After two neighboring men’s wives leave them, they go on a fishing trip in the Bogs. The trip takes a turn for the worst with bad weather and the presence of an unwanted fisherman.

In the magical Ancient Chinese world of astrology, a candyman with a knack for communicating with the zodiac animal spirits must lift a curse on his friend's teahouse by settling a dispute concerning the emperor's prized missing tea between two animal spirits.

A woman goes to pick up a neon sign and is entranced by the sign maker. Her husband at home seems to be going crazy as he is obsessed with making wooden dolls.

A child observes their father’s strange obsession with dressing up the pole in their front yard as they grow up.

In a futuristic society, humans are bred and raised to be frozen as sculptures and displayed at art museums — until one attendee decides to set them free.

When a worker at a grocery store witnesses a man's arm get severed while attempting to grab a watermelon, it reminds him of an old story during slavery where a watermelon was the symbol of a blessing.

A Japanese man has to borrow his unpopular friend's unused funeral suit as five of his young friends suddenly die over the course of a year.

After he loses his mother, a father feels unmoored and lashes out at his family as the winter solstice arrives.

Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.

In a Thai village, the life of a boy who the head monk believes has unlocked the highest state of enlightenment is jeopardized when the village chief seeks to exploit the local festival of floating lanterns for profit. Upon finding out the Thai village chief's evil scheme for the local lantern festival, a precocious child's life is threatened.