After a hospital in Rio shuts down and all patients are carelessly displaced, Gabi, a low-income lunch lady, does the impossible to make sure that Lola - a hospital patient with special needs who she grew close to - feels loved and cared for; two basic needs that the government will simply not provide for her.
Gabi decides she’ll begin looking after Lola by bringing her one “lollie" (lollipop) a day. But as time passes, Gabi realizes that the Lola’s true place can only be by her side. Her new mission becomes convincing her husband, Jonas, to take Lola in.

A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.

Confronting her disabled daughter's terminal diagnosis, a mother fights to have her become a Bat Mitzvah in their synagogue, which refuses to break from tradition. 

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BECCA COMES TO VISIT is a 20 minute short film, produced by emerging filmmakers from Stanford University, centered around two Asian-American siblings who look for comfort in each other, but whose clashing communication styles make it damn near impossible. Unfortunate for them, because Becca and David could both use a friend right now, if they could only break down their defenses and say what they really mean.

19-year-old Becca is an energetic magnet for attention, commanding space and leaving her company under her spell. Her older brother David, passive and non confrontational, is tired of feeling like second fiddle to his sister. Tensions begin when she unexpectedly invites herself to stay at his house and, of course, charms his two friends–while drinking from his wine glass. Not one of the many guest wine glasses.

It is the people closest to us we often overlook the most, the people we have always seen a certain way, making honest vulnerability just seem…out of the question. BECCA is a reminder that even our family can get lonely, and the best way to support them may simply be to let them know that we are lonely too.