While wandering in a desert, 13-years-old Javid and his friends come across a sack of rice on the side of the road. After fighting over the sack of rice, the kids make a bet. The winner is the one who keeps his breath inside the plastic bag more than others. During the competition, Javid suddenly falls on the ground. He is not breathing, and the others run away in fear of being arrested by the police. It is difficult for Kahoor, who has won the competition, to let go of the sack of rice.
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LONE WOLVES
Two high school friends reunite after almost 20 years when FRAN, determined to have a child and build a family on her terms, reaches out to the kind, eclectic BEN for a highly organized weekend to optimize do-it-yourself semen donations. However, Fran's impeccable plan begins to fall apart after some mental and physical obstacles keep Ben from delivering on time. Improvising to salvage the weekend, the two friends start to reconnect about life and loss, including Ben’s struggle with suicidal tho
A Big Adventure
“A Big Adventure” is an intimate and poetic documentary in which filmmaker Hero Hemmingsley captures the final journey of his father, Winston Hemmingsley, following his terminal cancer diagnosis in Glasgow. After a year of silence between Hero and his father, the news of his father's heart attack unexpectedly brings them back together. Hero immediately flies to Glasgow to care for him and begins filming—driven by the desire to create a lasting, beautiful memory of a special father who could be b
SUMMER TRIANGLE
A young girl goes to the rooftop to find her cat and discovers a boy who is attempting suicide. She forces the boy to search for her cat with her in the last moments of his life.
Dadda
Amidst his wife's flourishing career, a once hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad, becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking. In a desperate search to re-enlarge his hands, he puts his family and sanity at risk as things grow out of control.
Nesma
Shortly after her caregiver passed, Nesma, 12 years old, is forced to live life as her, tricking people into believing that she is alive; to avoid returning to the orphanage. All is well, until the orphanage calls for Nesma’s routine check-in.