“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.

索菲亚是一名有前途的17岁排球运动员，在一场可能决定她命运的锦标赛前夕，她得知自己怀孕了。她不愿意把孩子生下来，于是决定非法堕胎。她因此成为一个原教旨主义团体的目标，该团体决心不惜一切代价阻止她。但索菲亚和她身边的人都不打算屈服于群众的盲目狂热。

为了利用新的工作作为公共卫生部门的雇员，朱莉安娜从伊塔乌纳内城移到康塔在巴西的大城市镇。在等待她的丈夫加入了她，她适应她的新生活，结识朋友和发现新的视野，努力克服她的过去。

The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier.

故事围绕年届四十的渔夫克里斯托斯托莫展开，他常年独居，深感无子之空虚，渴望成为人父。在追寻真挚深厚情感联结的过程中，他遇见孤儿卡米洛，决定抚养这个男孩，由此构建起一段非传统的独特亲情。本片以“心怀宏愿，终见现实”为精神内核，细腻刻画人际关系中的美好与复杂，探讨关于接纳与重构亲情纽带的生命议题。