九樓日記

On the ninth floor of a shopping mall in Shenzen, where their parents own an electronics store, young children turn their mundane and impersonal surroundings into a fantasy world populated by mythical ghosts. This first feature from Qinyuan Lei dives into an imaginary world where a stairwell and a pile of boxes become fertile playgrounds. The filmmaker’s poetic narration underpins the film with her experience in a similar environment, in the same city, which she wanted to escape. The One Who Runs Away is the Ghost is a highly personal exploration of a once-familiar place, filmed from a child’s-eye view.
— Editorial Team

The One Who Runs Away is the Ghost