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One of IndieWire’s favorite films of 2019 was “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” Chinese director Bi Gan’s genre-bending epic that used 3D and more formally twisting conceits to tell a story of romantic longing and a tryst that leads to a disappearance. While between films, Bi, who is rumored to have his much-anticipated third feature “Resurrection” premiere at Cannes this year, ended up mentoring a young budding director for their own woozily dreamy portrait, “The Botanist.” Jing Yi’s new film premieres at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival in the Generation Kplus section, and IndieWire shares an exclusive first look below.

Here’s the synopsis, per the Berlinale’s official website: “In a village in a remote valley on the northern border of Xinjiang, China, a lonely Kazakh boy named Arsin nurses fading memories of his family. He finds solace in the company of plants. The arrival of Meiyu, a Han Chinese girl,...