Summertime, Summertime 2021
Summertime, Summertime 2021
16m | Drama, Short | Release date: January 2021 (China)
Storyline:
In the summer of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Qin Huai, who will soon be 10 years old, accidentally learns that his good friend Xiaohe’s father is seriously ill but can’t afford the treatment. To help his good friend, Qinhuai and Xiaohe embark on a journey of growth together. However, things are developing in an unexpected way.
Incoming 2024
Incoming 2024
1h 31m | Comedy | Release date: August 23, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
Four freshmen navigate the terrors of adolescence at their first-ever high school party.
Shopping 2013
Shopping 2013
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: May 30, 2013 (New Zealand)
Storyline:
In a small town in New Zealand, brothers Willie and Solomon deal with the ordinary desires of youth, a volatile father, and racial tensions before one, as a means of escape, is seduced to the criminal world by an engaging thief.
Zwischen Knast und Kinderzimmer – Jugendhaft in Russland 2020
Zwischen Knast und Kinderzimmer – Jugendhaft in Russland 2020
38m | Documentary | Release date: March 25, 2020 (Germany)
Storyline:
Serafimowka is a special boarding school in the middle of the Russian province. The 50 boys who go to school there all have a criminal past. The military drill starts every morning at 6.45 a.m. Sports, school lessons and kitchen service: Military hardness and iron discipline are said to make criminal youth ordinary citizens of Russia. The documentary shows the hard everyday life behind the boarding school walls.
Yurt 2023
Yurt 2023
1h 56m | Drama | Release date: May 17, 2024 (Turkey)
Storyline:
Twelve-year-old Ahmet is devastated when his newly religious father sends him to an Islamic dormitory, a Yurt, to learn Muslim values. Recently converted, his father sees it as the righteous path for his son, and an opportunity for self-redemption. For Ahmet, it’s a nightmare. In 1997, the political polarization in Turkey makes for a charged atmosphere, with tensions between religious and secular Turks increasingly present. Devout Muslim are ostracized, and religious dormitories, “Yurt”s, are regularly raided by soldiers. Ahmet works hard to be the “perfect son” but it isn’t easy. He has trouble fitting in with rough kids at the Yurt, and feels isolated in his day secular school, where he hides his new home from his classmates. His only solace is a new friend Hakan, a street-smart kid who knows how to work the Yurt system. Together they dream of being older and making their own decisions. Their friendship emboldens Ahmet, who becomes a target for the ire of Yakup Hodja, the dormitory manager. Hodja resents Ahmet’s family wealth, and believes his father has bought his way into the religious leaders’ good graces. His cruel treatment of Ahmet escalates until Ahmet’s father is forced to take action; Hodja is transferred. Only then, Ahmet recognizes he will never meet his father’s expectations. He decides to escape; together with Hakan, they steal a car and run away. What begins as the best day of their lives soon turns dangerous, and Ahmet is faced with a choice. Though neither his previous life nor the oppressive nature of the Yurt feel like home, he has to decide where he belongs.
I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà 2024
I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà 2024
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: March 28, 2024 (Italy)
Storyline:
In the midst of the war in Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, two boys, one Palestinian and one Israeli, along with a former surfing champion, form a friendship united by the love of water and learn from each other.
La Lastra 2022
La Lastra 2022
20m | Short, Drama | Release date: July 4, 2022 (Italy)
Storyline:
Tobia spends his days at Lastra, a steep slope near Giulia and Riccardo’s house. The two brothers set traps and small challenges. Among these the most coveted: the conquest of Lastra. One day, in fear, she runs away from the house and, without realizing it, reaches the top of the slope. Getting lost in the woods Tobia faces his fears thanks to the encounter with a mysterious animal.
The Go-Between 2015
The Go-Between 2015
1h 29m | Drama | Release date: September 20, 2015 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
In 1900 12 year old Leo Colston spends a blisteringly hot summer with the wealthy family of class-mate Marcus Maudsley at their Norfolk estate. When Marcus falls ill Leo is befriended by the daughter of the house, the glamorous, captivating Marian, who is to be engaged to disfigured Boer War veteran, the kindly Hugh Trimingham. Totally smitten by her, Leo agrees to carry business letters between herself and young tenant farmer Ted Burgess. However the messages are not what they first appear to be and will have unfortunate consequences spanning half a century when Leo meets up with Marian again.
