On a far-away planet in a jail cell, a young human woman pregnant with a non-human being urges her child to come quickly, terrified of being murdered by her human companions as she awaits execution.

An immigrant woman reflects on her courtship with her husband. She thinks of how she beguiled her husband with stories about her grandfather's friendship with scientist Gregor Mendel, and how they remind her of untold stories about her sexual assault.

A young woman finds the letters that her aunt wrote to her while the aunt was in a concentration camp, helping her mother give birth and raise the young woman

In a bridge-building reconciliation workshop between Jews and Nazi descendants, a Jewish woman and a Nazi descendant attempt to connect with each other. At the conclusion of the workshop, wounds have not been healed, but perhaps a greater understanding has been reached.

When a man's brother disappears, he thinks back to their arduous relationship—and the traumatic moment which fractured it.

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

A crow tries to make a name for herself.

A man attempts to find his way back to his city—but it's not the way it was.

From across the universe, two sisters try to keep each other in contact.