When thirteen-year-old Ronnie gets her first period on September 11th, she struggles with her newfound womanhood as the world crumbles around her.
As Sasaki prepares for his college entrance exams, Miyano tries to make the most of their limited time together while grappling with his own emotions.
Rejected by his father at birth, a boy with albinism navigates a childhood of bullying, tragedy and cautious hope.
Maca is a 16-year-old girl, who is reserved and inexperienced in love. She and Ana meet with the excuse of returning a sweater that Ana had previously lent her. In a daily afternoon they will experience the vulnerability of what it means to fall in love for the first time.
Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with his father’s death. When his lonely mother starts dating another man, Bruno escapes from home. He goes to another town to live with Daniela, a young pyromaniac he met online and with whom he has an epistolary relationship. During the painful separation from his mother and his best friend Ian, he begins to question his sexuality and capacity to overcome his father’s loss.
A college student struggles to reconnect with his high school friends after learning they’ve started dating each other.
Pollyanna’s Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but Pollyanna has other ideas. She joins a secret club with a group of orphans, and they spy on a mysterious new resident in town, only to learn that her standoffishness is because of her desire to shield a retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.
The coming of age tale about a boy who is born a giant.
Father and mother are thrilled: So now their teenager son has a girlfriend. And what a fabulous young woman she is! In contrast to his older sister Milli, 17-year-old Franz was previously an introverted, quiet, shy loner. His parents are all the more impressed when he brings home the pretty, self-confident Zoe one night. Zoe quickly finds her way into the heart of Franz’s family. Or is this young woman just telling people what they want to hear because she sees their hidden desires? After an ecstatic night in the clubs of the city of Munich with a little too much drugs, Zoe has disappeared and Franz's heart is broken. He absolutely has to see her again and goes looking for his first great love.
When a girl takes up acting classes to find a semblance of self, she soon finds out that she has more within her than previously thought.
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student's untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.
Small town teens Diana and Sol are graduating. Diana once dreaded this day, fearing a mundane future, but now has a plan for adventure among the stars with her best friend Sol. When doubt starts to set in, they have to decide whether to pursue their dream or remain in their familiar world.
Roommates Lorenzo, Calvin, Lee, and Adam go about their daily lives while trying to cope with a joint loss.
An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.
A teenager who is considered a Sexpert by her friends is challenged to teach them how to masturbate, now she has to overcome her fear of losing her child-self before they find out she has never had an orgasm.
After a fight at the local football field, a group of four high school boys (Evan, Tyler, Matt, Israel) run into the wild, seeking escape. But when they stumble across a duffel bag filled with baggies, they don't realize that their lives will change forever. While dabbling with the baggies inside, they realize that these drugs allow them to body swap with anybody for 24 hours. When one of the friends decides to use that for his own gain, the friend group must come to blows and stop this before things get worse.
In the Iron Range of Minnesota, 12-year-old Michael is exploring the Boundary Waters with his friends and learning to flirt with girls, when one night his mother is badly hurt. Desperate to fix what happened, Michael struggles to become a man in a world where he learns men cause harm.
A strange and extraordinary short film about a young boy and his pregnant mother.
Um Instante no Tempo
A 14-year-old tries to express himself by wearing a purple cape to school for a day.