I Get So Sad Sometimes 2021

I Get So Sad Sometimes 2021

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.

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October Boy 2018

October Boy 2018

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.

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Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021

Summer Friends 2021
L’amie de l’été (original title)
24m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 10, 2021 (United States)

Storyline:

Tom and Ellis, 15 years old, have been friends forever. They spend their summer fishing at sea. One day, they meet Lucie who came to their village on holiday. As days go by, they grow more intimate.

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Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020
1h 16m | Drama | Release date: November 28, 2020 (Italy)

Storyline:

Ernesto (Federico Russo) is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward.

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Monster 2023

Monster 2023

Monster 2023

Monster 2023
Kaibutsu (original title)
2h 7m | Drama, Thriller | Release date: June 02, 2023 (Japan)

Storyline:

A suburban town with a large lake. A single mother who loves her son, a school teacher who cares about her students, and innocent children lead a peaceful life. One day, a fight breaks out at school. It looked like a common fight between children, but their claims differed, and it gradually developed into a big deal involving society and the media. Then one stormy morning, the children suddenly disappear.

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Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009
4h | Drama | TV Mini Series

Storyline:

The story of “The Half Hidden” is like a tapestry, in which the threads run obliquely between four different families in two different decades. Weaving recurrent patterns, the story unfolds upon the loom of our vulnerability in lives that are as brittle as the morning ice. This is the story of those who survived, and this is the story of those who did not survive.

The half-hidden, Jonas Gardell engaging depiction of a number of people in the two eras. The script, brilliant acting and strong efforts directed by Simon Kaijser da Silva quickly made the half-hidden to a cult series – one of the most unpredictable, most poignant and breathtakingly exciting ever shown on Swedish television.

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