Boredom Killer 2013
Tuer l’ennui (original title)
15min | Short, Drama | 10 January 2011 (France)
Storyline:
Tormented by their boredom, three kids stumble about looking for something to amuse them whilst they run muck. It’s all fun and games until somebody finds a gun. Enter the local bullies, and suddenly childhood friends and enemies converge around petty grudges and a dangerous weapon. And kids can be so cruel sometimes…
Smitty 2012
PG | 1h 34min | Drama, Family | 22 July 2015 (Brazil)
Storyline:
Thirteen year-old city brat Ben (Brandon Tyler Russell) has done it again, and his struggling, single mother (Mira Sorvino) has had enough of him getting into mischief. Now, Ben has to choose between going down the path of juvenile hall, or spending the summer in Iowa on a farm with his estranged grandfather, Jack (Peter Fonda). The day after arriving, Ben is ready to leave. To help Ben get a friend, Jack gets him a smart farm dog from an animal shelter to keep Ben company and in line. Between the dog and a friendly neighbor (Louis Gossett, Jr.), Ben soon learns life lessons about friendship, family, and responsibility. It may take a village to raise a child, but when you only have a handful of people and a dog at your side, you have to make do with what you have. Through it all, Ben has the most memorable summer of his life.
Standing Up 2013
PG | 1h 33min | Drama | 16 August 2013 (USA)
Storyline:
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake – victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they decide to take off, on the run together. What follows is a three day odyssey of discovery and self-discovery.
The Warning 2018
El aviso (original title)
TV-MA | 1h 32min | Drama, Thriller | 23 March 2018 (Spain)
Storyline:
In April 2, 2008, Jon is a 32 years old mathematician who witnesses as his best friend David is shot in a gas station outside Madrid. In April 2, 2018, Nico is a 10 years old boy who suffers bullying from a school partners, who forces him to enter in the same gas station to buy a magazine for adults. Saved in the last minute by his mother Lucía of the bullies after she arrives looking for her son, Nico buys a video-game magazine, finding in it a note about that if he goes to the gas station on April 12 he will die. Meanwhile fear and paranoia starts to dominate Nico, Jon notices about a previous shot happened in 1976, where the chauffeur of a general too was shot to dead in the same gas station. Deeping in the past of the place, Jon finds similar tragedies in 1955 and 1913 and he tries use his talent for the mathematics to find a pattern in the incidents, causing the rejection of Andrea, David’s girlfriend and Jon’s former girlfriend. According April 12 closes, Lucía struggles to erase the progressive fear of Nico to be killed, and Jon struggles against his each more unbalanced mind after to leave the treatment for the schizophrenia he suffers. Trying to confirm his discoveries to Andrea after to find the relation that connects all events, Jon starts a race against time thinking that it will repeats again in 2018, looking for a way to prevent it. But is it real, or only a trick of his fragile mind? Will can Jon break the circle before it be too late?
If…. 1968
R | 1h 51min | Drama | 1 January 1970 (Hungary)
Storyline:
In an indictment of the British public school system, we follow Mick and his mostly younger friends through a series of indignities and occasionally abuse as any fond feelings toward these schools are destroyed. When Mick and his friends rebel, violently, the catch phrase, “which side would you be on” becomes quite stark.
Rainbow Party 2015
R | 15min | Short, Drama | 29 July 2015 (Iceland)
Storyline:
Rainbow Party tells the story of Sofia, who realizes that if you can’t beat them, well then you better join them. In her quest to be accepted by the popular girls in her class, Sofia finds herself sacrificing her true friendships and morals. Whoever said that teenage girls were innocent – well, they were so wrong.
Mrs McCutcheon 2017
Not Rated | 17min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 10 June 2018 (USA)
Storyline:
Having always felt he was born in the wrong body, 10-year-old Tom chooses the name Mrs McCutcheon rather than the name he was given at birth; he also prefers the flow of a dress rather than the cut of a pant. Now at his third school Tom is having trouble settling in and finding acceptance from his newfound peers – except for Trevor, a tough little charmer who also suffers prejudice due to his Aboriginal heritage. With the school dance only days away Tom is thrust on a journey of self-discovery and sacrifices to find his place in the world. Be prepared for a courageous ending that might just revolutionize the school dances forever.
