White Bird 2023

White Bird 2023

White Bird 2023

White Bird 2023
2h 1m | Biography, Drama, Family, War | Release date: October 4, 2024 (United States)

Storyline:

In R. J. Palacio’s bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian’s grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.

Continue reading

A New Kind of Wilderness 2024

A New Kind of Wilderness 2024

A New Kind of Wilderness 2024

A New Kind of Wilderness 2024
1h 24m | Documentary | Release date: April 5, 2024 (Norway)

Storyline:

On a small farm surrounded by fir forest lives a family that has made an unconventional choice – Maria and Nik and their four children grow their own food, are homeschooled and sleep together. They live out their dream of a free and independent life close to each other and nature. But then tragedy strikes them, and the world they know is turned upside down. Reluctantly, the family must change their lifestyle and adapt to modern society again.

Continue reading

Miss Entebbe 2003

Miss Entebbe 2003

Miss Entebbe 2003

Miss Entebbe 2003
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: July 31, 2003 (Israel)

Storyline:

Jerusalem 1976, a coming of age story about a confused girl, set against the Entebbe airplane hijacking.13- year-old Noa, is convinced she can free her friend’s mom by kidnapping an Arab boy. Instead, she finds herself involved in a dangerous adventure that quickly develops a life of its own, and becomes deadly serious. Noa and her neighbor friends try to follow the adults patterns of behavior but, while entering the turmoil of political conflict and hatred, they discover that the solution is not to be found in the violent adult arena, but rather within their own hearts.

Continue reading

Camera 2024

Camera 2024

Camera 2024

Camera 2024
1h 52m | Drama | 2024

Storyline:

Camera is the story of a young boy Oscar, who is unable to speak, as he struggles to adapt to the small fishing town he has just moved to with his widowed, and hard-working mom, Evelyn. Brought together by a broken format film camera, an unlikely friendship is formed between Oscar and a kind old repair shop owner, Eric. With the local fishing industry in decline, the town is fiercely divided whether to stake their future on building a luxury hotel, bringing in new jobs, or fight to keep the way things have been done for generations. With Eric’s guidance and mentorship, Oscar captures the goodness in people, and in doing so heals a wounded community.

Continue reading

Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022
Janain mualaqa (original title)
1h 57m | Drama | Release date: September 17, 2024 (Mexico)

Storyline:

When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, where friends become enemies and nothing is certain in an explosive mix of love, war and madness.

Continue reading

Les enfants perdus 2023

Les enfants perdus 2023

Les enfants perdus 2023
1h 23m | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Release date: July 1, 2023 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Audrey and her three siblings are abandoned in an old house, where they were supposed to spend the summer vacations with their father, but he unexpectedly disappears during the night.

Continue reading

Koniec wakacji 1975

Koniec wakacji 1975

Koniec wakacji 1975

Koniec wakacji 1975
1h 26m | Drama, Family, Romance | Release date: March 31, 1975 (Poland)

Storyline:

Fifteen-year-old Jurek is to spend his holidays at home, in Silesia. After returning from school, he does not find her mother or her things. His father tells him a story about his mother’s sudden departure to a sanatorium. The boy does not really believe it. The boy has a bad feeling about his mother. He wants to talk to his father, learn the reasons for his mother’s decision, but his father gives him vague explanations. Jurek goes to Warsaw, to his mother’s sister, and there he finds the bitter truth.

Continue reading

My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was a Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was a Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005
24m | Drama, Family, Short | Release date: September 19, 2005 (United States)

Storyline:

Ten-year-old Adan lives a carefree life in the rural town of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950’s, surrounded by his friends, his caring mother, Lilliam, and his beloved pet goat, Chivo. His father, Pablo, returns home from New York City after a brief absence, bringing good news that he has found employment there and announcing he will be moving the family to the distant city immediately. Although Adan initially thinks the trip will be fun and exciting, he discovers that he cannot take Chivo along with him. With the help of his childhood friend, Denise, Adan embarks on a quest to find a new home for his goat…. A compelling, personal story with emotional resonance for anyone with a loving heart.

Continue reading