A Chinese immigrant living in a single residence occupancy apartment receives news that her family’s application for better housing is denied, and grapples with how to share the news with her children.

A seven-year-old girl sets out to justify the mysterious world of her dementia-suffering grandmother.

Eight-year-old Elvis witnesses a dramatic family shift when his mother arranges a green card marriage.

At elementary school, Ponge, a nine-year-old girl, tries her best to play soccer with the boys who won't pass her the ball. Annoyed, she isolates herself and comes face to face with a group of colorful young girls who are about to upset the established order in the playground. They call themselves: Les mousses!

In Amman, a Syrian refugee family faces hardship when the father falls ill. Eighteen-year-old Amal embarks on a desperate search for work, navigating the harsh realities of survival, hope and resilience amidst an uncertain future.

When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the Earth to retrieve it.

A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.