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After Holly (15) seems to have predicted a deadly school fire, all eyes are on her. Her teacher invites her to volunteer in the grieving community. Holly gives peace, warmth and hope. Soon people start demanding more and more of her.

Jamal Hindawi, Palestinian, lives with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where he makes political theatre. When he starts a journey to find an important lost theatre prop, he is confronted with a city in radical transition.

Fifteen-year-old Malou is struggling with herself; while her mother is mostly absent and her rowing teammates bully her, the one person she can rely on is her brother Max.

Hasna leaves her native Morocco to work as a seasonal laborer picking strawberries in Huelva, hoping to return and provide a better life for her family thanks to the salary promised by the greenhouse owners. But her dream clashes with a harsh reality: abuse, harassment, and inhumane living conditions. At the risk of losing everything, Hasna and her companions decide to report their situation and begin a fight against their exploiters with the help of Pilar, a Spanish lawyer.

Julia (29), an ambitious casting agent, relocates to Brussels after a breakup. Struggling to build a new life, she masks her insecurities behind a façade of success and happiness. She meets reclusive microbiologist Eliott (32) and forms an unexpected, authentic friendship that inspires her to break free from societal expectations.

Filmmaker Zohra starts filming her twin sister Sanaa in their shared apartment in Brussels. The two sisters make vastly different life choices and their bond as twin sisters evolves with it: Sanaa's choice is to turn to Islam, the religion the two sisters partially grew up with. They both seek a balance in their relationship as well as in its inevitable transformation.

A close-knit community grapples with a burgeoning stray cat population. The contrasting opinions of the neighbourhood residents reveal the complex societal dynamics of empathy and apathy, shedding light on unspoken judgments.