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Mary, 17, is a Swedish teenager who is spending her summer vacation with her family aboard a cruise in the Mediterranean. One day, she meets Manos, 25 years old, a Greek waiter who works on the boat. The language barrier is far from being an obstacle to their mutual attraction and the same evening, Mary leaves her cabin to find the young man in secret. Under the full moon, they will experience a night of love full of passion. But as the boat enters the waters of the Aegean Sea, their story suddenly ends. Mary will have to find alone an answer to the unsolved mystery of love, facing the imposing ruins of an ancient Greek temple.

Aicha, a Tunisian mother gifted with prophetic dreams, lives in the isolated north of Tunisia with her husband Brahim and young son Adam. The family lives in anguish after the departure of the eldest sons Mehdi and Amine to the violent embrace of war. Months later, Mehdi unexpectedly returns home with a pregnant wife in tow. Mehdi's arrival triggers old wounds and a darkness that threatens to consume the entire village.

Oskar is on the night train heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time, he meets the gaze of someone who feels the same desire as he does.

Alice is together with Johannes but she doesn't have enough space to be herself. On a night out with friends, she steals a strap-on and challenges her boyfriend's thoughts about girls. Everyone thinks Alice goes too far but she doesn’t give in to group pressure. Johannes gets curious about Alice's new side and together they discover something new about themselves.

In a bed at night, a girl wants to tell her boyfriend that she loves him. But she wants him to say it first. She tries to get him to do it but he can’t, and suddenly their entire relationship is at stake.

15-year-old Räkan (‘Shrimp’) is sitting at home gaming when he is reluctantly dragged along to a party. Once there, he feels uncomfortable and it is clear that he doesn’t fit in. At last, he has had enough and does something drastic. Spot-on youth drama about friendship, norms, and big feelings.

After a phone call Milo faces an overwhelming change. A new medicine has been approved that may cure his partner Adrian, who has been kept frozen in a container for 43 years. Sensitive and precise depiction of unexpected consequences of future technological innovations.

Rosanna’s existence as a teenage mother in the countryside is lonely and hopeless. When her friends show up one summer evening, the boundaries between teenage life and motherhood become blurred. A film about wanting to stay young when you should grow up, being split between your child’s and your own needs.