Wyrm 2017

Wyrm 2017

Wyrm 2017
20min | Short, Drama | 15 May 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

Wyrm is falling behind. His twin sister, Myrcella, has become a woman after she and the Norwegian foreign exchange student did fingering at the cinemas. She wants Wyrm to move into their dead brother Dylan’s room so she can have privacy and space for her personal items. Wyrm has two days to complete his Level 1 Sexuality Requirement or he’ll be held back as part of the School District’s No Child Left Alone program and forced to continue wearing his My.E.Q. Electronic Emotional Remote Monitoring Collar.

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Sirene 2017

Sirene 2017

Sirene 2017
26min | Short, Drama | 10 July 2017 (Netherlands)

Storline:

Fifteen-year-old Kay leads the life of an ordinary boy. In her free time, she rides on motocross, likes to meet friends and tease girls. For a long time, however, something is bothering him; something in his life does not fit, just like a jacket in a large size. At the moment when he meets the charming Melody, their flourishing friendship pushes him in the direction of his long-standing feelings.

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A Brother 2018

A Brother 2018

A Brother 2018

A Brother 2018
Un frère (original title)
1h 55min | Drama | Video 15 November 2018

Storyline:

15 year old Tom is going to spend another calm summer with his parents and younger sister at their summer house. But by fate, another family comes to spend some time with them, with their 17 year old son Felix.

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The Adopted Son 1998

The Adopted Son 1998

The Adopted Son 1998

The Adopted Son 1998
Beshkempir (original title)
1h 21min | Drama | 10 February 1999 (France)

Storyline:

n a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he’s starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he’s a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.

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Stupid Young Heart 2018

Stupid Young Heart 2018

Stupid Young Heart 2018
Hölmö nuori sydän (original title)
1h 42min | Drama | 12 October 2018 (Finland)

Storyline:

STUPID YOUNG HEART is about the first love between the skinny and carefree Lenni and the gorgeous and popular Kiira. Not yet in a relationship, nor out of highschool, they discover that they are expecting a baby. Lenni has nine months to become a man. Having grown up without a father figure, Lenni finds longed-for adult attention and guidance from an unlikely friend Janne, a member of a right wing group that has recently moved into Lenni’s diverse neighbourhood. After taking part in a scrambled attack on a local Mosque, while Kiira is rushed to the hospital to give birth, Lenni realises that he must learn to be a man in his own way, even though he never had a chance to be a child himself.

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