Two childhood best friends reconnect after years of separation. Chay, a Phnom Penh resident, helps Lyer, who comes from the countryside, get a job as a projectionist in the city. A film screening prompts them to wonder about their future together.
As their high school days come to a close, David and William are at odds. David can’t wait to leave the past behind, while William clings to every moment. On the night of their senior prom, a heated argument triggers a nostalgic journey through their shared high school memories.
Mayor Brian Ortega is beloved in the idyllic community of Long Grove. While decorating for Christmas with the residents, Brian discovers his childhood Christmas wish list which magically begins to come true, reminding Brian about the spirit and joy of the holiday. Returning to town for Christmas is Brian’s childhood friend Nina Meyers, and soon a connection becomes undeniable as she helps Brian face a new challenge for the town. As Brian’s wishes come true, he inspires the town to showcase its warm culture and values in order to stop the modern world from stifling the charm and heart of Long Grove.
Through the memories of his grandmother and his mother, a young filmmaker tries to reimagine within the lens of cinema a past time he doesn't remember with his grandfather who passed away almost 20 years ago.
Matheus spends his sleepless nights writing letters to his ex girlfriend as a way to vent about his depressing and lonely daily life, hoping to regain someone to talk to.
The car. Two people in it. Former sailor Ivan wants to get back home but is taken by driver Olya to her distant relative instead. A taxi trip that changes their lives forever.
The story begins when Mrs. Phan, a 60s-year-old widow, whose life is bound within the kitchen's walls, walks in on a strip show of her granddaughter (Nhien, 18-year-old) in her room, to the camera, on a cam-site. Angry and ashamed, Mrs. Phan judges Nhien as equal to being a prostitute for doing the cam-modeling work. Nhien tries to convince her grandmother to believe that a woman has every right to her own body, including however she wants to exhibit it, by guiding Mrs. Phan through several intimate lessons. Each lesson peels a layer off her, finally letting her reconnect with the innermost desire for her own body. Soon, societal prejudice takes hold on Mrs. Phan and lets her taste the bitterness of her own medicine.
"In Three Layers Of Darkness" follows Ghassen, a young Tunisian man, in his quest to obtain a visa, addressing the themes of immigration and perseverance against bureaucratic injustice for a fundamental right: freely moving in this world.
When the pregnancy test of Eylül, a 27-year-old lawyer, comes back positive, it triggers the trauma of losing her parents as a child. As she tries to cope with this upheaval, she receives a mysterious package containing items from her childhood. This unexpected encounter with her past, following the pregnancy test, brings her childhood alter ego named "Haziran" to light. Haziran, a sympathetic girl full of dreams and excitement, wants to confront the adult Eylül with her disappointment and anger over what she has become after so many years. Eylül is drawn into a surreal and emotional confrontation with her childhood self. Through this symbolic reunion, she faces her deepest fears and regrets.
An orphan named ANDI (10) is always under pressure in his environment. Every day he always looks battered because he fights with his rival RIVAL (11) at school. Likewise, when at home, ANDI is always scolded and beaten by his FATHER (35). All this made Andi miss and long to be with his late mother. One day his mother came but took the form of a pocong. Does Andi accept the condition of his mother who is in the form of a pocong?
A City Sanitation Worker loses his first love and falls down a spiral of depression. On the brink of suicide, he's suddenly saved by a mysterious girl, only to discover she too has a darker past she's been attempting to run away from.