Screening Schedule | The Pioneering Landforms of the 5.11 Eruption The Americas, a continent formed by the interweaving and superimposition of voyage misinterpretation, colonial accumulation, primitive settlement and modern capital, has always been in a state of continuous movement, deformation and narrative fissure. It is not merely a drifting plate in a geographical sense, but also a metaphor for the continuous deconstruction, differentiation and reshaping in the spiritual

Screening Schedule | May 10 Floating Islands The cracking of Antarctic ice always echoes at midnight. When massive ice shelves break away from their main body, those angular fragments embark on an eternal nomadic journey. They do not seek to become the bedrock of new continents; instead, they willingly take the form of wandering crystals, carving another kind of geological growth ring amid the briny ocean currents—and this is precisely the destiny of micro-images. Amid the co

Screening Schedule | May 9 The Fissures of Existence The "African Plate" is not merely a geographical concept; it represents sunken strata and exposed social realities. Within this plate, moving images carry the weight of rock strata. Rejecting superficial polish and embellishment, they bear geological fissures, documenting people’s lives and struggles within established societal structures. Through *After Graduation* and *Special You*, we gain insight into two facets of "sur

Screening Schedule | May 5 The Latitude of Faith The Indian Ocean is not static; it is a flowing memory and a silent epitaph. The whispers of old gods, the scars of tides, trafficked faiths and drifting identities layer upon one another and intertwine endlessly across these waters. Its language is slow and fragmented, like an incantation murmured softly in a dream. Tectonic plates drift, moving not just the earth’s surface, but also the breaths forgotten by history and overlo

Screening Schedule | May 6: Flowing Arteries of the Earth The Pacific Plate is the Earth's largest tectonic plate. Beneath its seemingly water-covered surface lies a complex geological structure riddled with faults and drastic transformations. For a long time, women have been expected to be gentle, tolerant and reticent in both family and society. Their voices and needs are often overlooked and marginalized, yet they have never ceased to build up disruptive power in silence a

Screening Schedule | May 4: The Emotional Underpinning of Realism The Eurasian Plate is not merely a convergence of nations in a geographical sense, but also a complex and profound fault line in cultural experience. It bridges cities and rural areas across East Asia, the silence and bonds between generations, individuals’ struggles and sense of belonging within social order, and further presents the lives of people constantly swept along by the tides of the times. As the Eura

Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Echoes of Freedom and Fate &Echoes of Freedom and Fate Ancient Greek mythology abounds with discussions about fate, most of which are fundamentally tragic. Humans are invariably powerless against predetermined destiny, rendering them small and helpless in the face of it. Oedipus schemed meticulously at every turn, yet all his elaborate plans led him inexorably to his fated fate of killing his father and marrying his mother. Orpheus endured untold

The Drama: Moral Judgments in Intimate Relationships & Moral Judgment in Intimate Relationships If confession itself is an ultimate test for a relationship, then the question is never whether you have secrets, but whether the trust built between us can still hold once those secrets are spoken aloud. The Drama unfolds with this almost brutal premise. Shortly before their wedding, groom-to-be Charlie Thompson (played by Robert Pattinson) and bride-to-be Emma Harwood (played by

Il Buco | Time Deep Within Scenery and Declining Modernity #Time in the Depths of Scenery and Downward Modernity Michelangelo Frammartino's film Il Buco (2021), inspired by the 1961 expedition to the Abisso del Bifurto cave, meticulously depicts the descent of a caving team. Through minimalist cinematic language, it conducts an audio-visual mapping of the underground, illustrating the inseparable connection between human activity and geological processes. *Vertical Poles: Aby

Marty the Supreme｜Gradually Leveling Off Speed [ the gradually leveling-off speed ] The word "ping-pong". When we look at the form of this term, we can usually easily picture a game of table tennis, or more precisely, visualize its trajectory and shape—it is as if a back-and-forth rally is formed between the two characters. The incompleteness each character possesses drives them to collide with and draw toward one another. The ball/dot sustains the movements and intentions of

Young Hearts Interview: "I just wanted to have a story for everyone who felt a little bit different." (Trailer of Young Hearts） Written and directed by Belgian director Anthony Schatteman, Young Hearts (2024) is a queer coming-of-age story that follows two 14-year-old boys who meet one summer and gradually develop feelings for each other. Many viewers have described it as a homo version of Flipped (2010) or a youthful take on Call Me by Your Name (2017). The film stars Lou Go