Victoria Aleksanyan

A group of strangers are invited to Shambala, a remote winter resort, for the New Year's Eve festivities. One person, however, has plans that don't involve celebrating.

Russian exchange student Alya struggles to fit into what it means to be an American teenage girl in 1994 when she realizes her host father has a crush on her.

Ron and Casey are expecting a child, but things get out of hand when they both try to protect each other from an inevitable break-up.

Anoush, an emigrant, who fled post-soviet Armenia from her abusive husband, is facing eventual deportation years later…