From the sharp edges of truth to the surreal corners of the mind.
We end our season where all great stories begin: in the space between what is real and what we dare to dream.

Our journey opens in distant villages and intimate corners of the world, where art, legacy, and identity bloom against the odds. A Turkish town becomes an unlikely cradle for ballet dancers. Two teenage girls in Mexico chase a soccer legend and stumble into adolescence. The Uru people of Bolivia mourn a lake that no longer exists—but still define themselves by its absence. In Iran, a woman dreams through the folds of her curtain. And on the railways of Ukraine, courage moves on steel tracks through the fire of war.

As the evening deepens, our lens shifts—from the observational to the surreal. A woman unravels alongside her cats’ uncanny visions. Lake Michigan carries the ghost of a father in a tide of memory. A Border Patrol agent sees past borders. A mother and daughter clash over a mythic rite of passage involving a griffin and a bloody tradition. And finally, Miss Estrogenia Talbot finds herself bleeding on a Regency ballroom floor, much to the confusion of one very unprepared suitor.