Matei copil miner 2013
Matei copil miner 2013
1h 20m | Drama, Family | Release date: November 22, 2013 (Romania)
Storyline:
Matei, a young boy on the verge of adolescence is fascinated by the past of the Transylvanian mining region he lives in. Upon his return from an initiation journey filled with rich discoveries through the big city, he faces the loss of innocence when confronted with the death of his grandfather.
Lupu 2013
Lupu 2013
1h 17m | Drama | Release date: October 4, 2013 (Romania)
Storyline:
Wolf is a lonely boy who surrounds himself by a world that responds to his desires. He brings Clara, the girl he loves, inside this world but when he can’t be sure if she is still real or become imaginary he feels trapped and wants to escape.
The Strange Case of a Claustrophobic Ghost 2023
The Strange Case of a Claustrophobic Ghost 2023
El extraño caso del fantasma claustrofóbico (original title)
1h 57m | Fantasy | Release date: August 25, 2023 (Mexico)
Storyline:
Follows a teenager who claims that there is an entity in his closet.
Mammo 1994
Mammo 1994
2h 10m | Drama | Release date: June 8, 1994 (India)
Storyline:
13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him, Riyaz does not have many friends, save for Rohan. When Mammo plans a surprise birthday party for him, Riyaz is offended as he believes his friends will make fun of him as his lifestyle is not as good as their’s. Fayyuzi and Riyaz have an argument with Mammo, and she leaves for the Mosque at Haji Ali, but returns when both apologize to her. Although Mammo was born in Panipat during the British Raj, she was one of thousands of Muslims who left for Pakistan. She was married over there, could not conceive, was branded a “barren woman”, and asked to leave. Having nowhere else to go, she came to live with her widowed sister in Bombay on a temporary Visa. Every month she would walk to the nearest Police Station and get an extension. She finally paid a Rs.4800/ as a bribe in order to get a permanent visa through Inspector Apte. When Apte was transferred, a new Police Inspector took over, processed her papers, held her to be an illegal immigrant, arrested her, had her escorted to the Bombay Central Railway Station, board the Frontier Mail, which would return her to Pakistan. Riyaz and Fayyuzi make every possible attempt to trace and bring her back, which was all in vain. Now 20 years later, Riyaz has grown up and has written a book about his Mammo, hoping that someday, somewhere she will find it and they will be reunited again.
Servants 2020
Servants 2020
Sluzobníci (original title)
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: March 2020 (Czech Republic)
Storyline:
The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young students must decide if he will give into the temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or if he will subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police.
Sun and Concrete 2023
Sun and Concrete 2023
Sonne und Beton (original title)
1h 59m | Adventure, Crime, Drama | Release date: March 2, 2023 (Germany)
Storyline:
The four Friends Lukas, Julius, Gino and Sanchez are trying to survive the everyday life in Neukölln, Berlin between Drugs, Gangs, Rap, Violence and Boredom. Until they are one day making a serious decision with serious consequences because of a dead certain Plan.
I Love You More 2023
I Love You More 2023
1h 33m | Drama, Romance | Release date: August 12, 2023 (Canada)
Storyline:
After a year of online pillow-talk, Ben, a shy Kosovar teen, is beyond-excited to finally meet his first (but secret) love, Leo. Consumed with passion, Ben carefully weaves the plans and cover-story for his romantic tryst with Leo who is arriving from Germany in just one month. Everything must be perfect. Great news, Ben’s mother surprises the family with a life changing opportunity, but Ben just can’t accept it yet. He must meet Leo.
How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006
How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006
Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Romania September 15, 2006
Storyline:
Bucharest 1989: the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva’s decision to leave, so with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.
Un hilito de sangre 1995
Un hilito de sangre 1995
1h 13m | Adventure, Drama | Country of origin: Mexico
Storyline:
Leon, a young 14 year-old, is obsessed with Osbelia, a dream-girl. Leon decides to follow her to Guadalajara, leaving behind his small world at home. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.
