Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023
1h 40m | Drama | Release date: October 19, 2023 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

As Brian (13) cares for his severely mentally disabled brother over a sweltering summer holiday he is forced to grow up, and finds unexpected love and affection. Brian and his father Maurice live in a shabby mobile home park. When the care institution housing Brian’s severely mentally disabled brother Lucien offers Maurice a large financial incentive if they take care of him over the summer holiday, Maurice immediately agrees. Brian is given the responsibility of caring for Lucien, and they slowly develop a bond as real brothers. But as matters escalate between Maurice and his creditors, the mobile home is no longer a safe place for Lucien, so Brian is forced to make an adult decision.

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Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021
L’amie de l’été (original title)
24m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 10, 2021 (United States)

Storyline:

Tom and Ellis, 15 years old, have been friends forever. They spend their summer fishing at sea. One day, they meet Lucie who came to their village on holiday. As days go by, they grow more intimate.

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Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020
1h 16m | Drama | Release date: November 28, 2020 (Italy)

Storyline:

Ernesto (Federico Russo) is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward.

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Entführt – 14 Tage Überleben 2023

Entführt - 14 Tage Überleben 2023

Entführt – 14 Tage Überleben 2023

Entführt – 14 Tage Überleben 2023
1h 44m | Crime, Drama | Release date: June 27, 2023 (Germany)

Storyline:

Based on the real-life kidnapping of the son of entrepreneur Jochem Erlemann. His 11-year-old son Johannes is kidnapped by four men who demand a ransom of three million marks.

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Bogus 1996

Bogus 1996

Bogus 1996

Bogus 1996
1h 50m | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Release date: September 6, 1996 (United States)

Storyline:

Seven year-old Albert is the son of a Las Vegas circus performer. When she is killed in a car wreck, Albert is sent to live with his mother’s foster sister, Harriet Franklin, a no-nonsense businesswoman struggling in New Jersey. Albert hates it with the dour Harriet, but takes refuge in the company of Bogus, a flamboyant, gentle, loving, and altogether imaginary Frenchman. With Bogus’s help, Albert can perhaps come to terms with his mother’s death, and Harriet with her own loss of childhood innocence.

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Las noches de Tefía 2023

Las noches de Tefía 2023

Las noches de Tefía 2023

Las noches de Tefía 2023
TV Series | Comedy, Drama, Music | Release date: June 25, 2023 (Spain)

Storyline:

Set inside a Francoist labor camp, follows prisoners as they escape into stories shared by a bunkmate of El Tindaya, an imagined cabaret where each one of the prisoners has an alter ego.

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Absolute Beginners (2023) S01

Absolute Beginners (2023) S01

Absolute Beginners (2023) S01

Absolute Beginners (2023) S01
48m | Drama, Romance | Release date: October 25, 2023 (Poland)

Storyline:

A teenager in the spectrum of autism, who looks at the world through a camera lens, goes to the Polish sea with her best friend to make a film about love that is to give them a place in their dream film school. A boy from a sports camp appears on the horizon, whose presence puts the friendship of two teenagers to the test.

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Feuerzeichen 1979

Feuerzeichen 1979

Feuerzeichen 1979

Feuerzeichen 1979
1h 42m | Drama | Release date: 1979 (West Germany)

Storyline:

Adrian Melik grows up as a scholarship holder in a private boarding school. On his thirteenth birthday he makes a suicide attempt: he wants to plunge from the roof of the boarding school. One of the firefighters, an American named Dave, takes care of the boy and a friendship develops over time. Adrian gets to know security, warmth, understanding and trust in Dave. At the boarding school, Adrian’s friendship with Dave is increasingly being viewed with suspicion and they eventually prohibit the boy from any further contact with the American. Adrian sees only one way to send a “sign” to his friend.

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