Joyitha Mandal

A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.

Over the course of a single night in the Far Rockaways, two teenage girls drift toward an intimacy that neither can fully name, blurring the line between friendship and desire.

A chance encounter between a homeless woman and a homeschooled teen sheds new light on the meaning of home.