No Dogs Allowed 2024
1h 46m | Drama | Release date: November 17, 2024 (Estonia)
Storyline:
Fifteen-year-old Gabo seems like a regular teenager who goes to school, plays video games with his best friend, and does other things a normal teenager would do – except he’s not. He has tendencies he knows to be wrong, but cannot control. He befriends Dave, a much older man with his fantasies. Lines soon start to blur between a trusting friendship and being groomed. Once Dave is arrested on suspicion of statutory rape, Gabo must suddenly decide whether to testify against his mentor with the risk of exposing his secret.
The Boy with Pink Trousers 2024
Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa (original title)
1h 54m | Drama | Release date: October 10, 2024 (Italy)
Storyline:
On November 20, 2012, Andrea Spezzacatena, a boy who had just turned 15, took his own life. It was the first case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying that led to the suicide of a minor. The triggering incident was his choice to wear a pair of red trousers, a gift from his mother, which turned pink due to a washing mishap. This movie is based on his story.
David and Randal are detained in the principal’s office at their school. The principal wants to know what they did to end up there. As the children recount what happened, their enmity will be tested, and an unexpected twist will change everything.
Unspoken 2024
1h 31m | Drama | Release date: March 14, 2024 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
Follows a closeted teenager in a religious community who finds a love letter written to his grandfather by another man, so he sets out to find the person.
Bara Sex (2024) S01-S02
TV Mini Series | Drama, Romance | 2024
Storyline:
Miriam is 16 years old and wants to lose her virginity. The time is now, she thinks. And what’s better than finding someone at summer camp? Preferably someone she doesn’t need to start a relationship with. But it doesn’t always turn out as planned.
Fredy is a teenager who lives in the countryside and denies his homosexual inclinations. When rumors start circulating in the village, he decides to go to Havana, where he meets a group of people who help him realize that it is best to accept himself.
B.O.Y. 2024
Glasskår (original title)
1h 27m | Drama | Release date: April 16, 2025 (Denmark)
Storyline:
Sixteen-year-old Tobias reluctantly spends his summer with his grandparents in the countryside, abandoned once again by his elusive mother. His grandfather takes care of his dementia-sick wife while working full time as a glazier. Tobias encounters two local young men: Jonas, a male prostitute, and Aron, a local 25-year-old house painter. Instantly drawn to each other, Tobias and Aron navigate the complexities of their budding relationship. But Tobias, starved for love and affection, struggles to let down his guard, pushing Aron away whenever emotions run too deep. When tragedy strikes, Tobias finds himself sinking back into old habits of self-loathing and self-harm, seeking solace in the pain he inflicts upon himself. As dark thoughts threaten to unravel his sanity and alienate those closest to him, Tobias spirals further into his downward spiral, convinced he deserves every ounce of suffering. Feeling utterly abandoned, Tobias embarks on a harrowing journey of self-discovery and redemption, teetering on the edge of emotional collapse. Will he find the strength to break free from his self-destructive patterns and embrace the love he so desperately craves, or will he succumb to the darkness consuming him from within?
Beautiful Blooming 2003
Kirei ni saita (original title)
59m | Drama | Release date: April 26, 2003 (Japan)
Storyline:
The third year of Keio. Picked up by Takamori Saigo, Hanjiro pledges his loyalty to him and joins an assassination group led by Kidaro. One day, Hanjiro was taken aback by a man he met on the street, and since then, the man’s presence has never left his mind.
Young Hearts 2024
1h 37m | Drama, Family | Release date: December 18, 2024 (Belgium)
Storyline:
Elias (14) feels attracted to his new neighbour Alexander (14). Soon he realizes that he’s truly in love for the first time. The interactions with his friends and family bring more questions than answers. Confused by his burgeoning feelings, Elias tries to sort out his inner chaos to prove that he is worth Alexander’s heart.
