Flavors of Youth moves at the speed of memory, not plot. Three stories about food, fashion, and home across three Chinese cities, each one a small, unbearable ache about what you leave behind when you grow up. The animation doesn't rush you through these moments, it sits in them, lets you feel the weight of a grandmother's breakfast, a sister's borrowed dress, a city you thought you'd return to. This is a film for people who understand that sometimes the most devastating scenes are the ones where nothing happens at all.

Three cities. Three stories. Flavors of Youth is an anthology film made up of three short pieces, each set in a different Chinese city and each built around one of three themes: food, clothing and shelter. In Beijing, a young man working in the capital thinks of his grandmother back in his hometown. In Guangzhou, the story centers on a pair of sisters. In 1990s Shanghai, the final segment pays tribute to 5 Centimeters Per Second. Across all three, the film looks at the passing of youth, family, first love and the lasting pull of childhood memories.