ALBA

In the 1800s American Southwest, an Indigenous family witness an extraordinary extraterrestrial event. The family must confront their fear of the phenomenon while also fending off the encroaching American military.

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.

A week before his First Communion, Youssef, a ten-year-old Maronite boy, discovers masturbation and with it, the concept of sin. He tries to negotiate his own deal with God while pressure mounts on him from all directions: his mother, brother, and the parish priest.