Abandoned 2001
Torzók (originl title)
1h 40min | Drama | 25 October 2001 (Hungary)
Storyline:
Abandoned at an orphanage by his recently divorced father, Aron endures a life full of cruelty and despair, punctuated by beating from the orphanage staff and ridicule from the other boys. His only friend is his classmate Attila, who helps him discover love and gives him strength to fight back.
Above Dark Waters 2013
Tumman veden päällä (original title)
1h 48min | Drama | 6 September 2013 (Finland)
Storyline:
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.
Benny’s Gym 2007
25min | Short, Drama, Family | 15 February 2007 (Germany)
Storyline:
Alfred gets bullied. Benny is a bully. Through a series of events they become friends, but Benny keeps their friendship a secret. Benny wants to teach Alfred to hit back. But after an accident, it turns out maybe Alfred also has something to teach Benny.
Medeas 2013
Medeas 2013
1h 37min | Drama | 22 May 2015 (Mexico)
Storyline:
Medeas is a daring and lyrical exploration of alienation and desperation through the intimate observation of a family’s inner lives and their relationship to each other and their environment. Without moral judgment, it probes the boundaries of human behavior and the lengths to which people can be driven for love and self-preservation.
Kindergarten 1989
Kindergarten 1989
1h 19min | Drama, Romance
Storyline:
Middle aged couple Graciela and Arturo operate a kindergarten in their mansion. They live with Graciela’s wheelchair bound widowed mother, Luisa. Graciela is particularly keen on one boy, Luciano, on whom she makes sexual advances. As time progresses, the relationship between Graciela and Arturo tenses. Scenes show them celebrating kids’ birthdays while having sex in hiding, practicing a ritualistic burning of a wrecked car, mistreating their comatose grandfather (victim of said car wreck) and generally torturing Luciano. The end has Luciano imprisoning and gassing Graciela and Arturo, and then escaping with Luisa on a horse-drawn carriage.
For a Lost Soldier 1992
For a Lost Soldier 1992
Voor een verloren soldaat (original title)
1h 32min | Drama, Romance, War | 22 May 1992 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a child. Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.
Hin helgu ve 1993
Also Know As: The Sacred Mound 1993
1h 24min | Drama | 29 October 1993 (Iceland)
Storyline:
On a small island in the west of Island, Gestur, only seven years old, falls in love with 20 years old Helga. When she introduces him her fiancée one day, he decides to fight the competitor with traditional Wicking weapons.
Tomgirl 2015
14min | Documentary, Drama | 27 March 2015 (USA)
Storyline:
Jake, a gender non-conforming seven year-old, invites us into his world to explore the transforming power of love and support on our children.
