Where Hope Takes Root

This film was shot entirely on a smartphone and employs a combination of live-action and animation.After Yaya's grandmother passed away, the family fell into a silent grief. One day, Yaya saw a mouse scurrying past the corner of the wall and curled up in fright. Her mother told her that it was "Qianduoduo," who loved collecting silver coins and planting them in the soil while chanting a spell—"Qianduoduo, Qianduoduo, plant money and grow money, Qianduoduo..."—and a money tree would sprout from the coins. If she gave all the money on the tree to Qianduoduo, a wish would be granted.

Yaya was skeptical. Until one day, she saw Qianduoduo with her own eyes, followed it, and discovered its "money tree." The girl brought the tree back home and became inseparable from it, longing for the money tree to fulfill her wish—one she had kept buried deep in her heart...