Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937
Kaze no naka no kodomo (original title)
1h 28min | Drama | 11 November 1937 (Japan)

Storyline:

Two young boys are usurped from being the head of their gang of children by the son of the man who indicts their father on charges of embezzlement. Their father is fired and arrested for this, and they are sent to live with their uncle, only to spend their time thinking of ways to escape back home.

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Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020
Hüvasti, NSVL (original title)
1h 31min | Comedy | 10 July 2020 (Finland)

Storyline:

Johannes is born into an Ingrian-Finnish family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished – all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take over, the crocodile Genas and the Moskvitches are forced to step aside, leaving the road to the West wide open. Lauri Randla’s Goodbye, Soviet Union is a comedy about the adventures of the eccentric Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

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Boys on Film 21: Beautiful Secret (2021)

Boys on Film 21: Beautiful Secret (2021)

Boys on Film 21: Beautiful Secret (2021)

Boys on Film 21: Beautiful Secret (2021)
2h 3min | Drama | 1 March 2021 (UK)

Storyline:

BOYS ON FILM 21 invites you on a voyage of emotion-soaked self-discovery, where same-sex attraction is celebrated, first loves are tenderly formulated, and beautiful secrets burn and bloom.

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Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart (Movie) (2021)

Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart (Movie) (2021)

Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart (Movie) (2021)

Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart (Movie) (2021)
Not Rated | 1h 42min | Drama, Music, Romance | 15 January 2021 (UK)

Storyline:

Shy keyboardist working for S. Korean music label discovers beautiful male street singer, is transfixed, falling in love at first sight. He shows the video to his boss, giving the singer a chance in the industry and a place in his heart.

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The Winter Lake 2020

The Winter Lake 2020

The Winter Lake 2020

The Winter Lake 2020
TV-MA | 1h 32min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 9 March 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.

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Gionatan with a G 2016

Gionatan with a G 2016

Gionatan with a G 2016

Gionatan with a G 2016
TV-14 | 15min | Short, Drama | 6 April 2016 (Italy)

Storyline:

Gionatan is nine years old, but he has the eyes of a man. In a waiting room of an hospital, he is waiting for his mother who is getting examined some facial injuries. With some candy in his hand and a terrible idea in his mind, Gionatan decide to run away.

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Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999
R | 1h 32min | Drama | 12 September 1999 (Canada)

Storyline:

An unseen man recalls four days of his youth when he came of age. He is Simon, in mid teens, in awe of his father who’s planned a robbery with the down-and-out Fury. Dad double-crosses Fury, using Simon in a switch of the bag of cash. Unknown to Simon, however, a bank guard later shoots dad dead and wounds Fury. Simon leaves Ontario, as planned, heading for a remote Québec town. When Fury discovers the money gone, he follow Simon with the aid of Simon’s neighbor, Feather, who’s been dad’s lover. En route to Quebec, Simon is picked up by Chrystal, a wild woman who’s just left her husband. They all meet beside a lake for a final sorting out of money and relationships.

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Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011
Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 24min | Documentary | 24 February 2011 (Germany)

Storyline:

Berlin stories behind sex for money. Despised, stigmatised and suppressed to the fringe of society – this is the reality young, male prostitutes face in Berlin. Most of the hustlers are immigrants, a lot of them act out of necessity. Rosa von Praunheim acompanies the young adults at their work in bars, porn movie theatres and on the street. He shows their reasons, their stories and above all, their strong will to survive.

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