On a far-future Earth, a young man accidentally commits adultery and is exiled to a distant planet that has undergone catastrophe—only to realize that this planet is an experiment to create a second Earth, and he has an opportunity to lead the inhabitants in building an interstellar empire.

A group of alien archaeologists explores the Olduvai Gorge in Africa to learn about humanity, an extinct race. However, as they begin investigating artifacts, they discover that everything they knew about humans is entirely wrong.

While trying to track down her missing daughter, a mother confronts the trauma of the violence that she faced at their separation.

A maid, silently and in thought alone, contemplates her own position in a house full of opulent, decadent lives.

When worms start infesting everyone's bodies, one autistic boy is determined to fight them once and for all.

A girl ponders the rightness of her ancestors' decision to stop the government from taking their land—by destroying their land.

A father tells his daughter about the night of shootiing stars.