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Tree #3

June 2019 •English

After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget.

Love Tasting

July 2020 •Polish

It's the last week of school in a small polish town's junior high school. Waiting for the final party, several students pass the time at a city pool, as if anticipating the emotional whirlwind they are about to experience. The action takes place somewhere in Poland, where ‘LGBT free zones’ are a reality in 2020. It’s a story about young people, their problems and romantic endeavours in the era of the Internet and social apps, when creating genuine relationships is unnaturally difficult.

Connection

May 2021 •English

The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection.

The Ciambra

August 2017 •Italian

Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.

When The Rupiah Disappears

January 2025 •Indonesian

Some people in North Kalimantan are facing a strange situation where the Rupiah (Indonesian currency) suddenly disappears, and they are the only ones who still remember it.

One Week, Two Days

December 2016 •Arabic

A delicate exploration of the highs and lows of intimacy between Leila and Ibrahim, a loving couple, as they deliberate the difficult decisions surrounding conception and parenthood.

Intervene

April 2018 •English

INTERVENE is a surreal, hypnogogic parable about an unstable young man whose family feeds his madness by staging religious visions.

The Injection

January 2011 •French

In an indeterminate future where it seems to be raining endlessly a man called Balthazar is waiting at home alone with his dog for a visit from an employee of an organisation called La Piqûre.

Every Breaking Wave

February 2015 •English

Every Breaking Wave, based on the U2 song of the same name, is set on the streets of early 1980s Northern Ireland. It is built around themes of emotional abandon and the uncertainty of romantic relationships following two teenagers, one Catholic and the other Protestant, who fall in love amidst the ongoing violence.

14+

February 2015 •Russian

Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Unfortunately, Vika is beyond Alex’s reach because he's not welcome in her neighborhood. Nonetheless, Alex sneaks into a disco at her school and finds up the courage to ask her to dance. Moments are intense as Alex feels infatuation for the first time.

Love Like Poison

April 2010 •French

Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else?

Buenos Aires 100 km

February 2005 •Spanish

A remote village 100 kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires. Stephen, Matías, Alejo, Damián and Guido were born 13 years ago in this small town. They have always been friends and together they share the monotonous summer afternoons sitting on the stoop of a women's hairdresser. Anxious, restless, impatient for a change, they go through the most confusing period of experiment -- the transition from childhood to adolescence.

Alive

January 2020 •Swedish

Victoria is disabled and yearns for intimacy, so her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match, but the guy she is matching with is very shady, and Ida worries about what might happen if they meet.

Fellow Creatures

January 2021 •English

When a mysterious Stranger approaches Tom with an unusual offer, the struggling dad faces a life-altering decision.

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

September 1998 •English

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. Living in France with his wife, daughter, and an adopted son, the family travels an unconventional road which casts them as outsiders to others. Preaching a sexual freedom, his daughter's sexual discovery begins at an early age and betrays her when the family moves to Hanover in America. Her overt sexuality clashes with the values of her teenage American peers and gives her a problematic reputation. Meanwhile, her brooding brother copes with his own interior pain regarding his past, only comfortable communicating within the domestic space.

Alma

Invalid date •Spanish

Alma is a young film lover who dreams of one day making a living creating stories. Determined, she decides to go to the city to study film, but finding herself alone and without the care of her mother, she collides with the dangers of the big city, which makes her question whether she is following a good path or has just let herself be carried away by the illusion of a dream.

Prince

February 2015 •Dutch

A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the girl he's in love with, who seems out of reach. He's lured into criminal activities and becomes alienated from family and friends.

그 누구의 딸

Invalid date •Korean

Other Girls

March 2015 •Finnish

Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.