If you stand up for a friend, you have to face the consequences. Lucas realises this during a school trip on a winter’s day, just before Christmas. He finds himself caught in a spiral of guilt and remorse that puts his friendship with his best friend Leo to the test. 

A boy tells his story anonymously. His dad has done something wrong and is in prison. Is Dad a bad person now? Does it help that he’s sorry? And when will Dad come home again? Together with a handmade figurine ‘Alias’, the boy sets out in search of answers.

The earth is flooded. Nora’s dad has built an ark to save all the animals. Nora is particularly worried about the insects that she loves so passionately. But Dad says no; there’s no room on the ark for pesky creepy-crawlies, not even for Nora’s best friend, Billy the Beetle.

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.