What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live? What would you say? Are some words more important than others? '1500 Words' is a funny and moving short film about one man trying to keep his marriage and himself alive whilst using the fewest words possible.

What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live? What would you say? Are some words more important than others? '1500 Words' is a funny and moving short film about one man trying to keep his marriage and himself alive whilst using the fewest words possible.

靠近大海，有一家三口：父亲、姐姐和弟弟。母亲早年因病去世，墓地被拆除后，骨灰被接回家中，三人各有心事，经常对着客厅的骨灰倾诉自己的烦恼。弟弟晓海在英语补习班遇到困难，父亲则面临再婚的问题，姐姐则在经历新恋情。 　　得知父亲答应了理发店女老板结婚的要求，弟弟晓海因对母亲的深厚感情极力反对。在一个家庭聚餐的晚上，晓海因闹别扭而搞破坏，被父亲打了巴掌。晓海感到委屈，外出淋雨后病倒了。父亲冒着暴雨抱着儿子去医院，结果因严重的心脏疾病再次发病，最终在医院的角落去世。父亲的离世让晓海和姐姐终于明白了他为这个家庭的付出。尽管逝者已逝，姐弟俩按照父亲的安排，将母亲的骨灰与父亲合葬在新的墓地，共同安息。

靠近大海，有一家三口：父亲、姐姐和弟弟。母亲早年因病去世，墓地被拆除后，骨灰被接回家中，三人各有心事，经常对着客厅的骨灰倾诉自己的烦恼。弟弟晓海在英语补习班遇到困难，父亲则面临再婚的问题，姐姐则在经历新恋情。　　得知父亲答应了理发店女老板结婚的要求，弟弟晓海因对母亲的深厚感情极力反对。在一个家庭聚餐的晚上，晓海因闹别扭而搞破坏，被父亲打了巴掌。晓海感到委屈，外出淋雨后病倒了。父亲冒着暴雨抱着儿子去医院，结果因严重的心脏疾病再次发病，最终在医院的角落去世。父亲的离世让晓海和姐姐终于明白了他为这个家庭的付出。尽管逝者已逝，姐弟俩按照父亲的安排，将母亲的骨灰与父亲合葬在新的墓地，共同安息。

改编自山栀子所著小说《同心词》。 　　父亲获罪，满门被判处斩，盈时侥幸逃过一劫却前尘俱忘，化身为隐秘山门的杀手细柳，一次任务途中她意外卷入一桩杀害朝廷大员的命案，并因此而结识少年陆雨梧，二人携手在小小尧县掀起惊涛巨浪，此后二人如棋身入朝局，拨开迷雾，撕破真相，细柳蓦然回首，发觉自己七年忘尘，原来她与陆雨梧本是故旧缘深。

改编自山栀子所著小说《同心词》。 　　父亲获罪，满门被判处斩，盈时侥幸逃过一劫却前尘俱忘，化身为隐秘山门的杀手细柳，一次任务途中她意外卷入一桩杀害朝廷大员的命案，并因此而结识少年陆雨梧，二人携手在小小尧县掀起惊涛巨浪，此后二人如棋身入朝局，拨开迷雾，撕破真相，细柳蓦然回首，发觉自己七年忘尘，原来她与陆雨梧本是故旧缘深。

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……