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Kunjo, a 12-year-old Rajasthani refugee, spends her days begging in the streets of a rural village in North India. When an unlikely friendship blossoms between Kunjo and Preeta, an educated schoolgirl from a higher caste, Kunjo reveals her secret passion for storytelling. Betrayed by her new friend, and caught in the complexity of an unconventional friendship, Kunjo faces a crossroads between standing up for herself or submitting to her place of silence in society.

"A Short Tale of Xuan" is a coming of age story about a young Vietnamese girl from an immigrant family. She is a young scavenger, collecting found objects and the stories that they carry. Her imagination blends with reality as she navigates thru the world in between childhood and adulthood.