Young Hearts 2024
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.
Valparaíso, mi amor 1969
Valparaíso, mi amor 1969
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: August 7, 1972 (Soviet Union)
Storyline:
A poor Valparaiso family faces a tough life after the father is sent to prison.
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.
Waking Up in Vegas 2023
Waking Up in Vegas 2023
15m | Short | Release date: October 26, 2023 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
One late summer afternoon, the two friends play football and go swimming in the nearby stream. As always, Aaron takes off his clothes and jumps into the stream, whilst Yael suddenly struggles to be naked. When Aaron also mentions that he finds Yael beautiful, the mood changes. Yael cannot handle the emotional openness of his best friend and rejects him. The tension continues through the rest of the afternoon and finally escalates into an argument. Back home, Yael walks past Silas’s room and sees him crying in front of the mirror. Moved by his brother’s emotional behaviour, Yael realises that he made a mistake rejecting Aaron and drives to his house to apologize. The two boys reconcile and manage to create a new intimacy that gives Yael the opportunity to get one step closer to himself.
I Don’t Love You Anymore 2023
I Don’t Love You Anymore 2023
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: October 7, 2023 (Poland)
Storyline:
Tereza (12) and Marek (13) struggle with unhappy home lives. They board a train to escape, but their game of adulthood takes an unexpected turn.
Me and You 2012
Me and You 2012
Io e te (original title)
1h 43m | Drama | Release date: October 25, 2012 (Italy)
Storyline:
A 14-year-old pretends to go on a ski trip, but actually spends the week in isolation in his basement, escaping society’s pressure. When his 25-year-old half-sister enters the basement, a few emotional and confronting days and nights ensue.
Salamandra 2008
Salamandra 2008
1h 24m | Drama | Release date: April 21, 2010 (France)
Storyline:
Argentina during military dictatorship in the early 80s: Hoping for a new life after being released from prison, Alba takes her six-year-old son Inti with her to a remote hippie village in the foothills of the Andes. She settles in the house of a deceased physician and indulges in marijuana and free love. Inti, looking for support, and the other children in the community are on their own. Finally, Alba no longer endures the wild, chaotic life in the community. She emerges a small cabin without water and electricity. Threatened and humiliated by local peasant children, mother and son try to establish themselves under simplest conditions and make a new life for themselves.
City of Dreams 2023
City of Dreams 2023
1h 54m | Drama, Thriller | Release date: August 30, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
City of Dreams follows Jesús, a young farmer in rural Mexico who dreams of playing for Club Puebla, his local soccer team. With the promise of training at a soccer camp in Los Angeles, Jesús is convinced by his father to leave home, but he soon discovers that he’s been sold to a sweatshop run out of a decrepit mansion in downtown Los Angeles. Jesús is then subjected to the grueling 18-hour work schedule dictated by El Jefe, a boss who promises freedom for those who complete their quotas, and whose brutality is motivated by his own desperation to provide for his family back in Mexico. Despite all, Jesús finds solace in Elena, a girl who was similarly betrayed and sent to America under the guise of attending a fashion school. When Elena goes missing and another co-worker, Carlitos, is severely beaten for confronting El Jefe, Jesús realizes his only way out is a daring escape.
