De pupil 2025
De pupil 2025
1h 43m | Drama | Release date: October 30, 2025 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Through a process of grooming, Daan (12) is gradually sexually abused by his football coach, Ries (35). The necessity of keeping this secret isolates Daan. When the truth eventually emerges, Daan is overwhelmed by shame and must confront the uncomfortable, and at times ruthless, reactions from those around him.
The Garden of Earthly Delights 2025
The Garden of Earthly Delights 2025
2h 4m | Drama | Release date: May 29, 2025 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
In the stormy slums of Manila, eleven-year-old Ginto fights for survival, respect and freedom, determined to rise as a gangster rather than a street scavenger. He frequently escapes his harsh reality with his best friend, on whom he has a tender, unspoken crush, and who joins him on drug-induced journeys to a paradise realm bursting with blooming flowers. His protective sister Asia tries her best to keep him on the right path, but she has her own struggles to deal with, as she engages in sex work in pursuit of a better life. Meanwhile, Dutch tourist Michael enters town with plans to celebrate Christmas with his online Filipino girlfriend, only to have his world crumble when he discovers he’s been catfished. Overwhelmed by betrayal, he descends into the underbelly of the city’s red-light district, where desire meets sinister demand. As Ginto’s and Michael’s fates ultimately intertwine, Ginto is forced to make an impossible decision, drawing him into a brutal garden of earthly delights.
Family Business 1986
Family Business 1986
Conseil de famille (original title)
2h | Comedy | Release date: March 19, 1986 (France)
Storyline:
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the “family business”.
Cupido confuso 2025
Cupido confuso 2025
2h 6m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: March 21, 2025 (Spain)
Storyline:
Nico wants to become independent with his neighborhood colleague, Raca, but she doesn’t want ties. Fed up with his parents, Nico leaves home and rents a room on the outskirts. Despite the distance, he begins to hang out with Leo, Raca’s little brother, a boy who is getting hormones, because he wants to transition into a woman. Nico is torn between the love of his brother or his sister. Meanwhile, their respective families fall apart, because in one there is no love nor in the other fidelity.
Sacrifices 2002
Sacrifices 2002
Sunduq al-dunyâ (original title)
1h 52m | Drama | Release date: May 21, 2002 (France)
Storyline:
A tree, a house, emptiness, isolation. The head of the family, an old man, is at the point of death. He would like to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons but he does not acknowledge any of them before he dies. Three cousins without a name live in this primitive world. They seek pleasure and salvation. The first one in restraint and submission, the second in love, the third in power, violence and cruelty. The father of the second, back from war, gives the third the keys to a stronger and immense power. The tree looking upon since 1000 years contemplates what will happen in 2000 years.
Enzo 2025
Enzo 2025
1h 42m | Drama | Release date: June 18, 2025 (France)
Storyline:
A 16-year-old boy defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship where he meets a charismatic Ukrainian colleague who shakes up his world.
Jana und Jan 1992
Jana und Jan 1992
1h 25m | Drama | Release date: May 28, 1992 (Germany)
Storyline:
Fall 1989: Jan is almost 16. Caught while trying to escape to West Germany, he is transferred from prison to a juvenile detention center. Here, he meets Jana … and what starts as a bet, becomes true love. When Jana gets pregnant, the situation spirals out of control. In the summer of 1990, Jana and Jan flee into the unknown, insecure future of a new Germany. In this film, the director, internationally known for his critical films about children and young people, cast non-professional actors – some from juvenile detention centers – in the leading roles.
