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Dear Thirteen

November 2022 •English

A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen-year-olds, we see how pressing social, geographical and political challenges are shaping, and being shaped by, young people: rising anti-Semitism in Europe, guns in America, gender identity and racial divisions across Australia and Asia. With no adult commentary outside the filmmaker, Dear Thirteen offers an intimate view into the universal uncertainty inherent in growing up.

Mladí dobyvatelé vzduchu

December 1950 •Czech

A film about the education of young aviators, which uses the natural interest of the youth in aviation and leads them through modeling circles and motorless flying to flying powered planes.

Becoming 13

January 2006 •English

Explores the intimidating terrain of girlhood by following three 12-year-olds over the period of one year. As these girls move from childhood to maturity, it's clear that peer pressure is an important influence, but as the films shows, the greatest influence in a young girl's life is family.

The Biggest Wish

November 1964 •Czech

Sociological study of the real values of young people in socialism.

Les enfants de Pétain

December 2024 •French

Last Night

September 2022 •French

Emy, a mature teenager, wakes up disoriented, after a tumultuous night. Her current state pushing her to (re)discover her body generates a shocking observation… Having no memory of the day before, she immerses herself in the depths of her memory with the help of her best friend, Lola. Through this retrospective, Emy is not only seeking the truth, but also confronting the vices of society…

On the Edge of Their Seats

March 2020 •Japanese

During the first high school baseball game of the season, personal dramas play out within a group of high schoolers sitting in the crowd.

Digressions

May 2020 •Korean

Hwijong loses his job as a parking attendant because a brand-new building will be built on the parking lot he used to work for. Yeun unexpectedly loses her lover. She wants to go back to her old job only to find the office building completely empty. For Yeun, the street that she has been walking for years does not feel the same as before. On the contrary, Hwijong is trapped in a repeated sequence of experience even in his dreams. The daily lives of the two dance with each other to Chopin’s Waltz—they are sometimes tangled, sometimes crossed on the road. This film is intended to go through the high rise building in downtown Seoul like capillary vessels. Little snippets of live sometimes go through the little roads or change directions to create life.

Beyond the Blue

January 2020 •Japanese

Fantastical road movie about a pained guy and girl who head from the boonies to Tokyo. Hiro Kenichiro has directed numerous music videos and makes his feature film debut. Set in a world where people get a "blue mail" missive from their future selves. Kagari randomly meets a runaway girl named Yuki. They set off on a trip for Tokyo and gradually discover each other's past secrets.

Demolition Girl

January 2019 •Japanese

A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.

Painful Smile

April 2019 •Greek

Painful Smile is a psychological thriller about a young woman who experiences sexual assault.

Best Friends

March 2019 •Tagalog

Two conflicting high school friends get paired for a school project, leading them to unexpected encounters in their lives.

Gray Wall Gear

February 2022 •Japanese

The stage of this work is Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo in the early Heisei period. Immediately after the bubble burst gangster countermeasures law, there were gangsters who defended the last territory and young people who freely controlled the city. The youth conflict escalated day by day and became a force that surpassed the yakuza, and the runaways were sent to juvenile prisons one after another, where exclusive rules awaited.

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

January 2004 •Swedish

A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Man on the Roof, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew

Celtic Legends: Irish Legends

January 1999 •English

This revealing program shows that the search for the Celtic Gods of Britain is an extremely difficult task. Their origins are shrouded in mystery, but they are kept alive in a series of enduring stories. This program presents many of these stories, which have been passed down from generation to generation.

2Doc: What Are We Doing?

September 2023 •Dutch

In 2022, 92% of those affected encountered aggression or violence. Frans Bromet portrays six influences who encounter violence while carrying out their work. The violence with which the actual consequences are, leaves personal physical, especially mental, traces.

Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung

November 1976 •

Miu Kam-fung, who plays the film’s titular character, addresses her identity as housewife and actress in Patrick Tam’s commentary on the dangers of rampant consumerism, seen as a defining moment for contemporary Hong Kong. In its studied references to Godard, Tam’s work buzzes with modern life—supermarkets, billboards, television—and juxtaposes these references with questions about marital infidelity, middle-class morality, and even political sentiment.

The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

January 1996 •English

HBO First Look's episode on The Phantom

Seven Women: Liza Wang

November 1976 •

In the last episode of Patrick Tam’s anthology series “Seven Women” (1976), Lisa (Lisa Wang) suffers from "environmental depression" and those around her treat her like a lunatic. Joyce deploys a creative mix of dialogue and monologue to illustrate Lisa's complicated personality. She might act like any normal obedient daughter around her parents, yet other times she reveals her overly sensitive and suspicious mind as her moods run the gamut from poetic to violent. The villa where Lisa is sent to heal becomes a tumultuous battleground when a young doctor who has his own psychological hang-ups begins treating her and a conflict of egos is ignited.

Whore Revolution

August 2023 •Spanish

Whore Revolution is led by members of the organizations OMESPRO La Paz and OMESPRO Santa Cruz; These become builders of a story that makes use of a symbolic lever to transfer the central discussions of the whore universe to a political and poetic space. The film is structured in four parts with their own entity, which together make up a piece that has the vocation and versatility to invade all types of spaces—except virtual ones. María Galindo turns the camera and questions the viewer: "Without money and without work... I want to see you in my place."