Pagalpanti

A Summer Tale

March 2000 •Swedish

The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...

The Night Before the Exams

February 2006 •Italian

Rome, 1989. On his last day of high school, Luca gets in trouble when he takes it all out on hated literature teacher Martinelli, only to discover he's going to be heading the examination board for his finals. During a summer of fruitless study, he falls in love with a girl he met once at a party, unaware that she's Martinelli's daughter. The latter, strangely enough, has just offered Luca to prepare with him...

Finding Friends

February 2005 •Norwegian

This kid has to move to a farm in his summer vacation and don't get to go to Norway Cup as he had planned for. Out on the country there is bad cellphone reception, cow smell and inbreed farmers as far as the eye can see. The family Volvo get stolen and the foreigners in the small town automatically gets blamed. From there is a chase to discover what truly happened...

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

February 1953 •French

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

Last Minute Jamaika

May 2003 •German

Two interns from a Munich film company fly to the Caribbean for a vacation - not out of mutual sympathy, but because they hope to seduce their boss in intimate togetherness. The trip ends in a fiasco, but also in great love.

Crust

December 2023 •German

12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar.

People in the Sun

March 2011 •Norwegian

Two couples decide to spend their Midsummer holiday together and make it an evening to remember — a traditional summer comedy, except for the fact that it's the end of the world.

The Seducer

March 1995 •Spanish

Cosme, a 15-year-old boy, sets his sights and his libido on his new neighbor, Merche. After giving her a lift on his moped, and getting a glimpse of her underwear, he begins to look for excuses to wander next door. He manufactures illnesses to stay home from school and uses his free time to ogle her while she sunbathes outside. His efforts to sustain a relationship that leads to the bedroom are hampered by his amusing family, sabotaged by the maid, and jealously noted by his high school girlfriend.

The Passion According to Karim

June 2024 •French

A Scout patrol stays in a remote village in the Drôme region to perform the Crucifixion of Jesus. Nothing can divert 17-year-old KARIM, the Scout who has in charge the role of Christ, from his obsessive goal: to find the ecstasy to interpret the martyrdom on the cross.

Bwana

September 1996 •Spanish

Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo, two illegal African immigrants, apparently thrown back to the ocean from where they came, in search of a better life in Spain. The sun sets, and the evening, night and morning which follow see other bizarre characters entering the scene, before the Africans' and the other characters' fates are finally decided.

Rising Tide

August 2011 •English

Exams finished, the holidays arrived, one last chance to celebrate with their closest friends. It should have been a trip to remember forever, it was...but for all the wrong reasons. Ten friends end up camping on the spiritual and ghostly tidal island of Lindisfarne, but the newest member of the group has a devastating past. You will never feel safe in a tent again.

Přijeď si pro mě, tady straší

January 1995 •Czech

An adventure story about three boys who are at summer camp and soon notice that very strange and unexpected things are happening near the camp. And like proper boys, they decide to get to the bottom of all these mysterious puzzles. After a series of adventures and comical misunderstandings, the story's dénouement reveals that the boys have helped expose smugglers who are bringing refugees from the East across the nearby border and robbing them of their meager resources.

Kája a Zabi

January 2007 •Czech

Little Kája isn't very interested in the outside world; he would rather sit at the computer all day playing games. But what if his favorite character from the game enters reality?

Summer Games

January 1995 •French

18 year old Éric, on vacation in the South with his parents, decides to escape the stifling situation especially with his 50 year old father, and join a group of fellow youth.

Vive les femmes !

March 1984 •French

The love affairs of Bob, a womanizer and seducer and Mammouth, the unhappy loner.

Out of the Blue

June 2022 •French

Instead of enjoying her vacations in a peaceful peninsula of Turkey, Anna feels stuck in a strange torpor, while her boyfriend, Thomas, doesn't seem to notice it at all. Later in the afternoon, when a little girl suddenly disappears on the beach, Anna awakens and decides to go and find her, despite the unknown and the nightfall.

Pasajera

August 2023 •Spanish

The Glottis

Invalid date •French

At the end of August, summer comes to a close. Friends gather in Brittany. Although the air seems clear, something troubles one member of the group, Jeannette. 'THE GLOTTIS' tells her story.

les grillons.

March 2025 •French

Dhakira

January 2024 •French