Levi 2022
10m | Short, Drama | Release date: December 1, 2022 (Norway)
Storyline:
While his mom thinks he’s asleep, Levi connects with a beautiful girl on social media. She invites him to share pictures and videos of themselves, and Levi is lured into a rabbit hole full of nudity, threats and sexual abuse.
Camp Nowhere 1994
1h 36m | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Release date: August 26, 1994 (United States)
Storyline:
Morris “Mud” Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going there, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to one of his own design, which would actually be a parent-free paradise. Blackmailing former drama teacher Dennis Van Welker into helping, they must convince their parents that the camp is genuine, and that they aren’t allowed to visit.
Un hilito de sangre 1995
1h 13m | Adventure, Drama | Country of origin: Mexico
Storyline:
Leon, a young 14 year-old, is obsessed with Osbelia, a dream-girl. Leon decides to follow her to Guadalajara, leaving behind his small world at home. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.
Powrót do tamtych dni 2021
1h 44m | Drama | Release date: December 10, 2021 (Poland)
Storyline:
Tomek lives alone with his mother, because his father, Alek, left for the USA with money. Unexpectedly, the man shows up at home with a bunch of presents, but does not explain the reason for his return. Everyone seems happy, but there is something disturbing in the air. As time goes on, Alek is struggling with a strong alcohol addiction, which gradually destroys Tomek’s family and his childhood. The boy has to grow up very quickly and face a reality unwritten by any child.
Heile Welt 2007
1h 29m | Crime, Drama | Release date: January 17, 2007 (Germany)
Storyline:
Adolescents in the amphibious situation between child and adult try to cope with their emotions and their environment. Right there they would need limits, a foothold and hope and yet they signalize the opposite. Between loss, extinct love, parental problems and their own needs the parent generation tries to understand or at least to save something.
Forever and a Day 2022
1h 18m | Drama | Release date: October 20, 2022 (United States)
Storyline:
Best friends embark on the challenges of Freshmen year while working through their own problems, until a tragic incident changes everything with their community left in devastation.
Astrakan 2022
1h 44m | Drama | Release date: February 8, 2023 (France)
Storyline:
David Depesseville takes a largely observational approach to the story of young Samuel (Mirko Giannini), a traumatized orphan on the cusp of teenagehood trying to adjust to life with his new, rural foster family, headed by the overwhelmed but sympathetic Marie (Jehnny Beth) and the violent Clément (Bastien Bouillon). With an elliptical approach, Depesseville gently touches upon Samuel’s difficulties coming to terms with his remote substitute parents and brothers, his sexual awakening with the girl next door, and, most disturbingly, the improper attention Marie’s troubled brother seems to devote to the boys. With a gentle, unhurried, but compelling style, Depesseville transports the viewer into the boy’s mundane world, while, in a bold stylistic move, also offering the possibility for the child’s spiritual transcendence.
Before I Change My Mind 2022
1h 29m | Drama | Release date: August 10, 2022 (Switzerland)
Storyline:
The year is 1987, and the place is Alberta, Canada. For Robin (Vaughan Murrae), their first day at a brand-new school is full of dread, for Robin knows that the first question they will be asked is, “Are you a boy or a girl?” Robin defies simple gender labels, and their appearance immediately attracts the attention and curiosity of Carter (Dominic Lippa), a boy who spends most of his time getting into or causing trouble. But while Carter’s interest may initially come with a sharp tongue, Robin is equally curious about him and spends time forging a new and close friendship with Carter. Meanwhile, the girls surrounding Robin find them impossible to pigeonhole, much to their frustration, but one, Izzy (Lacey Oake), sees an opportunity for experimentation. However, Izzy has also caught Carter’s eye, and an uneasy early teenage love triangle soon develops that is less about gender or sexuality and more about one simple question, “Who Am I?