Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013
1h 37min | Drama | 3 March 2013 (USA

Storyline:

12-year-old Josh is a mixed race boy and a promising baseball player. He is abused by his mother’s boyfriend Byrd, and neglected by his mother Debbie. He forges his own path in life when his estranged grandfather insists he study for his Bar Mitzvah.

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A Little Closer 2011

A Little Closer 2011

A Little Closer 2011

A Little Closer 2011
1h 12min | Drama, Romance | 25 July 2012 (France)

Storyline:

In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, she frequents a depressing, weekly mixer for the towns aging singles set. Meanwhile, Marc is desperate to lose his virginity, and spends his days working at a used car lot. And his brother Stephen, in the throes of sexual discovery, becomes infatuated with his school teacher while hoping to win the approval of a group of peers who adamantly detest her.

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Boys to Men 2001

Boys to Men 2001

Boys to Men 2001
1h 15min | Drama | 16 March 2001 (USA)

Storyline:

Compilation of 4 short films from different directors all with a common theme of gay identity – “Crush” by Philip Bartell, “The Mountain King” by Duncan Tucker, “…lost” by Dan Castle & “The Confession” by Carl Phirman.

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Shank 2009

Shank 2009

Shank 2009

Shank 2009
R | 1h 34min | Drama | 11 September 2009 (UK)

Storyline:

Teenage gang member Cal hides his sexuality from his fellow happy slapping gang members’ often futile and violent dislike of anyone who isn’t the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. Hooking up with a random stranger (Scott), Cal is unaware that this chance meeting will eventually provide him with choices and routes of escape from the tedium of his unambitious and depraved life. When his world collides with Olivier, a French student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.

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Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982
1h 37min | Drama | 11 November 1982 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.

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The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011
1h 31min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 19 April 2011 (USA)

Storyline:

A disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as an American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.

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Marfa Girl 2012

Marfa Girl 2012

Marfa Girl 2012

Marfa Girl 2012
1h 45min | Drama | 17 December 2014 (Australia)

Storyline:

A story centered on a directionless 16-year-old living in Marfa, Texas and his relationships with his girlfriend, his neighbor, his teacher, a newly arrived local artist, and a local Border Patrol officer.

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