Jules Bourges

Exploring themes of science, religion and alien life, the short film centres around a “brilliant” scientist who finds his whole perspective on life falling apart after an unexpected encounter during a picnic by a lake. Having built his career and fame around skepticism, his life loses all meaning and he’s left a broken man by this experience that challenges all he’s stood for.

In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.

In a martial arts boarding school in northern China, a little girl fights to be a champion.