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When the Israeli army invades the Gaza Strip in 2023, Rania is eight months pregnant. She gives birth to triplets just as her hometown in northern Gaza is bombed. One girl dies at birth, while the other two babies, Jowan and her brother Hamoud, are so weak that they have to be placed in an incubator. When the hospital is evacuated, the twins are moved to southern Gaza, where Rania’s sister Nisreen takes over their care. A travel ban prevents the babies from returning to their mother.

England, June 1944: The Allies, led by US General Eisenhower, are planning the largest seaborne invasion in history: the Normandy landings. Its success also depends on the weather. The British Chief Meteorologist, Captain James Stagg, is responsible for the forecast and finds himself in a bitter conflict with the Allied leadership. There are only a few hours left to pinpoint the moment that will determine the fate of thousands of lives and, possibly, the outcome of the entire war.

Twenty-five years after her last adventure, Sally, a member of the ancient Owens family of witches, leads a quiet life as a librarian and keeps her magical powers hidden even from her two daughters. When one daughter’s powers begin to manifest and the other falls in love, Sally and her sister Gillian must face their destiny and the ancient curse that denies witches the chance to love.

From the Atlantic to the Black Sea, old friends Mathias and Philippe set off on the journey that Mathias’s son had undertaken before his tragic death, travelling by bicycle and accompanied by a dog. The two men embark on the venture with warmth and a sense of humour.

Lena, a lively student, firmly believes in the good in people. As part of a social project, she is sent by the authorities to work as a writing coach for Hugo Drowak, an alcoholic who lives alone in a dilapidated high-rise block. Despite his notorious nastiness, Lena does not give up on trying to inspire him to engage with the creative process.

For 30 years, a doctor from Paris has maintained a friendship with a fisherman on Tristan da Cunha, the most isolated inhabited island in the world. Now he travels back one more time, with the plan to stay there for good.

An old feud over land and power flares up again between two villages in Eastern Anatolia when an exiled clan returns. In the midst of this conflict, Mesut, the brother of a village chieftain, is haunted by eerie visions. He interprets them as divine signs and begins to stir up the village community against the returnees.

England in the late 14th century: following the great plague, man-made calamity befalls the peasants in the area around London. The tax collectors of the very young King Richard II squeeze every last penny out of the starving people. An unnamed peasant fights back; the spontaneous revolt turns into a pilgrimage to London, joined by thousands. Will it lead to a revolution? Or will the childlike king lend an ear to the suffering of his subjects and stand up to his unscrupulous advisers? – Based on historical events.