Dondo is a young surfer. His fisherman dad Willy disappeared a year ago. No sign of his boat, nor his body. Dondo’s mother and the community know Willy has not survived a year in the Atlantic. But Dondo thinks differently.
Alasdair hasn't dealt with his problems at all. He's aggressive, an alcoholic and he just lost his partner. On the way to a funeral, he calls up his partner, another argument. But in the morning he awakes to a place he does not recognise and is confronted, with his own behaviour.
A coming-of-age story of two children whose lives and friendship are shaped by the festival and their devotion to the patroness of Jaro district in Iloilo City.
Marcus Surgeons has the ability to allow the spirits of the recently deceased to enter his body in order to obtain closure before moving on. He does this for financial gain, leaving his body, soul, and spirit open to an unwelcome entity with a hidden agenda.
Lallemani, a young gangster who has just come out of jail, dreams of wealth by selling prohibited alcohol in the lost city Jendouba, while Lenin, a cop, is losing his gun in a bus. Lallemani and his girlfriend Noor are turning Lenin’s life upside down and dragging him deeper and deeper into the dark underworld of modern Tunisia.
Quinn and Lacey play beer pong and discuss Lacey's recent breakup with Edward. Their friends Kai and Desmond join them from playing pool inside, and the mood shifts when Desmond reveals new information.
Both Iman and her younger sister dream of finding true love, within the strict parameters of life. For Iman, there is an obvious obstacle: she is a Little Person, only 119 centimeters tall, which puts her out of the running for an arranged marriage. Instead she goes online, hiding her size and compensating with her big laugh and big personality. Her sister has an offer of marriage, but Khaled’s family has second thoughts when they meet Iman. To put things off, the man’s mother insists on a top-of-the-range refrigerator as a dowry. A light-hearted but fascinating mix of issues around marriage, disability and sisterhood, with a magnetic star performance by Mariam Sherif at its very big heart.
Youssef and Alia, who were separated in their teenage years as a result of oppressive circumstances, before fate brought them together again after years of separation, and each of them took a different path in their lives.