BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM by Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney:
In Belfast in the 1970s, two brothers are given pet chickens by their loving if often absent father, but when a baby is on the way they may have to make a big sacrifice.

THE PHONE CALL by Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

A woman at a crisis call center receives a call from a man who, as he prepares to die, gives her a new perspective on living.

AYA by Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis

When a stranger mistakes a woman at an airport for his assigned driver, she’s in no rush to clear up the mistaken identity.

PARVANEH by Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger

An Afghani teenager in a refugee camp in Switzerland has problems wiring money to her family, so she asks a young Swiss woman for assistance.

BUTTER LAMP by Hu Wei and Julien Feret

A village chief tells nomads to prepare for a visit from the New Socialist Countryside authorities, who have provided free residences but limited grazing of their livestock. Simultaneously, he announces an investigation into the theft of a sacred yak, a major crime in Tibetan Buddhism.

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