Victoria Neto

Rushing from the chaos of her student job, up the never-ending staircase of her apartment building, Danielle, a West African-French student, calculates that she has enough time to change from her work clothes before her final sociology exam in 20 minutes. Her under-maintained shoebox apartment has other plans. Yanis, a young concierge, comes to help and tries to fix the ancient door lock that has trapped her. As time trickles past, the two strangers find an unexpected solidarity, with only a door to separate them.

Zolla is a 19-year-old Black girl who lives with her single mother and two younger brothers in the suburbs. She struggles to keep up with everything between her law studies, household chores, looking after her brothers, her part-time job, and her passion for photography... When she's accepted into photography school in Belgium, she faces a dilemma: how can she leave when her mother relies on her so heavily?