Hold Me Tight

Twenty-something June is anxiously awaiting the outcome of her most recent job interview. One day, when her friend goes on a vacation out of town, she is left all alone in their apartment . This overwhelms her as feelings of loneliness, isolation, and envy begin to creep up on her, putting her in an unhealthy state of mind. "Wala" is a story of growing pains. It's about the moment of uncertainty in everyone's young life. It's about how the wait can sometimes lead you down completely unexpected paths.

Emily, a young woman who's trying to find her feet in the modern world after leaving education, working full-time in the city to provide for herself, being overworked and unpaid, with the lingering fear of losing her home. Emily is forced to go to the most extreme measures to survive.

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Jody, who wants to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, must face repeated failures and the emotional struggle of losing his father's role before finally fighting to repair his relationship with his father.

A personal portrait of the stages of love: discovery, fullness, fracture, and rebirth.

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Gray, an obsessive angsty teenager, must make peace with his struggling family in order to overcome emotional bonds and personal afflictions.

December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.; Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, and Santa Claus is late. Denis, alone in his car, is anxious about setting foot in his former in-laws’ house to pick up his children.

When thirteen-year-old Ronnie gets her first period on September 11th, she struggles with her newfound womanhood as the world crumbles around her.

When faced with the haunting memories of her complicated relationship with Mark, Kate is forced to decipher if what she believes happened between them is reality.

As Emilia and Maxine spy on their best friend's first date, they come to realize the chemistry might not be between the couple they anticipated.

Puberty is an ordeal and a joy. Children become adolescents: how do they react to this development? With the help of four different short films, the Brit Roger Lambert succeeds in wonderfully fathoming this important time. In "Split" (1974), a boy with behavioral difficulties tries to make life bearable with imaginary aliens. In "I Want To Be Famous" (1976), it's Steve, the youngest and smallest in his class, who creates a fantasy world for himself until his best friend Stuart, down-to-earth and clever, forces him to face reality. "Follow You Follow Me" (1979) observes the vulnerable friendship between two boys: shy Joseph and confident Peter. But Joseph's father is Peter's father's employer. With "A Seaside Story" (1986) we meet again two friends, this time they are seventeen, who are vacationing together at the sea: the self-confident Martin and Sam, the dreamer. At a beachfront guesthouse run by an eccentric lady, the two have an unforgettable time.

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Dusty is convinced he has a terrible new ability.

A girl returns to school on Monday morning to find out that she is the centre of a vicious rumour that's being spread by everyone, even her best friend.

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in his family seems intent on eating.

Loup, thirteen years old, deaf from birth, spends his summer vacation on a campsite with his mother, Léa. They have developed an exclusive relationship that a meeting with a swimming instructor and a teenage girl will turn upside down.

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.

Srinu, a college student, moves to his uncle's house in Hyderabad and meets various people in the neighbourhood, rich and poor alike.

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.