Strawberry Lemonade spends the first week of the college semester with Cole - a despondent young man struggling to connect with others who want nothing more than breezy relationships and to be left alone. When Cole clicks with an enigmatic girl, they form a romantic relationship that crescendos into a bloody nightmare.

Salim, a young Palestinian musician returns home to celebrate his parent’s wedding anniversary. Upon his arrival, he and his family’s true priorities are put into question when his mother requests that he drop out of college in order to help their struggling family business. Now with his future on the line, Salim must choose between his personal ambitions and his responsibilities to the family that raised him.