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1) Jasper Jones
Series
Language
English
Description
In the dead of night during the scorching summer of 1969, Charlie is startled when he is woken by local mixed-race outcast Jasper Jones outside his window. Jasper leads him deep into the forest and shows him something that will change his life forever, setting them both on a dangerous journey to solve a mystery that will consume the entire community. In an isolated town where secrecy, gossip and tragedy overwhelm the landscape, Charlie faces family...
2) Cocoon
Series
Language
Deutsch
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Description
Witness the coming-of-age transformation of Nora, a 14-year-old from Berlin, over the course of one blisteringly hot summer. A shy girl with a troubled mother and loving but boy-crazy older sister, Nora must contend with the many tribulations of early teenage years largely by herself. Shot with a deep understanding of teenage-girl desires, COCOON is a sun-soaked tale of one girl's self-discovery on the cusp of young adulthood. Described as "*seductive...
3) Glassland
Series
Film Movement volume year 14, film 3
Language
English
Description
Living in a social housing suburb in Dublin with his mother, John ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. One day, he returns home to find his mother, Jean, unconscious from an alcohol overdose. With no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a petty criminal to help pay for his mother's costly rehab program. Although his mother violently rejects John's attempts to support and unite his family, John faces his challenges,...
Series
Language
Arabic
Description
Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, it is a visually sumptuous coming-of-death fable. During her son's naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina's child will die at the age of twenty. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina's ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas, and challenges...
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 7
Language
Français
Description
"It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provençe. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed: driving the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering supplies to the few remaining inhabitants. Accompanied by Claire, a friend from Paris whom he has a secret crush on, Antoine gradually warms up to his experience in the country and his encounters with...
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 1
Language
Français
Description
Charlie is seventeen and bored. Her estranged parents are too caught up in their own drama to pay her much attention. Enter Sarah, a confident and charismatic new transfer student who brings with her an alluring air of boldness and danger. The two form an instant connection, and through shared secrets, love interests and holiday getaways their relationship deepens to levels of unspoken intimacy.
7) XXY
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 5
Language
Español
Description
The dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call 'ambiguous genitalia, ' whose parents moved from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.
8) Sweet thing
Series
Language
English
Description
Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among the boats and railway tracks of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They fantasize about...
Series
Film Movement volume 11, film 11
Language
Español
Description
"Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Things don't turn out as planned as the non-stop rain forces them to stay indoors, away from the pools and with no TV. Alberto's efforts to entertain his children are met with indifference by Federico, his youngest son, and Lucía, his teenage daughter."--IMDb.com
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Language
Español
Description
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love".
11) Bad lucky goat
Series
Language
Creole
Description
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation.
Series
Language
Nederlands
Description
When a handsome exchange student named Veit arrives for a two-week stay with the dysfunctional van End family, each household member confronts his or her own insecurities, doubts, fears, and desires, led by the former wallflower Eva, who embarks on the most dramatic transformation of all.
13) Blush
Series
Language
עברית
Description
Naama is seventeen and bored. Living in a sleepy suburb outside Tel Aviv, she spends most of her time drinking and partying in order to escape from her bickering parents at home. Everything changes when Dana, a free-spirited new girl shows up at school. Naama can't help but fall madly in love, but while the relationship gives her life new meaning, it also inspires a sexual and personal awakening that she can hardly control.
14) 1981
Series
Film Movement volume year 8, film 8
Language
Français
Description
When his family moves into their new home, young Ricardo Trogi feels different from his classmates. He creates a new reality to avoid being discovered for what he really is. How long can the truth be denied?
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