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China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.

Taxi driver Wang Dong and his wife divorced and took their son Wang Guchuan (Chuan Chuan) with them, and Shen Fang, who also divorced and took their son Liu Yang (Yang Yang), formed a new family. The older Chuanchuan is in adolescence and has a rebellious character, and firmly opposes his father's decision. On the contrary, the younger Yangyang is cute and sensible, and understands his mother's remarriage. Helplessly, God plays tricks on people. Wang Dong and Shen Fang, who were originally full of confidence in their new life, unfortunately died in a car accident, leaving behind the two brothers Chuanchuan and Yangyang who were full of conflicts.

Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, Ina embarks on a desperate quest for connection in a world oscillating between dream and reality.

An island in Japan is the site for the dumped and the refuse. Nanakusa and Yu who were childhood and school friends meet on this island that is called Kaiden, a scary name that only refers to things not normal or earthly. The reunited friends strike a bargain and are soon involved in cases most would not dare be involved in or become entangled in.

A 15-year-old A-student defies the views of her all-girls Catholic school as she confronts her feelings for a school nun.

The game of two young people in the forest takes an unexpected turn when Märt loses his friend Eha. Confused Märt meets several different characters along the way. Essütäjä is an impersonal misleading force that leads a person off their right path.

It is the last day of school for Christian and his younger sister Sophie. They are heading to a party at his friend Trina. High school graduation is just around the corner and after the freedom and future. But behind the idyllic facade lurks tragedy and secrets. That evening Sophie commits suicide.

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

Four high school students deal with their issues while travelling to Tokyo during their summer vacation.

Two teenagers on the cusp of adulthood are both skiving from school on the same afternoon - both have been forced to grow up too soon. By meeting, they get the chance to feel young for a moment. When the two teenagers meet they get a glimpse into each other's lives, forming a connection which provides them a fleeting escape from their realities. 'Skive' is a coming-of-age, social realism film based in the South-West. It's a story of connection, defiance and hope, against the backdrop of the difficult realities of two young people in our current time.

As summer vacation draws to a close, a mute girl meets and joins a group of idealistic friends during one last farewell party before most of them head off to study abroad. Those left behind don't know what to do with their lives and decide to continue their party lifestyle by robbing the rich and partying with their money, without weapons or violence. Unfortunately, every party must come to an end.

Santi, a 17-year-old boy, plays football with his friends at the entrance of the village while Marco, his childhood friend, returns after a two year absence. The last summer Marco was in town, Santi began to feel something towards him. But while living in that cave, the best thing for him to do was to forget about it and focus on building his life based on tradition. The return of Marco throws Santi off, who had finally managed to forget him. Under the conservative gaze of all the people, he will have to fight against his feelings as he considers his identity for the first time.

YeJoo and EunMin spent two years as a couple so far. One day, YeJoo wants to finish the relationship that she had with EunMin. EunMin gets angry and asks if there's another girl. Yejoo says she got a boyfriend.

Star Driver takes place on the fictional Southern Cross Isle. One night, a boy named Takuto washes up on shore swimming from the mainland. He later enrolls in Southern Cross High School as a freshman and makes new friends.

After film school, Godina’s first professional work as a director was “Picnic on Sunday,” a 1968 black-and-white short without any words that shows how seven different people spend a Sunday. A simple concept, but in Godina’s hands the short is suffused with both sexuality and revolution. - Paste

In the 1970’s, a group of high-schoolers, obsessed with Star Wars, picks up an 8mm camera and attempts to make their own sci-fi film.

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.

Kaori is a new director at a TV station and is assigned to work on her first documentary project, “Kimi ga Seishun no Toki” (When You Were Young), a documentary on modern youth and the Harajuku tribe. However, she gets too involved and ends up hurting her documentary subjects.

Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.

After years of estrangement, single parent Arkadiy gets a visit from brother Igor and his son from Odesa. According to Jewish custom, they mourn their recently deceased mother while digging up old conflicts. As the war breaks out in Ukraine, the family is thrown into turmoil, and the brothers must take a closer look at their relationship to their homeland.