In two separated job interviews, two former gang members recalled their past, but their memories were completely at odds. After enduring extreme humiliation, both experienced changes in their mental states. Ultimately, the truth was revealed, allowing their brotherly bond to reach a new height.
A married woman reflects on her painful past and wonders what she would say to her 15-year-old self if they ever met a quiet conversation between innocence and experience.
A short film directed by Siddharth Tripathy and Shaaz Aryan. Sonder is an ode to the realisation that everyone around us has lives as complex and vivid as our own. Dedicated to the lives of those close to me.
Théo, 13 years old, invites his best friend Paul to the mountains to celebrate his mom’s birthday. First cigarette, first gulp of beer, first discovery of the body, Théo then realizes that he will never be a child again…
Following her mother’s death, May, a young transgender woman reunites with her estranged father, but their chance at reconciliation is threatened as she faces a painful choice: deny her identity to preserve peace, or embrace her truth and risk losing him again.
Two Catholic school girls skip class to take a pregnancy test in a school bathroom, but as they wait for the result, buried fears, secrets, and shame surface, threatening their friendship and innocence.
In a reserved seat carriage of the Chelyabinsk-Moscow train, forty-year-old Gena and twenty-five-year-old Sanek, a young film director, meet. Gena is going to visit his dying grandmother in his native wilderness, and Sanek is going to the premiere of his film. Gena tricks Sanek into getting off the train with him. Hundreds of kilometers from Moscow, they spend an eventful day and a half until the next train. Gena introduces Sanek to the whole cross-section of his life: the history of his family, love, friendship. Thus, experiencing all the troubles together, Sanek and Gena become true friends. This chance meeting becomes fateful for Sanek, changes his worldview and determines the theme of his future film.
Sardinia, the 1970s: Giaime was given custody of some turtledoves. His dog Miggia slipped into the cellar and knocked over the birds' cage. Now Giaime doesn't know how to tell Tommaso, who caught them, that the turtledoves have flown away.
From day to night, Otello, a construction worker and former tailor, moves between a sprawling Parisian construction site and a rundown nightclub on the brink of bankruptcy.
Firyal (12) a color blind middle school student got a drawing assignment from her teacher. In pursuit of the perfect drawing she went out and try to match her colored pencil to the things that she drew.
Mohamed, a steelworker shattered by the death of his friend in a tragic accident, lives with a piece of rusted metal lodged in his head. As the rust spreads through his body, he rises against corruption, becoming a symbol of resistance and sacrifice.