Have you forgotten what we used to play 2010

Have you forgotten what we used to play 2010

Have you forgotten what we used to play 2010
Ty zabyl, vo chto my igrali (original title)
32min | Short | 24 September 2010 (Russia)

Storyline:

Have You Forgotten What We Used to Play? tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers that both he and the place have changed. Yet, he soon finds himself immersed in his memories

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James 2008

James 2008

James 2008
17min | Short, Drama | 1 April 2008 (UK)

Storyline:

James has learnt to be withdrawn and secretive in a family with long buried secrets. Lonely and confused, he is drawn to one of his schoolteachers, Mr Sutherland, focusing on him as the one person who might understand his inner turmoil. When an older man approaches him in a public toilet, James panics and calls his mother, but refuses to tell her what happened. Late that night, James listens to his parents arguing about him. His fathers offhanded dismissal of his mothers concern results in a vicious row. When a devastated James turns to Mr Sutherland for help, the teachers response leads James to take an irrevocable step.

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Gisberta 2009

Gisberta 2009

Gisberta 2009
23min | Short, Drama | 20 November 2009 (Germany)

Again and again Elisha finds himself confronted by Alex, Timo, Sascha, and Mika – all 14-year-olds living in the boys’ orphanage with him. Their worlds ought to be similar and yet they are completely different. While Elisha builds tiny obstacle courses for ants in the woods, the other boys spend their days watching porn, absorbed in their emerging sexual fantasies.

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Lucky Blue 2007

Lucky Blue 2007

Lucky Blue 2007

Lucky Blue 2007
28min | Short, Romance | 30 January 2007 (Sweden)

Storyline

Olle, an introverted, well-mannered boy with an air of innocence and sincerity about him has been camping with his father at the same camping ground with several other people for years now. A sort of tradition that ends in a karaoke party. Then one summer, a family friend brings her reticent ‘city boy’ nephew, Kevin, and his pet budgerigar. Olle accidentally releases the bird and what follows is a discovery of friendship and love between the guy who has grown up in a loving environment and simply accepts love for what it is and the guy who’s apparently been burned too many times in his own circle to feel comfortable with it.

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