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1) Piggy
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An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life.
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A dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Eleven-year-old Ofelia comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather, a sadistic captain in General Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a...
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Plagued with darkness of the heart, Maria Jose is prepared to face the end of her life when a strange girl visits her. As residents in her village begin to suffer horrific deaths, Maria Jose is accused of summoning an evil that has been whispered as a local legend for generations and must confront her past or risk fulfilling a prophecy that would bring about the end of the world.
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As Patito begins high school she is met with taunts and tricks by a group of popular girls headed by Antonella. The animosity heightens between Antonella and Patito when both fall for Mateo. The rivalry between the two comes to a head when their school participates in an intercollegiate music contest.
5) Heli
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When Heli's twelve-year-old sister inadvertently involves him in Mexico's brutal drug world, Heli must do everything it takes to protect his family. As he descends further into inescapable and nightmarish corruption and violence, it threatens to tear his life apart.
6) Camino
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Camino Fernandez is a sunny young Spanish fifth-grader from Madrid. She is a typical pre-teen: constantly daydreaming, chatting with her best friend Begoña during choir practice, wanting to join the local theatre group so she can star as Cinderella in their final production, and beginning to be intrigued by Begoña's cute cousin Cuco. But her mother Gloria--a fervent member of Opus Dei--controls the family's daily lives, which are strictly regulated...
7) Paula
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"In a society where female beauty stereotypes are unattainable, a fourteen-year-old adolescent must walk a lonely path in search of self-acceptance, in which anorexia and bulimia promises dangerous solutions"--
8) Danyka
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On a family day at the beach, a middle-aged married man is screened by the beauty of a teenage girl. A flirtation arises that will lead him to question the life he leads.
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After the separation of her parents, Caro, age 8, moves in with her mother and stepfather, Felipe. Although her mother makes it clear that Caro will not see her father ever again, Caro wants nothing more than to be with him. Given this emotional abandnment, Caro seeks refuge in a water well in the backyard of her house, a secret place that inspires her imagination. As she distances herself from her mother, Caro discovers a secret about her father...
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"During a time of inquisition and slavery, Sierva María wants to know what kisses taste like. She is 13 years old, daughter of aristocrats but raised by their African slaves living in colonial Cartagena de Indias. When a rabid dog bites her, the bishop declares she is possessed and entrust Cayetano his pupil, with her exorcism. The priest and the girl find themselves seduced by a demon more powerful than faith and reason"--http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/upfile/file/46.pdf....
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"During a time of inquisition and slavery, Sierva María wants to know what kisses taste like. She is 13 years old, daughter of aristocrats but raised by their African slaves living in colonial Cartagena de Indias. When a rabid dog bites her, the bishop declares she is possessed and entrust Cayetano his pupil, with her exorcism. The priest and the girl Hill find themselves seduced by a demon more powerful than faith and reason"--http://ofloveandotherdemons.com/sinopsis.html....
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Gato lives with his teenage daughter Emma and a small group of people, including Sombra, on an isolated farm without telephones or internet. But Emma, tempted by curiosity, runs away into town one day to attend a carnival, and gets her hands on a mobile phone. After she uploads a video of herself to the internet, Emma is contacted by a mysterious woman named Celia who claims to be her long-lost mother. What follows is a mystical tale of family, identity--and...
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In a parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest...
17) Quinceañera
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On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday Quinceañera celebration, she discovers that she's pregnant. Forced by her family to leave her home, she moves in with her uncle and gay cousin.
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