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The dynamic and unpredictable emotion of love provides a framework to explore the intriguing facets of the human heart in these documentary selections. Love stories and the theme of love are used to explore cross-generational relationships, immigration trauma, gay rights advocacy, and cross-cultural confusions. With a backdrop of hatred and fear, these selections crafted love into their narrative. How did the presenters utilize the tragedy, comedy, and drama of love to create empathetic characters and illustrate a strong sense of place? How did the filmmaker of ‘Limited Partnership’ collapse time while filming a 40 year love story over the course of 10 years? These jewels provide a unique reflection on the difficulties of our human experience. Magnificent examples exploring transcendence and transformation, illustrating societal fears, weakness and triumph over all… or perhaps not. Can the lovers of the ‘Cambodian Space Project’ survive a ‘thrilling rock and roll explosion’ as they go ‘on a path from obscurity, poverty, trauma to relative fame and no fortune’?