World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

　　1990年，一艘巨大的飛船出現在地球上空，人們惶恐不安，卻又分外好奇。經過一段時間緊張的等待，外星飛船始終沒有動靜。人類終于小心翼翼靠近它，強行走進艙內，結果發現了不計其數的外星人。他們形容丑陋，宛如蝦子，而且健康狀況極差，虛弱無力。原來這是一群來自外星的難民，他們最終被地球人接納，并隔離在南非約翰內斯堡的一片區域內生活，此地名為“第九區”。經過長達20年的繁衍，外星難民的數量擴張至180萬之多，且和周邊人類的矛盾沖突不斷，越來越多的人類呼吁將“大蝦”趕出地球。　　MNU（列國同盟組織）經過磋商，決定將外星難民遷移到更為偏遠的區域。MNU外星事務部門的特工威庫斯（Sharlto Copley 飾）專門負責搬遷工作。威庫斯在動員過程中傲慢隨意，與當地居民沖突頻頻。最終，他為自己的行為付出代價，外星人的神秘流體將其感染，威庫斯慢慢變成了外星人的模樣……

　　影片以悲壯的筆觸，描述了30年代時期，不丹國卡爾城金將軍與日軍勾結，在城里生產毒氣，中國派遣特務“天字第一號”和現代鏢局負責接出城主尤達。女鏢師阿瓊在愛慕尤達的金將軍女兒芊芊幫助下，意欲和尤達一起逃走，但“天字第一號”力主要破壞毒氣計劃，結果被抓。金將軍為救愛女，反過來幫助他們，與日軍開始一場大戰。

　　突尼斯導演考塞爾·本·哈尼亞將把巴勒斯坦六歲女童欣德·拉賈布的悲劇搬上銀幕。2024年1月29日，欣德乘坐的車輛在加沙遭以色列軍隊襲擊，她被困車中通過電話絕望求救，12天后被發現與家人一同遇難。影片將追溯這通生死未卜的求救通話背后，一個幼小生命在戰爭廢墟中的最后時刻。