De pupil 2025
1h 43m | Drama | Release date: October 30, 2025 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Through a process of grooming, Daan (12) is gradually sexually abused by his football coach, Ries (35). The necessity of keeping this secret isolates Daan. When the truth eventually emerges, Daan is overwhelmed by shame and must confront the uncomfortable, and at times ruthless, reactions from those around him.
The Garden of Earthly Delights 2025
2h 4m | Drama | Release date: May 29, 2025 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
In the stormy slums of Manila, eleven-year-old Ginto fights for survival, respect and freedom, determined to rise as a gangster rather than a street scavenger. He frequently escapes his harsh reality with his best friend, on whom he has a tender, unspoken crush, and who joins him on drug-induced journeys to a paradise realm bursting with blooming flowers. His protective sister Asia tries her best to keep him on the right path, but she has her own struggles to deal with, as she engages in sex work in pursuit of a better life. Meanwhile, Dutch tourist Michael enters town with plans to celebrate Christmas with his online Filipino girlfriend, only to have his world crumble when he discovers he’s been catfished. Overwhelmed by betrayal, he descends into the underbelly of the city’s red-light district, where desire meets sinister demand. As Ginto’s and Michael’s fates ultimately intertwine, Ginto is forced to make an impossible decision, drawing him into a brutal garden of earthly delights.
Alan Duckworth (known as ‘Quack Quack’ to his friends) is a socially awkward fourteen-year-old who is obsessed with cricket and Ann Lawton, a girl in his class. Alan daydreams throughout his day, showing up late for school and making little academic progress. He becomes friends with the groundsman Tommy, whom he sees as some sort of war hero. Alan often follows Tommy around, telling him how Tommy helped to win the war, while making predictions about what the post-war world will be like. Among other things, Alan predicts that there will be no more wars, everyone will speak Esperanto and everyone, regardless of race or creed, will have a Teasmade.
Family Business 1986
Conseil de famille (original title)
2h | Comedy | Release date: March 19, 1986 (France)
Storyline:
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the “family business”.
The Plague 2025
1h 38m | Thriller | Release date: January 2, 2026 (United States)
Storyline:
An anxious 12-year-old navigates the savage social order at an all-boys water polo summer camp. He is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague,” but as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
Sacrifices 2002
Sunduq al-dunyâ (original title)
1h 52m | Drama | Release date: May 21, 2002 (France)
Storyline:
A tree, a house, emptiness, isolation. The head of the family, an old man, is at the point of death. He would like to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons but he does not acknowledge any of them before he dies. Three cousins without a name live in this primitive world. They seek pleasure and salvation. The first one in restraint and submission, the second in love, the third in power, violence and cruelty. The father of the second, back from war, gives the third the keys to a stronger and immense power. The tree looking upon since 1000 years contemplates what will happen in 2000 years.
Just an ordinary birthday in an ordinary Danish family consisting of father and mother and five children. The birthday is seen from the children’s point of view, i.e. the same situation is seen from different ages from baby to teenager. The aim of the film is both to entertain and cast psychological light on children at different ages.
Pipiolos 2025
24m | Short | Release date: March 10, 2025 (Spain)
Storyline:
Pilar and Isabel. Mario and Jaime. Two mothers. Two sons. A new family unit. A new normal. Well, at least that’s what Pilar and Isabel hope will happen during their week-long vacation in a country house: that their respective 13-year-old sons will come to understand their relationship, their love, and that they can connect and accept each other for what they will have to be: brothers. But, of course, there are many ways to connect and accept each other.