A Love Letter to My Sister

In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new life, igniting the possibility of a future together.

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

Emma, Sarah, and Amelia are best friends navigating their way through 5th-grade life together. The friendship is tested when Sarah seemingly abandons Emma, Amelia and their school project for reasons that shock Emma and Amelia. The story explores the struggles of children who encounter family challenges, the avenues of support and the importance of genuine and strong friendships in our lives.

Hans had a tantrum, repeatedly shouting for his mother, which enraged his drunk father, who was about to hit him. Meta hid with her brother in their mother's prayer room, trying to persuade Hans to leave, but he refused. Now, Meta must choose between leaving her brother behind or staying to confront their father's violence.

Estranged siblings reconvene at their childhood home, where they spend a precarious weekend drinking and talking--uncovering the narratives and secrets that have shaped their lives.

20-year-old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao gets an opportunity by chance, thinking that a better life is coming, but unexpectedly encounters a serious setback. Under the pressure of both time and money, Jing Hao, who has no way out, decides to take a desperate gamble. Can this ignite the spark of hope for his troubled ordinary life?

Nate Ryan returns home to Bundy Canyon to visit his dying father. With the help of Amal, a compulsively unfiltered hospice nurse, Nate opens old wounds in an attempt to make peace with his incredibly unpeaceful father. A comedy about family trauma, ill-timed romance and cancer.

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

Manu has been incarcerated for a year in a prison in Marseille. Back in Nantes, his hometown, he finds his friends and family that he left overnight. How will he reconnect, find the bonds that united him with these people whose lives have continued without him?

An abused wife's plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best friend and his corpse in tow.

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

Julio is a retired former wrestling wrestler, but not just any wrestler; there in the ring he fought against his emotions. His absence as a father took his son Gael away from home, so he will have to defeat the rival he could never defeat to be with his family again; "The fear".

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved in order to care for their ailing father.

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

Ben and Ashley come together 20 years after the murder of their parents to determine the cause of their parents' death. Ashley is troubled by the idea that the thing that took her parents' lives may not be finished with her family.

After the untimely death of his older siblings, a struggling young architect suddenly becomes a "single parent" for his nephews. When the opportunity for a better life arises, he must choose between his love life, career, or his nephews.

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and blow-jobs. A master manipulator of men living at home with her father in suburban Golden Grove, Katrina will stop at nothing to get what she wants - even murder.

Just like our memories, the stories we honor tonight were immortalized through a very unique vision of its creators. The winner takes it all.