Nick is at his therapist's office, breaking down his troubles in life so far. He's struggling with self-loathing, disconnection and anxiety, and he attributes it all to his lack of a nose.
Mounir, a cybersecurity expert, sees his life change on his thirtieth birthday. Jealous of his mother's love for his brother, Awa, his deceased twin sister, returns to torment her brother in the hope of remaining in the world of the living with her mother.
Nueva Forma explores the intimate journey of a woman who, after experiencing violence and pain, finds in ceramics a way to reconstruct herself. Through fragments of memory and symbolic scenes, we follow her trembling hands as they shape clay, while her body and spirit search for the strength to rise again. The clay, fragile and resilient at the same time, becomes an extension of her own rebirth. Between the memory of violence and the decision to heal, Nueva Forma is a visual ode to the power of resilience and creation.
Arko and Dina’s love falls apart when Dina’s father predicts she will marry a blind boy. Convinced of her father’s ability to foresee the future, Dina abandons Arko and waits for the prophesied groom. Desperate to win her back, Arko makes a fateful, devastating choice.
After experiencing a loss, María decides to start rebuilding her daily life from scratch; how to organize her inner self, her person. What to do from the desert; what to devote her thoughts to. How to sort out her concerns. How to deal with time; with feelings; with emptiness.
After a classroom speech sparks a turning point, Washington, a young black man from the outskirts, abandons everything to chase his dreams—only to face an unforeseen twist.
In nighttime Havana, the dim lights that light up its streets rely on an unstable electricity supply- the same one that supplies the sound systems at raves. A group of young people, witnesses to the complete lack of energy, drift through the city, lost in delirious conversations, conspiracies and apathy as the city grows darker.
Single mother Shi'ning visits a 'spiritual salon' out of curiosity and joins a group activity that promises to erase the past. At first glance, only Shi'ning seems to be obsessively attached to the loss and trauma she, her three siblings, and her mother experienced. But in reality, everyday life is often harsh for her mother and younger brother Shi'an as well. Ordinary images, such as an orange sock hanging on the clothesline, a wardrobe where a child hides, a stripped mannequin, or an old sweater trigger painful reminders of both personal and historical trauma for this family.
Amreen is a Muslim woman with a talent for cooking. After her husband Imtiaz is injured in an accident, she decides to become the breadwinner. Despite family opposition and difficulty finding work due to prejudice against her black hijab, she lands her first job as a cook for a vegan couple, Parul and Vinod. Although Amreen initially struggles with unfamiliar ingredients and strange cooking methods, she gains recognition and becomes highly sought after. Yet in doing so, her husband's position as head of the household inevitably weakens.
Sensitive eight-year-old Parastu embarks on an imaginative quest to find her long-lost father, hoping to save her beloved and grief-stricken grandfather from dying of longing.