By the River

On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make a bold decision with their lives.

When Margot unsuccessfully reenacts the moves she learned in her self defense class with her boyfriend, fear rears its ugly head and she imagines the worst about her best friend Cami’s one night stand.

On holiday, Ben meets the handsome Sam, whose friends recommend they go to a private cruising beach, the Pass.

A lonely American faces unrequited love on a farm commune in the south of France.

After getting dumped, Maia seeks solace by crashing with her best ex, Alex.

A struggling contractor risks his young sons' well-being to cut a sweet deal.

Maria, an immigrant mother, and her two daughters try to rebuild their lives in California, avoiding any mention of who's missing. When a stray black dog follows them home and refuses to leave, the silence begins to crack.

Bettina and her son Alex face unexpected challenges during a weekend trip to Bettina’s beach house.

When her mother’s male friend comes over for dinner, Ralu gains a deeper understanding of her mother.

A young girl acts out in defiance of her pregant mother

Desperate to live up to his father’s expectations, a talented but inconsistent minor league baseball player turns to steroids, igniting a dangerous transformation of body and mind.

A young Chinese woman studying abroad in the United States gets a phone call from her parents informing of her grandfather’s death. The young woman tries to spend the rest of her day normally. She makes plans with friends to go out and visit the city after school to brush away the shock. When the cab arrives and she heads to the city with her friends, she decides against it at the last minute. The young woman asks the cab driver to stop as she wants to buy a paper money package. Soon enough, an unlikely friendship arises between the cab driver and the young woman as they reminisce about Beijing, fold, and burn the paper money to commemorate their dead.

Life for Fede, a high school student living in nun-run housing in Italy, is reliably routine until a new visitor arrives, inspiring her to go out of her way to make a connection.