Gretel & Hansel 2020
Gretel & Hansel 2020
PG-13 | 1h 27min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 31 January 2020 (USA)
Storyline:
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Suburban Birds 2018
Suburban Birds 2018
Jiao qu de niao (original title)
1h 58min | Drama | 30 August 2019 (China)
Storyline:
Some ground subsidence has occurred in a suburban area and a team of engineers, including Hao, is dispatched to investigate the cause. After days of wandering around in the empty suburb looking for answers and carrying his heavy gear, Hao walks into a primary school where he finds a diary chronicling the story of a boy and the separation of what seems to be an intimate group. As the investigation keeps going, Hao discovers that this diary might contain prophecies about his own life.
Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004)
Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004)
Not Rated | 1h 46min | Documentary, War | 8 October 2004 (Finland)
Storyline:
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children’s refugee camp.
Head Burst 2019
Head Burst 2019
Kopfplatzen (original title)
1h 37min | Drama | 2 April 2020 (Germany)
Storyline:
Markus, a good-looking, likable and respected architect, is a paedophile. Bodies of little boys excite him. He suffers tremendously because of this inclination. He tortures himself for it and is disgusted by himself. Nevertheless, the arousal is there. And there is nothing he can do about it. He struggles the most when he is about to become sexual with a boy for the first time. That is when he senses that he will not be able to keep his desire under control for much longer. He is getting more and more isolated. Markus struggles to resist the ever-rising calls in his head to finally ‘do more’ with a boy.
Out in the Open 2019
Out in the Open 2019
Intemperie (original title)
1h 43min | Thriller | 22 November 2019 (Spain)
Storyline:
In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.
For the Love of a Child 2006
For the Love of a Child 2006
TV-14 | 1h 20min | Drama | TV Movie 9 January 2006
Storyline:
In 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the States enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race ‘orphans’ who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob’s peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.
The Little Traitor 2007
The Little Traitor 2007
TV-PG | 1h 28min | Drama | 2 April 2009 (Israel)
Storyline:
A coming of age tale of the unlikely bond between a kindly British soldier and a spirited Jewish boy set against the backdrop of the birth of the State of Israel.
