The story of three art-school grads realizing that their degrees and artistic ambitions haven’t necessarily prepared them for the real world and putting themselves in positions to confirm that darkness and pain are necessary to produce great art.

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film.

Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She’s surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora — until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.

In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.

The holiday season is in full swing when Emma learns that the resort where she used to spend Christmases with her family is being redeveloped.

Stand-up comedian Urzila Carlson keeps the crowd roaring with her thoughts on recasting “The Biggest Loser,” sex tape regrets and boxed wine hangovers.

Ismail’s son, Tarik returns to his village after long years of being away and announces that he is engaged to a Latvian woman named Nugesha and although he doesn’t have the means for it, Ismail still wants to be the one who pays for the expenses of the wedding. Several problems ensue as he tries to make sure that there is enough money for the wedding.

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

An overweight, young woman, who finds it hard to land a husband, learns to accept her ‘Size Sexy’ figure and leads an awareness campaign against a dubious slimness centre.

A stuntwoman on a western picture takes over the lead role when the star’s alcohol problems prove too much, and she finds herself gradually falling in love with the film’s producer.

A young Danish man traveling through Texas hooks up with an Austin girl, and even though they’re not planning to see each other again, tragic circumstances lead her to his doorstep in Denmark.