Jules Bourges

A man looks for refuge in a remote mountain's bath house. Surrounded with nudity, trapped and in a closed environment, he begins to lose his head.

In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.

The Replicant is a ballet of metallic humanoids, their shadows brushing and merging. Endlessly repeating. Bodies multiply in sensual loops. Sweat becomes mercury. The heat rises as the silhouettes make contact.

Exploring themes of science, religion and alien life, the short film centres around a “brilliant” scientist who finds his whole perspective on life falling apart after an unexpected encounter during a picnic by a lake. Having built his career and fame around skepticism, his life loses all meaning and he’s left a broken man by this experience that challenges all he’s stood for.

In a martial arts boarding school in northern China, a little girl fights to be a champion.