The film is the story of an artist and a woman. Ms. Qi is a celebrated Chinese opera star with many professional successes behind her, but she has paid a heavy price. Her husband has left her and her relationship with her children has grown estranged, a reality she faces when she returns to her hometown, now ill. As a celebrated artist, she joins the local opera company, of which one of her sons is a member, to repair their relationship. But an unexpected incident slowly reveals dark secrets from the past...

Following the Moon was in the competition section of the 12th Beijing International Film Festival. The film is based on Ai Wei An Everlasting Life published in 2021, which won the 8th Lu Xun Literary Award.

Qiao Liang, the director of the film, will be the guest of the screening!