Klass 2007

Klass 2007

Klass 2007

Klass 2007
1h 39min | Drama | 16 March 2007 (Estonia)

Storyline

Kaspar and the class pushover Joosep are 16 and life in high school isn’t easy. Without meaning to, Kaspar defends Joosep against the bullying of his classmates, but every time Kaspar tries to him, it backfires, with the class taking it out on Joosep. Kaspar just wants his friends, his girl and his unassuming life back. Joosep wants to regain his dignity and the chance to switch to a high school far away. But their classmates are relentless, going further and further with each incident.

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Quemar las naves 2007

Quemar las naves 2007

Quemar las naves 2007

Quemar las naves 2007
PG-13 | 1h 40min | Drama | 4 April 2008 (Mexico)

Storyline

Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. Her 19 year old daughter Helena dreams of traveling the world and learns foreign languages at home and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena cares for her mother with the help their house maid Chaya who also keeps the aging house in working order. Sebastian is Helena’s teenage brother who attends a Catholic high school run by a Monsignor who plays classical music over the loudspeakers thinking it will calm down the boisterous kids. Sebastian’s dreams are simple and he merely wants to move to the beach. Helena is smart and pretty but she has no friends, male or female and is totally devoted to her mother’s care and is also on the verge of initiating an incestuous relationship with Sebastian. Sebastian however, is falling in love with a boy at school named Juan who is the school roughneck and the son of a single father who owns a little bar…

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The Kite 2016

The Kite 2016

The Kite 2016

The Kite 2016
Dragen (original title)
14min | Short, Drama, Romance | 29 March 2016 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A kite reunites two lovers after a 15-year separation. Outstanding short by Danish Director Lasse Nielsen, best known for 1978 feature “You Are Not Alone.”

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I Am Happiness on Earth 2014

I Am Happiness on Earth 2014

I Am Happiness on Earth 2014

I Am Happiness on Earth 2014
Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo (2014)
2h 2min | Drama | 23 October 2014 (Germany)

Storyline

Emiliano looks at his life with the eyes of a film director, mixing the objective reality with the processes of the artistic creation. The story he is filming flounders with his daily life, until his world is trapped in the lens of his camera. Confused, always alone and in front of a screen, now become a transfigured reality, but at the same time a measurable, controllable and manipulable one, he listens in loop to a song: one of those songs you sing or repeat as a prayer and forcing you to remember, believe and convince yourself.

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Father and son 2015

Father and son 2015

Father and son 2015
Phor lae lukchai (original title)
1h 24min | Drama | 12 November 2015 (Thailand)

Plot:

Father and Son, meanwhile, has a more serious tone, with its story of a gay dad who has raised his surrogate son alone after the death of his partner. The kid, weary of being bullied, seeks to break out on his own. He takes up with a guy who it turns out has a crush on the kid’s dad. In limited release at CentralWorld and Esplanade Ratchada, Father and Son is rated 20

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Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008

Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008

Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008
1h 57min | Crime, Drama | 13 February 2008 (Philippines)
Also Known As: Antonio’s Secret

Storyline:

Adolescent curiosities and sexual explorations of a 15-year-old boy named Antonio who’s just coming to terms with his sexuality. Through Antonio’s mother and friends, we get an interesting look at what people in Manila think about homosexuality and gay people. Antonio’s life takes a turn when his uncle comes to stay with him and his mother

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Mandragora 1997

Mandragora 1997

Mandragora 1997
2h 6min | Drama | 23 October 1997 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Marek is a 16-year-old from a provicial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and becomes a male prostitute. He is a bit smarter that his collegues and teams up with a friend, David, in order to go after bigger scores–to cash in and get out. They manage to stash away a bit of money, but when it comes time to return home, Marek loses his nerve and is soon back in the city.

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Why Does God Hate Me? 2011

Why Does God Hate Me? 2011

Why Does God Hate Me? 2011

Why Does God Hate Me? 2011
15min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 21 August 2011 (USA)

Storyline:

A coming-of-age comedy about Matthew, a 14-year-old boy living in a very religious town, whose best friend Ester tries to ‘cure’ him of being gay. But a trip to San Francisco shows Matthew that he might not be the one who needs curing.

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Velociraptor 2014

Velociraptor 2014

Velociraptor 2014

Velociraptor 2014
1h 35min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7 June 2014 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Two friends walk around the city one afternoon, on the verge of imminent Apocalypse.

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