Joy Frem

After the sudden death of her grandfather, Lara, a defiant young Lebanese woman in her early twenties, is confronted with grief she doesn’t know how to process. As she navigates the rituals of mourning within her community, she is repeatedly held back by traditions that dictate where she can go and what she is allowed to do as a woman

On a hot summer day, Zeid, desperate with thirst, discovers his aquarium's water induces hallucinations; what starts as a desperate sip turns into a flourishing business with Rand, his girlfriend, but the fish and his hopes are finite, leaving him with a refined self-image.