On a bitter winter night in Harbin, a boy loses his beloved cards. To ease his anger, he turns to mischief as a form of rebellion. But as each act of defiance gives way to the relentless return of violence—like the unending winter wind—he begins to realize he is caught in a cycle he cannot escape.
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SHORTS: CONCRETE MEMBRANE
When skin is a surface webbed by roads, eyes, and waiting rooms. Rooftop cameras shoot one-take city capers, doppelgangers roam twisty Tokyo streets, conspiring pigs whisper in warehouses, and backstage dance moms can’t help but stare.

