Introspection Tower 1941
Introspection Tower 1941
Mikaheri no tô (original title)
1h 52m | Drama | Release date: January 30, 1941 (Japan)
Storyline:
Problem kids come to a reformatory school where they live, study and work. Here there are no fences and no one is ever beaten. The kids steal, play pranks, run away and help fix a water problem. Reformed kids introspect and go back home.
Storm Boy 1976
Storm Boy 1976
1h 28m | Drama, Family | Release date: November 18, 1976 (Australia)
Storyline:
Storm Boy tells the story of a 10-year-old boy, called Mick by his father Tom, and Storm Boy by the Aboriginal loner Fingerbone he befriends. This boy is growing up in an isolated corrugated iron shed next to a wildlife sanctuary. He lives with his father, who supports them by fishing alone. He is not attending school; he is illiterate and ignorant. Mick’s father resents any intrusion of their secluded life, be it a washed-up radio or a mob of idiot bird shooters who kill a number of birds before they are scared off by Fingerbone. Amongst the dead are some pelicans whose chicks are still in the nest. The boy brings them home to care for. His father isn’t keen, but permits it. Three pelicans become a lot to feed when they reach maturity, so his father insists on releasing them. Two are never seen again, but one, Mr Percival, keeps coming back. Another intruder is the new primary school teacher, brought by the park ranger. She is concerned about the boy’s education, and pushes hard for him to be sent to school, or at least to do schoolwork by correspondence. She means well, but she is resented by the father – he doesn’t want anything to change in their reclusive life.
Manic 2001
Manic 2001
1h 40m | Drama | Release date: May 23, 2003 (United States)
Storyline:
Lyle Jensen is subject to sudden and violent outbursts, and he is committed to the juvenile wing of the Northwood Mental Institution. Several other youths are there with a variety of serious problems. Lyle interacts with other patients and staff on a human, and sometimes not so human level. The psychological problems of the patients also forms the fabric by which we see what’s right with them, and what’s wrong with the society that affects them.
I Get So Sad Sometimes 2021
I Get So Sad Sometimes 2021
20m | Short, Drama | Release date: November 26, 2021 (Philippines)
Storyline:
A high school teenager secretly spends his time on the internet with a mature man whose face he still hasn’t seen yet. It is cited for its keen observation of a generation’s ethos expressed through an intimate and contemporary visual language, arranged in an editing style that eschews melodramatic sentimentality focusing on the immediacy of online interaction, and the instant gratification or discontent that can be derived – also a warning of the dangers of the internet and social media as a surrogate to real life bonds.
Goldfish 2017
Goldfish 2017
Hrysopsaro (original title)
14m | Short, Drama | Release date: December 2017 (Greece)
Storyline:
More than anything in the world, Stratis, a sensitive 7-year-old boy, wants a pet for his birthday. And much to his dad’s chagrin, he is determined to have one. As the father and son embark on a mission to find the perfect animal, with dad insisting on buying a more ‘masculine’ pet, Stratis spots the ideal companion: Tom, an unusual, silken little goldfish.
John Denver Trending 2019
John Denver Trending 2019
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: November 23, 2022 (South Korea)
Storyline:
A 14-year-old farm boy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate goes viral.
October Boy 2018
October Boy 2018
Oktober Dreng (original title)
29m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 8, 2018 (United States)
Storyline:
14-year-old Thomas has just moved to Copenhagen with his mom. Thomas likes to draw, it’s a way for him to escape from the pressure around him. In school he meets Mads and Emma. Mads likes Thomas’ drawings, whereas Emma is romantically interested in Thomas and invites him home with her. Just before leaving, Thomas meets Emmas older brother, a young, emerging artist. The meeting changes something within him. Rumors start circulating about Emma and Thomas – and he doesn’t deny them. Thomas can’t understand his feelings, how to act in the new school or control the lies, he has created to be popular. “October Boy” is film about all the things that change us as people.
