Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.
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Spider-Zan
Synopsis: Negar is a young girl who loses something that causes trouble for her right on the day of her proposal ceremony.
Mis-Alignment
When an engineer who destroys malfunctioning androids encounters a shocking abnormality in a rebellious patient, she risks everything to save her new friend and herself.
Weree
Having fled the Liberian civil war, renowned self-taught artist Johnson Weree is seeking asylum in the Netherlands where he lives undocumented and without a fixed address. Haunted by the horrors of his past, he draws bright-coloured otherworldly portraits, whilst longing for a brighter future.
Ch’ul Be, Sacred Path
“Ch’ul be” delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the cycle of life in community. In San Andres Larrainzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. ”Ch’ul be” is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the divine, from the individual to the collective, to ensure that knowledge is not lost and the cycle is not broken.
A Black Dog by the Reef
Yan, diagnosed with depression, has to face his inner lostness, due to the sudden disappearance of his closest friend and the inabilities to understand with his parents.