19 year old Bert sits in the shade of a tree in Yo Park. Cassandra Warrior feeds her daughter Diamond Rose. Daniel Runs Close sweats under the sun at Wounded Knee Memorial site. Kassel Sky Little puts his boots on at the Waters Rodeo. Vanessa Piper is alone in the middle of Badlands. Lance Red Cloud hangs out behind the gas station at night. It is summer and they all live here, at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA.

2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly and Naru starts to doubt herself: could there actually be a good man out there?

漫天尘飞中，男孩打闹间练习掷石驱狼；女孩叼着麦杆漫聊闲话。村里老人讲述着奇幻故事：「传说中，喀什米尔狼能站立行走，狼皮下是个绿色裸体妖精…」突然虚实跨了界，分野不再清晰。新锐女导演克服拍摄地政局紊乱的风险，细致捕捉阿富汗山村放牧日常，展示带有魔幻风采，却又宛如纪实电影般描绘细微众生面向的作品。

成長於80年代的阿富汗，街童本來以賣黃牛戲票為生。被送到孤兒院後，自由自在的生活頓時變得複雜，但遇上三位投契的室友卻令人生添上不少色彩。少年們幻想自己身處波里活歌舞片的情節中，一邊唱歌跳舞，一邊把壞蛋打到落花流水。孤兒們更有機會遠渡蘇聯，參加夏令營。雖然要接受愛黨教育，但眾人亦在旅程中體驗少年的成長味。可是，殘酷的現實很快便追上不幸的孩子。也許活在蘇聯的統治下，並不是最壞的景況。但要在亂世中勇敢生存，又談何容易？

《德涅斯特河畔》摄制于自治的德涅斯特沿岸共和国，此处为毗邻乌克兰的狭长地带。这里的人们对于前苏联留下的局面怨声载道，而一群16岁的少年在其中探寻安定、自由与意义。作为一部兼具自然与人文的纪录长片，从闷热、畅快的夏天到难以忍受的寒冬，片中每一个迥然不同的人物都将学会理解彼此的希望与需求。这部纪录片以16毫米胶卷摄制于2017年至2018年，其亲密、灵动的镜头描绘了一个年轻的边缘群体，同时讲述了一个在复杂而矛盾的世界中关于爱、青年文化与成长的故事。