On a 1980s evening, the topmost clown-actor of the 20th century Sichuan opera, Qiu Fu passes away in an accident and half-unwillingly sets off for the Ghost City under the escort of two underworld officials. Along the way, he meets old friends. As they recall the past, a history of the living is conjured up.

A New Old Play

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.

The Wind Will Say

One morning, a young amateur photographer parks his motorcycle at the side of the mountain road and wanders through the wilderness, where he comes upon a woman, swaddled in white as though in a cocoon, lying amid the roots of the trees. When he returns in the afternoon, the woman has disappeared, leaving him in a fog. Was it all a dream? Was his mind playing tricks? Yet, there are other men with their stories about an encounter with a mysterious woman. Five men, five histories, five apparitions of a woman. Garbed in stunning, languidly paced cinematography, lush and astonishing sound design, Silent Ghosts meanders through jungle paths and roadways, conjuring up haunted, haunting tales that unfurl just beyond the limits of concrete reality. A voyage through the lives of five men or the five lives of one woman, the film explores the corners of the mind, where gossamer memories emerge and pass by like gauze floating gently downstream, and where first encounters, reunions and farewells merge into one.

Silent Ghosts

The hotel room as a place where everyone is a stranger. A place that is yours for just a moment. A temporarily intimate space entered by a maid in order to clean it while, if possible, not leaving a trace of her visit. Each episode of Stranger is set in such a place, and each is captured in one long take. Weaving together a series of episodic stories – some humorous and absurd, some poignant and mysterious – that all unfold within a seemingly confined space, Stranger explores the idea of home while being away from it, and sheds light on the distinctive yet universal experiences of isolation and loneliness.