The works of first- and second-time filmmakers draw a joint sketch of the social, cultural, and personal borderline situations in the world today. From Poland to France, Pakistan, Russia, Portugal, Finland, and Mexico, people struggle to remain true to themselves while everything around them is changing.
In Lisbon, a community of homeless people emerges within the walls of a sports hall during the pandemic, proving that human solidarity can flourish even in times of crisis. Elsewhere, a father struggles to keep his family together; a girl, in fire-ravaged Galicia, searches her place in humanity’s relationship with nature; and a Mexican teenager finds their true selves in the process of gender transition. A Finnish man's art, born in solitude, is a quiet hymn to freedom and self-identity, while a woman’s life, in Moldova, reveals the tensions between female roles, dreams, and community responsibility. On the streets of Warsaw, an Indian immigrant explores the boundaries of otherness and acceptance, while in France, a documentary attempts to shed light on the taboo subject of maternal violence. In a Pakistani photo studio, images become imprints of social status and desires, while the camera of a young woman shows us how a generation, in Russia, tries to find a new identity amid a collapsing world.