In a Thai village, the life of a boy who the head monk believes has unlocked the highest state of enlightenment is jeopardized when the village chief seeks to exploit the local festival of floating lanterns for profit. Upon finding out the Thai village chief's evil scheme for the local lantern festival, a precocious child's life is threatened.

A woman is employed by wealthy individuals to eat the sins of their recently deceased relatives.

In Paraguay, following the end of the Stroessner dictatorship, a young man strikes a friendship of sorts with a sensational local mystic who writes letters from the ghosts of a person's past.

A girl, considered the chosen one of her people, uncovers the secret of those who will soon make their sacred return.

A Romani princess travels to meet her tribe, considering the state of her community and its place in the post-Revolution US. Once she reunites with the tribe, the princess's husband comes forward with a troubling discovery and she is forced to reckon with its consequences.

While college student Isobelle is staying with her Congolese immigrant uncle over summer break, she hears strange sounds coming from the room that used to belong to her now missing cousin. Behind that door lie a rotting corpse, a vengeful spirit, and dark family secrets Isobelle’s uncle thought he left behind in Congo.

The crew aboard a freight ship are gruesomely murdered in a sacrificial and ritualistic manner.

A young Native American man visits a burial site on a nearby island and must reflect on both his allegiance to his culture and to himself.

Following the failure of the Hong Kong sovereignty movement, diasporic Hongkongers in Scotland organize a beautiful dance performance in spite of H1N3 lockdown measures.

As part of his sentence, a young man attends a declining Mission in Rhodesia and falls for a girl who has been ostracized by her community due to her father’s profession as a cremator.