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Mathyas trades his life as an advertising copywriter in Montreal for that of a shepherd in Provence. But instead of the rustic idyll he had hoped for, he finds a demanding job and often desperate livestock farmers. The only ray of hope in his new everyday life is his encounter with Elise, who has also left everything behind. The two are entrusted with a herd of 800 sheep, which they lead to alpine pastures for the summer. A new life full of challenges awaits them.

They were Tamil Tiger combatants, civil victims of attacks, or displaced persons. Five women from the feuding groups – the Tamils, Sinhalese, and the Muslims – look back. Two of the former Tiger-soldiers now live in Switzerland.

Born a conjoined twin due to the effects of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War, Duc Nguyen, now a father and husband, seeks the truth about his past and contemplates the future.

Mika, traumatized by her father Satoru's infidelity and her mother's death, returns to the Ryukyu Islands. Thinking she would never see her father again, she is informed he is in critical condition. But the sickbed reunion sparks new revelations and happy memories. Mika plans one last gift for Satoru.

After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren't enough. Li's kung fu teacher Mr. Han enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.

Plagued by constant conspiracies and plane crashes, construction magnate Zsa-zsa Korda has made his only daughter, a novice nun, his sole heir and wants to realise his last and most ambitious project with her: an oriental slave state with a dam, canal and tunnel system that will generate fabulous revenues. Because the rest of the world, led by the United States, is conspiring against him, there is a 100% funding gap. Korda rounds up old allies and intimate enemies to win them over as financiers.

24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Amanai Shigeki paves his own way to practice Ainu Puri (the Ainu way) and cherish his roots in Shiranuka, Hokkaido. He passes down the culture and the traditional salmon fishing to his son, Motoki. Intimately following Shigeki and his family, the film explores their endeavor to live as Ainu in today's Japan.

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

Touda dreams of becoming a Cheikha, a traditional Moroccan artist who sings without shame or censorship about resistance, love, and emancipation, passing on lyrics that have been handed down for generations. Performing every night in the bars of her small provincial town under the gaze of men, Touda nurtures the hope of a better future for herself and her son. Abused and humiliated, she decides to leave everything behind for the bright lights of Casablanca.