The Handover

A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.

Two millennials: Richard, a film studies student, and Ethan, a music producer preparing to launch his own startup—share a flat in Macau with a cherished washing machine, affectionately named R3D2. When they suddenly need to dispose of it, though, the two Westerners embark on a nine-minute journey of desperation, misdemeanors, and language barriers that folds the history of Macau into a dryly funny take on the myth of Sisyphus.

"Years of Macau" is an anthology film consisting of nine short films set in different years and locations in Macau. They include "Go Back Home", "REC-Last Days", "Sparkling Mind", "The Last Show", "Till the End of World", "The First Cigarette", "A Moment", "Dirty Laundry" and "Summer". All nine directors are from Macau, most of whom were born and raised here. The stories of each film share what the directors feel about Macau using the language of cinema to convey their love for the city.

O Cravo (The Carnation) revisits the old streets of Macau, from the point of view of film noir: a passionate Portuguese man, a broken heart, an intrigue, a dark alley, memories of a lost territory.

A group of studio executives cast for the replacements of a band gone missing.

An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.

A painter has the worst night of his life after leaving his violin artwork in the back of a taxi in Macao.

A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?

A feudal lord bans an assassin from the garden of earthly delights until he fulfills an order.

After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.

A 64 year old cardboard collecting grandmother and a Brazilian bodybuilder reveal the identity of Macau through the pointillist minutiae of their life experience, emotional strength, and driving passions.

In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.

A laundry cleaner named Wonton falls for a prostitute.