Hunger 2009

Hunger 2009

Hunger 2009

Hunger 2009
18min | Short | 2 May 2009 (Germany)

Storyline:

Siblings Roland and Paul see their immigrant neighbours taken away by the police, and they decide to go into the abandoned flat. There they explore the belongings of the family and enter their own fantasy world. Reality comes crashing back however, when their father returns and finds them there.

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Mosquito 2010

Mosquito 2010

Mosquito 2010

Mosquito 2010
12min | Short, Drama | June 2010 (USA)

Storyline:

A coming of age story about a 13-year old Dominican boy — nicknamed Mosquito by his tormentors — who fights to win their respect on a memorable Halloween night in 1974. MOSQUITO captures the gritty look and feel of NYC in the 1970’s through the documentary lens of Sundance Cinematography Award winner Ferne Pearlstein.

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It’s Still Your Bed 2019

It's Still Your Bed 2019

It’s Still Your Bed 2019

It’s Still Your Bed 2019
17min | Short, Drama, Romance | 13 June 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

David (Damian Joseph Quinn), just came home from college, but his parents let their newly hired farm hand, Brent (Cooper Stone), to stay in his room. The attraction is there, but somehow, both of them have been sizing each other up.

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Femme 2017

Femme 2017

Femme 2017

Femme 2017
11min | Short, Drama | 5 September 2017 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

The Ysbreeker family: mother Jolien (45), father Frank (47) daughter Roos (16) and son Teun (14) enjoy their annual holiday on a campsite in France. Teun is at the beginning of his puberty and notices that his mind thinks his own way, he can’t control his hormones. The camping is the perfect place for this. Roos, a young woman in the middle of her puberty, is more interested in her first camping love, than in her family. Teun notices that his sister is becoming a woman, in all different ways. How does he react? What does he do with his feelings? Does it have any influences on the brother-sister relationship?

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Tits 2013

Tits 2013

Tits 2013

Tits 2013
16min | Short | 17 September 2013 (UK)

Storyline:

Sam is a 13-year-old boy. He goes to a school for boys where the corridors seem to exude centuries-old testosterone. In that world of small uniformed men, Sam grows a pair of tits. His desperate attempts to hide the monstrosity in his body fail when he is forced to take swimming lessons. The belts, the t-shirts and the shirts with which Sam kept his secret will no longer be of any use. Blythe, the class bully, has discovered why the new kid is so reserved. Blythe and Sam test each other, fear each other, each of them is, to the other, a glance of what they’ll become and, in that suspicion, they find themselves being accomplices to their own insecurities.

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The Boy Who Jumped Out 2016

The Boy Who Jumped Out 2016

The Boy Who Jumped Out 2016

The Boy Who Jumped Out 2016
Drengen der sprang ud (The boy who was gay) (original title)
Short, Drama | 20 May 2016 (Denmark)

Review:

At first sigh, not convincing film. Because all seems reduced at the traits of a superficial sketch. At the second – a precise portrait for the condition of gay teenager, rejected by family. All is simple. And that is the virtue of the film. Because the tragedy of Henning life is familiar to the public of film. A public who knows more and, using his experiences, din not ignores the essence of this deep drama. In rest, nice performances, low budget and decent work.

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