Silili dreams of becoming a tree spirit one day. After leaving her mother tree, just like the other elves, she sets out to discover who she wants to be. Along the way, she doesn't realise that her quest harms a tree, but helps all the plants of an entire island.

Following her father’s death, young Nadupa objects to the way the inheritance is being settled. After all, don’t she and her mother have a right to their own property and to an independent life?

A young girl in Nigeria is celebrating her wedding. As the women in her family prepare her for the ceremony, she reflects on her decision and the pressure exerted on her by her community. In doing so, she tells the story of many Yoruba women.

A young girl from Ladakh with a disability wants to be treated not with pity, but with pride. Together with her friends and a donkey, she sets off on a journey to earn money for her education. That dream turns out to be much bigger than she could ever have imagined.

In a small village in the Ukrainian countryside, a grandmother welcomes her granddaughter, who comes for a sleepover. The grandmother tries to shield the girl from the terrible realities of war and creates a fantasy world where everything is just fine.