Two closeted Muslim teens, Naz and Maalik, have their daily routine in Brooklyn interrupted by FBI surveillance due to their secretive behavior and small-time scheming.

Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city’s vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin’s layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.