ALBA

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.

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.

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.