12 Points 2015
12 Points 2015
13min | Short, Drama | May 2015 (Austria)
Storyline:
Jonas’s father expresses his enthusiasm about Conchita Wurst’s victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Hence, his 18-year-old son works up the courage to come out as a homosexual and introduce his boyfriend to his parents … unexpectedly, his father’s euphoria about the tolerance and open-mindedness displayed at the Song Contest comes to a sudden end.
Fish Out of Water 2015
Fish Out of Water 2015
11min | Short | 8 February 2016 (USA)
Storyline:
After moving in with his estranged mother after the death of his father, Zac needs to learn to find his own way. He attempts to keep his father’s memory alive by perfecting his amateur fishing skills – a past time that he and his father shared, and finds a new, but polarizing friend along the way. Ollie aids in helping Zac learn his skills, but he may not be all he seems. Zac ultimately has to learn that he has always had the ability inside himself, and that all he has to do is believe in himself..
Clownhouse 1989
Clownhouse 1989
R | 1h 21min | Horror | 1 June 1989 (USA)
Storyline:
Just before Halloween, three kid brothers who are alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
The Boys of St Vincent 15 Years Later 1992
1h 33min | Drama | TV Movie 7 December 1992
Storyline
Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children. The former head of the orphanage, Peter Lavin, has been married for several years at this point, has two children, and is living in Montreal when he is placed under arrest and brought to stand trial. While he maintains his innocence, the boy he favoured durring those years, Kevin Reevey, as well as many others, are faced with revisiting the abuse and trauma they sustained as children.
What the Peeper Saw 1972
What the Peeper Saw 1972
Diabólica malicia (original title)
1h 29min | Crime, Drama, Horror | 14 October 1972 (Italy)
Storyline:
In this stylish and atmospheric psychological thriller reminiscent of Henry James’s Turn of the Screw, a widowed English writer brings a young, glamorous new bride to his bleak, isolated home in rural Spain. She soon becomes obsessed with her 12-year old stepson, who she learns has just been expelled from school for mysterious offenses; while the boy enjoys, exploits, and feeds her increasing paranoia about him. That he is a brilliant and lonely child is obvious. But is he the victim of a neurotic woman’s overwrought imagination– in Shakespeare’s words, the innocent flower, or the serpent under it?
Wastelands 2013
Wastelands 2013
14min | Short, Drama | 16 March 2013 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Lonely teenager Marc is secretly in love with Olaf, the cool boy-next-door. He dreams about a relationship with him, and when the two go camping, this dream seems to become reality for Marc, until he discovers a secret that destroys all his hope.
Le dernier jour 2004
1h 44min | Drama | 3 November 2004 (France)
Storyline:
At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu. As dark family secrets are uncovered, Simon begins to understand the truth about his sexual orientation.
An Open Secret 2014
PG-13 | 1h 39min | Documentary, Crime | June 2015 (USA)
Storyline:
AN OPEN SECRET looks at the lives of children betrayed and abandoned by a system that essentially funnels them towards sexual predators without any oversight or regard for their safety. It documents not only these young peoples’ experiences, but also how some have emerged stronger for their speaking out. It beg the questions of why children working in entertainment aren’t afforded the same protections they are afforded at school, and argues for more effective treatment and stronger penalties for child sex offenders.
