In a remote, rustic mid-90s village in Tamil Nadu, a city educated young man feels awkward because his mother is blouseless. This is how she has always dressed. But as he tries to find a solution before his prospective in-laws arrive, a simple problem spirals out of control.
A neuro-diverse computer genius with an obsession for pirates finds himself on the run in Guadalajara Mexico when he is framed for embezzling from a deep state cabal. With the help of local street children, he avoids his pursuers while trying to clear his name. His unique perspective allows him to see beneath the surface of the world around him as he finds his freedom and more.
50,000 years ago, people began creating the first “documents” by scratching the stone vaults of their caves, drawing the simplest images. The scenes etched on the rough surface of the ancient rocks are still alive today. The lonely fishermen resemble elements of a primitive painting. Under their feet, in the murky soup of the dark northern waters, ancient sea creatures have swarmed for 300 million years. Observations of the fragments of a primitive culture form the Myth of a “tribe”, disappearing in a snowstorm brought by northern winds.
Three men grieve the loss of their best friend over the course of a tumultuous weekend; their mishaps, witnessed by a young, female, film student whose thesis project both captures and manipulates their uncertain journey.
At dusk, drag queen Sasha is attacked on her way to work by a burglar and when facing him, she discovers that all the decisions she makes always take her to the limit of life and death.
The story of Linn and her mom, a medium. Linn is a stage play writer in the high school's annual play. Her mom prophecizes her future, leading to confusion and questions about how she should live her life.
A young man moves away from home in search of a new life in New York City. He takes a job minding a distant relative, and the two find themselves more alike than they realize.
Under one roof, three generations—a trans mother, Jia-Lin; her adopted son, Yu; and a grandmother—struggle to connect and understand each other, causing their lives to drift further apart each day. While Jia-Lin strives to present herself as a strong woman at home, she finds that her only outlet for expressing her emotions is through her theater acting.
In the Iron Range of Minnesota, 12-year-old Michael is exploring the Boundary Waters with his friends and learning to flirt with girls, when one night his mother is badly hurt. Desperate to fix what happened, Michael struggles to become a man in a world where he learns men cause harm.
Tessa is a dedicated historian and preservationist in her hometown of Oak Creek, an old-fashioned and passionate protector of the nostalgic. Sparks fly when a business developer, Noah arrives in Oak Creek with plans to tear down an abandoned Post Office and replace it with a sleek, modern office complex. There are internal and external struggles among many in the community to arrive at a solution that serves the greater good for all concerned. As the clock ticks toward Christmas, the race to settle the dispute through concessions and compromise is on.
Teenager Jack, growing tired of his mundane life in suburban Utah, finds little meaning in anything nowadays. As Jack's 18th birthday swiftly approaches, he and his best friend Emma set out for fun as he ponders the question: does happiness truly exist after childhood?
Lena is 43 and dreams of becoming a mother, often glancing at the calendar with this hope in mind. On “that very day” when things could work out, she is unexpectedly forced to travel miles away from the capital with her husband. However, they have rather different ideas about “that very day”, leaving Lena alone on the deserted winter roads of the Russian province.