge a deep friendship and must face the harsh realities of growing up.
The new year is fast approaching and middle-aged screenwriter Wang Zi Liang is feeling the pressure. He has to deal with multiple issues concerning both his work and home life, making him feel 'sad in the new year'. When his mother asks the family to return home for the holidays, Zi Liang welcomes the opportunity of a break. However, old family conflicts quickly start to resurface and only a mother's love will be able to resolve them.
Chen Jianxia, a girl who lived in a patriarchal environment since she was a child, longs to escape from the oppressive family. She is admitted to Zhenhua Middle School, where she meets the rebellious but kind-hearted boy Li Ran. Li Ran becomes the only light in her life. She is like a forgotten spaceship in the universe, and he is the only answer in the radio that has been silent for many years.
Jin, a widowed mother living alone in a village, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her daughter fights tooth and nail to get her the best treatment while her son encourages the family to embrace the reality of death. Circumstances send the three characters on an existential journey on the rivers of the past. Chen's sensitive debut feature is a film about homecoming and farewells, and was awarded Best Screenplay at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Chen’s daughter is returning from the UK after her university graduation. On the weekend of her return, Chen accidentally learns her secret when they are hijacked by two ruffians.
A young woman who needs a kidney transplant wants to marry someone who will be able to donate a kidney, and meets a young man who has a brain disease.
A pair of men and women, Zhang Wei (played by Zhou You) and Tang Ping (played by Huang Miyi), who have been beaten up by life and become rotten, accidentally bump into each other's world. Is this young newlywed couple choosing to continue lying flat or undergo a glamorous transformation while in a state of irritability?
Wu Hongyan is a female bailiff in a regional court in West China dealing with women awaiting execution—more often than not, sentenced for crimes of passion. Every weekend, without much luck, she looks for love at the Good Luck Matchmaking dance, until she meets the husband of one of her prisoners.
In the summer of 1991, a rape case broke the peace of a small town. The fathers of two girls in the local middle school were the policemen in charge of the case.
Luo Yu and Bai Hui's marriage broke down due to the accidental death of their child. While waiting for the divorce certificate, the two were involved in a family dispute case as a lawyer and a doctor. As the divorce and the lawsuit progressed, the two had a new understanding of marriage and life.
Jiayi (Tong Liya), who grew up in an orphanage, has not been buried by life, but instead has a natural strength to not give up and has become a stubborn seed. She recognizes Curly Hair (Huang Minghao), who also grew up in the orphanage, as her younger brother, and the two support each other along the way. A chance encounter awakens in her a mother's love and a new desire for life. For the sake of her own nature and rights, she must bravely face everyone's doubts and difficulties, fight to the end, and go forward alone.
Loosely based on The Tale of Darkness, a traditional song of mourning, the film follows Wang Zhun, a director in search of inspiration for his new script, as he embarks on an unpredictable trek across China’s remote Shennongjia mountains in Hubei province with an urbane producer, Ding Hongmei; a young actor named Bai; and his loyal photographer, Du Chun. The journey delivers a relentless series of unexpected physical hardships and subtle emotional ebbs and flows on the protagonists.
Muzi, 22, comes home to Hangzhou for Chinese New Year, where she plays her roles as a daughter, a half-sister, and a girlfriend. Roaming in this city that feels so familiar yet distant, Muzi searches for a place where she belongs.
A teenage boy’s prank love letter to his teacher spirals out of control, forcing a clever classmate to step in and turn the awkward mess into a heartwarming resolution.
Chen Choushi meets Wen Qian at a dental clinic, sparking a brief romance. He reveals that he can see a number above a girl’s head, representing the length of their relationship—and for them, it’s only seven days.
Xiao Bai receiving a postcard from a small town in the southwest. It was sent by her boyfriend who left without saying goodbye three years ago. After much hesitation, she decided to go to the town to find out what happened.
After a decade as a Beijing drifter, Fang Chunshu returns to Chengdu, grappling with urban alienation from her single mother, until a local youth helps her rediscover familial bonds through emerging cultural spaces and find renewed purpose amid the city's transformation.
A Korean-Chinese mother returns home after a decade abroad to investigate her son's coma, uncovers his hidden guilt as a perpetrator instead of a victim, and ultimately clears his name through truth-seeking.