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.
Killing Crabs 2023
Matar cangrejos (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Release date: May 26, 2023 (Spain)
Storyline:
Rayco, an eight-year-old boy, and his 14-year-old sister, Paula, kill time in any way they can, as they wait excitedly for Michael Jackson’s visit to Tenerife. When their mother becomes pregnant by a foreign man, Rayco and Paula worry their lives might change before the singer reaches the island.
One Last Night of You 2024
Une dernière nuit de toi (original title)
1h 21m | Drama | Release date: November 19, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
When his car breaks down during a fateful road trip, Evan (Lou-Andreas Robert), a suicidal young man, meets Leo (Leo Siminot), a mysterious boy who offers to drive him to his destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past, conflicts of the present and the potential of the future – together or apart. Evan soon realizes that he may have found something – or someone – worth living for.
Life in Love 2022
13m | Documentary, Short | Release date: June 23, 2022 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
Meet new couple Nick and Kaiden: they’re navigating an unconventional work life and the politics of London’s queer community, as well as their blossoming partnership. Will their relationship, first built on sexual desire and lust, turn into the year’s sweetest love story?
White Bird 2023
2h 1m | Biography, Drama, Family, War | Release date: October 4, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
In R. J. Palacio’s bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian’s grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.
Opening Night 2023
14m | Drama, Romance, Short | Release date: October 14, 2023 (United States)
Storyline:
A high school teenager navigates the final minutes before his first stage performance, which includes experiencing his first kiss – unfortunately, in front of a live audience. Despite his rising anxiety, he finds comfort in a fellow classmate as they share a romantic moment.
Koniec wakacji 1975
1h 26m | Drama, Family, Romance | Release date: March 31, 1975 (Poland)
Storyline:
Fifteen-year-old Jurek is to spend his holidays at home, in Silesia. After returning from school, he does not find her mother or her things. His father tells him a story about his mother’s sudden departure to a sanatorium. The boy does not really believe it. The boy has a bad feeling about his mother. He wants to talk to his father, learn the reasons for his mother’s decision, but his father gives him vague explanations. Jurek goes to Warsaw, to his mother’s sister, and there he finds the bitter truth.
My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005
24m | Drama, Family, Short | Release date: September 19, 2005 (United States)
Storyline:
Ten-year-old Adan lives a carefree life in the rural town of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950’s, surrounded by his friends, his caring mother, Lilliam, and his beloved pet goat, Chivo. His father, Pablo, returns home from New York City after a brief absence, bringing good news that he has found employment there and announcing he will be moving the family to the distant city immediately. Although Adan initially thinks the trip will be fun and exciting, he discovers that he cannot take Chivo along with him. With the help of his childhood friend, Denise, Adan embarks on a quest to find a new home for his goat…. A compelling, personal story with emotional resonance for anyone with a loving heart.