Bad Axe A closely knit Asian-American family living in rural Michigan during the pandemic fights to keep their local restaurant and American dream alive. With rising racial tensions, the family must unite and find their voice as they reckon with backlash from a divided community, white supremacists, and intergenerational trauma from Cambodia’s killing fields. USA,…

Fauna In a forest on the outskirts of Barcelona, an old shepherd and his flock coexist with a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation. While the shepherd, who himself is sick with a bone disease, watches his profession slip away, the scientists are busier than ever researching the Covid vaccine. A reflection on the relationship between…

Sugar and Stars (À la belle étoile) Ever since he was a little boy, Yazid dreamed of becoming a pastry chef. Moving from one foster home to another, nothing predestined him for such a career, but his indomitable determination and resourcefulness have proven priceless in helping him succeed in the elitist arena of patisserie—his dream…

The Pot au Feu (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) France, 1885. Talented cook Eugenie has worked for the preeminent gourmet Dodin for the last two decades. Their mutual admiration turns into romance and gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond…