Vi följer sexåriga Mason genom livets mest omvälvande årtionde, genom en strid ström av flyttar, familjegräl, krossade äktenskap, nya äktenskap, nya skolor, första kärleken, förlorade kärlekar, goda tider, skrämmande tider, krossade hjärtan och underverk. Men resultatet är svårt att förutspå, då ett ögonblick alltid är tätt sammanfogat med nästa – och tillsammans formar dessa incidenter vår uppväxt och hela den ständigt föränderliga resa som kallas livet.

Carig och Smokey är två killar som bor i LA. De sitter på sin veranda på en fredag eftermiddag och tittar på vad som händer medans de dricker och röker gräs. Och det är mycket som kan hända på en fredag.

"Varför är det ingen som stoppar mig?", undrar Erica Bain medan hon stryker omkring längs New Yorks gator om nätterna. Hon är en känd radiopratare som just förlorat sin fästman i ett våldsamt gatuöverfall och som på kuppen varit nära att själv omkomma. Hon håller på att upptäcka en främling inom sig själv - en beväpnad, hämndlysten vagabond som irrar omkring i sökan efter förövarna. Hon plågas av enorma inre konflikter - och kanske håller hon på att bli precis som de hon mest hatar.

En underground-serietecknare i storstaden försöker skapa sina verk med inspiration från den ruffiga, hårda verklighet han lever i, med diverse individer som hans egna föräldrar, maffiaanhängare, prostituerade, hallickar och många fler.

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

12-åriga Zazie skickas till sina släktingar i Paris. Hon flyr dock från dem och börjar utforska staden på egen hand.

Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.

Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko keeps everyone at arm's length, whether it's her father and stepmother or Hajime, the owner of a small bookstore who could be the father of her unborn child. Yoko seems most at home when she's riding the train, speeding around the city with only her thoughts to entertain her.

Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.

Adi and Tara move to Bombay to pursue their dreams. A chance meeting sparks off a heady, no strings attached romance until their careers pull them apart. Will ambition prevail over matters of the heart?

Många öden från samhällets olika sociala skikt vävs samman i Hudson City, New Jersey. Nick försöker ta sig ur det korrupta systemet. Han slutar sitt jobb men flyr undan ledan med sprit, knark och småbrott. Samtidigt strävar den svarte politikern Wynn att till vilket pris som helst värva röster och ta över makten.

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years – until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.

This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These ancient spiritual traditions may at first seem at odds with urban life, but to Indigenous people in Canada who are used to praying in natural settings, the whole world is sacred space.

A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.

A film inspired by one of Germany's most visited blogs. The author of the site www.notesofberlin.com, Joab Nist, posts pictures of real announcements, notes, information that people leave in the streets of Berlin. The film follows 15 genuine notes and protagonists. The result is 15 funny, tragic, fascinating episodes about people and the city they live in. Twenty-four hours from the life of the city. The story begins with a note attached to a street lamp, with the message “For one minute please just stand here in silence, look at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is”. Is it possible that only a very drunk young man notices the text and looks upwards? An extraordinary mood picture of present-day Berlin and a declaration of love for the city.

Before its economic decline, Detroit was a major metropolis. Now, in the 2000s, the young people of the Motor City are making it their own DIY paradise where rules are second to passion and creativity. Johnny Knoxville tours the city to meet some of the people who are creating a new Detroit on their own terms, against real adversity.

Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity - despite the open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split, her gut starts to tell her something different. At age of 18, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth: her biological father was not the man who raised her, but a black man named Rodney with whom her mother had had an affair.