Constanze Schmitt

40-year-old housewife Cai has lost track of who she is and who she wants to be. During one of her daughter’s basketball matches, she inadvertently injures an elderly woman. This seemingly trivial event is a catalyst for a life spinning out of control, as past events resurface while she moves into an unknown future. Director Qiu Yang follows a series of multi-awarded shorts with his debut feature, a mesmerizing and intimate drama about a woman forced to confront the wreckage of her life and her longing for change?

A teenage Karol, who is conditionally released from the correctional facility, stays in a training flat. Under electronic supervision, he starts his life anew. In his daily "life training" he can count on Marta's help. The relationship between them deepens and creates a chance for something more. With time, Marta's lessons become more and more unconventional, and her relationship with Karol turns into an ambiguous bond.

안드레아는 그늘이 없고, 장난스럽고, 솔직하고, 활기차고, 꾸밈없고, 예측할 수 없는 여자다. 그녀의 새 남자친구 필립과 그의 아들 마틴은 안드레아를 사랑한다. 안드레아의 존재가 최근 사망한 필립의 아내이자 마틴의 어머니인 한나의 빈 자리를 채운다. 뜨거운 여름이 시작됐다. 그들 각자의 공허한 내면은 곧 위로, 헌신, 그리고 안정감을 원한다. 소유하려는 것은 충동이 된다. 사랑은 두려움으로 억제되고 일상 생활은 내일이라는 무게에 눌려 질식되고 만다.

In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, YU, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.

In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night.

Todor is in his early thirties and lives with his mother, reliant on her cooking, ironing, washing, and company. The comfort of this co-dependent lifestyle is suddenly altered one night when Todor arrives home late after an office party.

Winter in a big city. Thirty-year-old Klara arrives home with a random guy that she has just met. Both are drunk, they are giggling, having fun. But there is someone else in the apartment: Anton (9) catches them having sex. The next morning, Anton is gone.