When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

A humanistic reflection on a post-human future, After Yang follows the inclination of director Kogonada (Columbus) for meditative cinema that aims to capture the ephemeral in life. Probing the question of identity in relation to memory, After Yang is an unlikely sensory reflection on the ethics and aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence.