Individual Nominations
- Best Directorial DebutLiu Taifeng
Synopsis
A car accident, layoffs, unemployment, and at home a struggling student obsessed with video games who is about to sit the high school entrance exam: what do you do when all the bad luck arrives at once? Wei Li (Song Ningfeng), an executive at a food delivery platform, accidentally knocks down one of his own company's couriers who was rushing to make a delivery. In the fight over who was at fault, facing questions of both law and conscience, Wei Li gradually begins to doubt the values he had firmly believed in, and the truth hidden within the flood of algorithms slowly reveals its ugly face...
Jury Citation
Through the misfortunes of two ordinary families, Another Day of Hope probes the deep psychology behind complex human nature and reflects the filmmaker's active engagement with current social issues. Shot on film, it has a strong texture of everyday life that adds to its authenticity and draws the audience into the story.
Film Information
Liu Taifeng
Drama
Song Ningfeng, Zhang Xinyi, Guo Keyu, Sun Zhihong, Jin Ka
Chinese Mainland
Mandarin
133 min