Winter Flies 2018

Winter Flies 2018

Winter Flies 2018

Winter Flies 2018
Vsechno bude (original title)
1h 25min | Comedy, Drama | 6 September 2018 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery, in Olmo Omerzu’s road-trip comedy celebrating the need to indulge the innocence, impulsiveness, and irrepressibility of youth.

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Your Name Engraved Herein 2020

Your Name Engraved Herein 2020

Your Name Engraved Herein 2020

Your Name Engraved Herein 2020
The Name Engraved in Your Heart (original title)
1h 58min | Romance | 23 December 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

In 1988, martial law ends in Taiwan and two schoolboys, A-han and Birdy, are about to enter into an illicit love affair after meeting in the school band led by a Canadian priest named Oliver. While the whole country commemorates the late president, the two boys bask in each other’s presence as A-han’s affection for Birdy is awakened. However, society is homophobic and the threat of violence and social shaming enacted by adults and their fellow teens causes the two to come into conflict as they edge closer to physically enacting on their passions for each other. Birdy pushes A-han away by pretending to fall in love with a girl and this misunderstanding separates them. In desperation, A-han confessed to Father Oliver about his sexuality, only to be cut off again but love knows no bounds and the boys are meant to be together – Inspired by real events, the film is emblematic of the changes in Taiwan which became the first country in Asia to legalise gay marriage.

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Funny Boy 2020

Funny Boy 2020

Funny Boy 2020

Funny Boy 2020
1h 49min | Drama | 10 December 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

Explores Arjie’s sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.

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Chasing a Dream 2009

Chasing a Dream 2009

Chasing a Dream 2009

Chasing a Dream 2009
2h | Drama, Family, Sport | TV Movie 25 April 2009

Storyline:

When his best friend, a championship runner, is killed in a car accident while running home from a party, high school football star CAM STILES suffers a nervous breakdown from the guilt and pain. It also tears apart his relationship with his father, GARY STILES, who also happens to be his football coach. When Cam decides to quit football and join the track team to honor his friend, his former teammates turn against him, too. Eventually, Cam goes for a sub-four that seems impossible and manages to win and lose the race at the same time.

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Boy’s Choir 2000

Boy's Choir 2000

Boy’s Choir 2000

Boy’s Choir 2000
Dokuritsu shônen gasshô-dan (original title)
2h 9min | Drama, Music | 10 February 2000 (Germany)

Storyline:

The lives of two orphan boys begin to intertwine when the choir and the feelings they share bring them closer to one another.

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Slowdance 2018

Slowdance 2018

Slowdance 2018

Slowdance 2018
6min | Short, Drama, Romance | April 2018 (Sweden)

Storyline:

It’s the school disco, and Kevin gazes out over the dance floor. Secretly, he’d also like to be out there, but he can’t bring himself to ask the one he likes for a dance. The uncertainty and the butterflies in your stomach, before taking that first step, are portrayed with a good deal of accuracy. How do you say what you want to say? And is it okay to like whoever you want?

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