A young girl, Eva, decides to run away from home on her 16th birthday, in hopes of a more accepting life in New York City.
Follows the real-life couple Jeff and Erica. The two avoid a court date by playing music in basements and exploring violence in the rain forests and ice caves of Washington State.
Two unlikely friends come together in the face of bullying and navigate through grief and trauma in a world where memories are sentient.
A short film about a child's desire to reach adulthood sooner and a young adult's hopelessness in returning to the carefree stage of life. Attempts at making time move quicker and the inability to make it go backwards. Reaching for 18.
Tula is the cleaning lady at a private school for girls. During her workday, she meets the headteacher’s fourteen-year-old daughter in the toilet. The girl is going to tell Tula her secret. Tula will have to decide whether to help her or not.
Just as the young members of the swimming team spend another day training in the pool, the cusp of early puberty threatens to turn innocent friendship and camaraderie into something much more. Sixth-grader Yu-Hsuan has a closely guarded secret, but this tide of feelings inside is brewing into a storm…
Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.
A short film about a boy's time in a new school. A film about learning about life and who your true friends are in a materialistic world. The story is integrated with the child's concept of fantasy and heroism.
A high school newspaper girl and her three best friends plan for an exciting summer. Their plans are ruined when all of her friends leave for their own trips, leaving her lonely and bored.
In his last days of high school, Joe wants to complete his bucket list by talking to his crush and must achieve it before the school year ends.
Hikmah might be considered a disobedient child to his late mother, but his mother wasn't always kind to Hikmah either. Yet now, his late mother appears in his dream, pleading with Hikmah to save her from the torment of the grave. Caught in the turmoil of his faith, Hikmah embarks on a journey to uncover the true wisdom in his life—seeking ways to persuade God to save his mother and himself.
A bridge's legend tells that when two people meet on it, they will surely meet again. Momo meets a boy who doesn't believe the legend, and promises that she will meet him again to prove it. As the year passes, she comes every day to wait for him, and becomes a small part of many people's lives.
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Four friends embark on a journey to California where they discover the beauty of friendship amidst the stunning landscapes of the West.
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
SUMMER. HEAT. SWEAT. CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER. ALL BECOMES DARKNESS.
Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys' attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.
An exploration of the growing friendship between small-town girl Laura, who is persuaded onto a hiking trip by her friend Merit, and Joosep, a middle-aged guide.
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.