After Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, an alcoholic leaves her apartment to loot—but when she's gravely injured by sharp debris, she has to rely on the kindness of others to reach safety in a dog-eat-dog world.

After a young man runs away and is said to be hiding in a canyon, his co-worker sets out to find him and ends up sharing his painful backstory of fear and lost opportunity.

A soldier stumbles to the doorstep of a friend in Paris after World War II, begging to tell the story of his lost comrade to anyone who will listen.

A young boy struggles to prevent his grief-stricken best friend from spiraling into self-destruction and swimming across a dangerous river.

A man succumbs to shock as an important friend betrays him, despite the friend not being visible to the human eye.

An ordinary man gets an inch and a half of mention in the newspaper after stumbling into a low stakes rescue — and the small bit of fame sends him spiraling down a dark, egotistical path.

An imaginative, bullied young boy and an elderly, suicidal cancer patient save each other from freezing to death one day in December.

The gas man falls and breaks his leg at a customer's house, and instead of calling for help, the customer keeps him company for hours and talks to him about his wife's imminent death.

Two enemies become inextricably linked when one chooses mercy.

A young girl and her friend are questioned by the police because a young man is in a coma after being pushed into the pool at a party the girls attended.