Hinokio 2005
Hinokio 2005
1h 51m | Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: July 9, 2005 (Japan)
Storyline:
Satoru (Kanata Hongo), a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things.
Time Out 2018
Time Out 2018
Pieniä suuria valheita (original title)
1h 34m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: November 16, 2018 (Finland)
Storyline:
A priest who left his cheating wife (Mikko Nousiainen) moves with his school-aged son to a small town in Kainuu, where he plans to start a new life. The beginning, however, is not very rosy when the reception in the small community turns out to be cold, to say the least. The apartment that was supposed to be furnished is empty. The father immediately becomes the talk of the other members of the congregation and the son is being bullied at school. The situation begins to escalate, and very suddenly the continuation of life in a new community seems hopeless. “Time Out” is a heightened depiction of reality, an extreme story in which serious drama and equally serious black humor go hand in hand.
No raifu kingu 1991
No raifu kingu 1991
1h 46m | Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: September 22, 1991 (United States)
Storyline:
In a world slowly overrun with technology the line between reality and virtuality begins to blur as not only the younger generation, but also the older one is becoming absorbed. Where the ‘real world’ could be drab and colourless, in contrast, the world of computers and games could be vivid and tantalizing. Could the characters, and the larger society, change this attitude?
Gummi-Tarzan 1981
Gummi-Tarzan 1981
1h 38m | Drama, Family | Denmark, October 16, 1981
Storyline:
Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit – the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.
Povodyr 2014
Povodyr 2014
2h 2m | Drama, History | Release date: November 12, 2014 (Ukraine)
Storyline:
Peter is a 10-year-old boy living in the midst of turbulent early-1930s Soviet Ukraine. His father, an American engineer, is killed for obtaining secret documents about the repressions, which now are hidden in Peter’s book. The boy flees from the police with a blind kobzar (Ukrainian folk minstrel), Ivan Kocherga. Ivan does everything to help his young guide grow up and survive with a kind and clear soul that will not be hardened by what his eyes have seen. He tells his young guide elaborate stories that make him believe there can be a different reality from what he sees around him. The viewer is challenged to admit that the blind kobzar might see the world with greater clarity than those with perfect eyes.
Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023
Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023
1h34m | Drama | China, 2023
Storyline:
It tells the story of an autistic family who, with the help of all walks of life, made unremitting efforts and persistent struggles for their dreams. It appealed to the whole society to understand and care for the disabled, conveyed full of positive energy, and promoted the core values of socialism.
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000
Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (original title)
1h 39m | Drama, Crime | Release date: November 25, 2000 (Morocco)
Storyline:
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib’s revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor – when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib’s gang. Matters are getting serious.
Hold om mig 2010
Hold om mig 2010
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: September 2, 2010 (Denmark)
Storyline:
A film about peer pressure and taking responsibility for one’s own life. The story revolves around Sara, Mikkel, Hassan and Louise, four teenagers, who are searching for their own identity and an anchor in their lives. One ill-fated day in the classroom a misunderstanding is thrown out of proportion and creates a wave of chaos. Suddenly they are the guilty ones and the victims of a game that has got out of hand.
Der Passfälscher 2022
Der Passfälscher 2022
1h 56m | Biography, Drama | Release date: October 13, 2022 (Germany)
Storyline:
21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won’t let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created for himself, he throws himself into the city’s nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand – and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma’s only hope to survive is a last forged ID – with his own name on it.
