No soy él 2017
No soy él 2017
11min | Short, Drama | 22 June 2017 (Spain)
Storyline:
Clara is a girl who can not show herself the way she is. There is something with her that forces her to live under a name and appearance that aren’t real. ‘No soy él’ is the first trans short film in Galiza’s history.
The Kid 2010
The Kid 2010
1h 51min | Drama | 23 June 2010 (UK)
Storyline:
Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services, his life was never his own. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as ‘The Kid’. Yet Kevin survived to make a better life for himself. This international bestseller published in 2003 is his heartbreaking and inspiring story. The screenplay written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis is a faithful adaptation of the novel.
Without Snow 2011
Without Snow 2011
Utan snö (original title)
35min | Drama, Short | 2 April 2011 (Poland)
Storyline:
A brutal and naked portrait of a group of youngsters in a small Swedish town, where bullying leads to fatal consequences. 16-year-old Linus and his best friend are systematically harassing a boy in their school.
Better 2020
Better 2020
15min | Drama | 2019
Storyline:
A controversial new medical procedure which claims to ‘fix’ personalities is introduced to a young mother who is struggling to deal with her son’s current situation.
The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)
The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)
MGP Missionen (original title)
TV-PG | 1h 35min | Family | 21 March 2013 (Denmark)
Storyline:
Karl a young boy living in a small town on the Danish coast has to move to Copenhagen much to his dislike. At school he is being ridiculed for his accent. However he becomes friends with Sawsan, a Turkish girl who has the ambition to star in a X factor like competition although her father won’t allow it. Together they construct a plan to defy Sawsan’s father.
Sidekicks 1992
Sidekicks 1992
PG | 1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 30 April 1993 (USA)
Storyline:
Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry’s only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate, in hopes of one day meeting the great Chuck Norris.
Run with the Hunted 2019
Run with the Hunted 2019
Not Rated | 1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 26 June 2020 (USA)
Storyline:
Oscar, a young boy, defends his best friend, Loux, and kills her abusive father in the process, forcing him to run away from his rural hometown. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, crime and corruption. 15 years later, he has all but forgotten his past and become the leader of a band of lost children. When Loux moves to the same city in search of a better life, she finds a job with a curmudgeonly private investigator. Stumbling upon Oscar’s antiquated missing child report, Loux takes it upon herself to find the boy who saved her life.
The Suicide 1978
The Suicide 1978
22min | Short | 1978 (USA)
Storyline:
Bullied boy, left by his father, supported by a over-optimistic and naive mother, tries out life in a new school.
Snake 2019
Snake 2019
Zmija (original title)
20min | Short, Drama | 2019 (Republic of North Macedonia)
Storyline:
A bitter-sweet story, about the beginning of a friendship between a 9-year-old daredevil MARIO and an eccentric gay young man BORCHE, challenged by the fear and the prejudices of Mario’s parents, in a remote Macedonian small town.
