Light Pillar
A melancholy tale of space age longing.
Sometime in the near future, lonely janitor Lao Zha is one of the last remaining employees at a dying movie studio where new film projects have grown few and far between. Claiming a lack of funds, the studio’s owner offers to pay him with a virtual headset instead of his usual salary. Inside this seductive digital world, Lao Zha connects with a female player who entices him with dreams of interstellar travel and the possibility of something beyond the drudgery of everyday life. More details & tickets
China / 2026 / 1 hr 30 mins
In Chinese and Mandarin with English subtitles
Content Warnings: violence, smoking
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