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A woman living in Mauritania is ordered to eat excessively so that she becomes more desirable and finds a husband.

An invitation from Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako to visit and film his homeland, Mauritania, results in an epic yet ultimately intimate journey that retraces the threads of a relationship interrupted all too soon.

Filmmakers Fallshaw and Ayala's journey of discovery among Saharawi refugees turns into a political thriller.

A photographer sets out to Mauritania on a journey to find a tree. In the form of letters written to his lover, a voice-over reads his reflections and the accounts of his travels. During this search, locals are interviewed, sharing their spiritual beliefs, and interpreting the meaning of his quest.

Mohamed Dih visits Boujdour, the Sahrawi refugee camps where he grew up. When a sudden storm destroys his home, he decides to stay longer than planned to rebuild it, take care of his blind grandfather, and meet his two-year-old nephew.