Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.

"As a film format 16mm is quintessentially 'vintage': it has a softness of definition and a quality of colour saturation that bespeak a bygone age that is presumed to be kinder and gentler - perhaps because many of us are looking back on imperfectly remembered childhoods. Compared to today's HD-everything, 16mm is aestheticized, it is a romanticising filter that Instagrammers aspire to.

"As a film format 16mm is quintessentially 'vintage': it has a softness of definition and a quality of colour saturation that bespeak a bygone age that is presumed to be kinder and gentler - perhaps because many of us are looking back on imperfectly remembered childhoods. Compared to today's HD-everything, 16mm is aestheticized, it is a romanticising filter that Instagrammers aspire to.

A young man from the Congo in search of his brother attempts to cross Europe's borders. In Morocco, he teams up with a sharp-witted British runaway who pinched his stepfather's recreational vehicle in order to escape from a family holiday. On their journey, the disparate duo have to make decisions that will also influence the lives of others.

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.

Joe Velasco is awarded parole for good behavior, promising to live life as a reformed man and avoid the underworld activities which landed him in jail. But almost immediately following his release, a series of occurrences begin to steer him back towards the road to ruin.

Three women encounter the toughest time of their lives.