Shelter

Fang’s home is cramped and chaotic—not even a dining table to gather around. One day, she visits her friend Qi’s birthday party and, for the first time, sits at a real table to share a meal. That simple moment awakens a longing she never knew she had.

On a sweltering summer morning, just as Wei-Han was heading out for delivery run, he discovered that the fridge had broken down—all of his girlfriend Chia-Lin’s ice pops had melted. Chia-Lin called the landlord, insisting that he replace the old fridge with a new one, but Wei-Han didn’t want to escalate the situation. The two began to argue in their cramped rooftop room.

An ophthalmologist numbs his past with eye drops, drifting into visions born of childhood trauma. When he meets a mysterious patient named Pin-Hong, the line between reality and illusion begins to blur. As his assistant Eve prepares to leave his fractured world, he must face a painful choice: to remain in the gentle comfort of illusion, or to truly see the world as it is.

In the sweltering summer heat, the ping pong club is plagued by a broken air conditioner. A girl, bored out of her mind, quietly sets out on a quest to find something special. Little does she know that this seemingly ordinary afternoon is about to take an exciting turn when a boy walks down the stairs.

Still waiting for her graduate school results, Lyn returns to her grandmother’s house for the summer, hoping to escape the anxiety of uncertainty. With nothing much to do, she signs up for driving lessons, just to keep herself busy—only to unexpectedly reunite with her childhood friend, Rocky.

A little boy trying to beat a monster. A baseball team captain trying to win a game. Perhaps ...they're the same thing.