Megan, an aspiring model living in South Florida, reflects upon her dreams for the future and her turbulent relationship with her mother on her 16th birthday.
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After the disappearance of a friend, a lost boy and his bear navigates a mystical forest where they comes face to face with their own fears and trauma.
A troubled young Latina photographer and Asian American juvenile delinquent yearn to escape their farm town in Santa Ynez Valley, CA, but the psychological, cultural, and at times mystical obstacles threaten to hold them forever.
Set against the gritty, vibrant backdrop of Berlin, BERLIN LOOP tells the story of Fatma’s rapid entanglement with the city’s bike-theft mafia. Her meteoric rise to becoming the gang’s chief lock-picker brings initial success but quickly devolves into a perilous trap controlled by the gang’s ruthless leader. Fatma’s only escape lies in a mysterious portal she discovers in an abandoned countryside house, which sends her back in time to the pivotal moment before her first theft. Caught in an unrelenting time loop, Fatma refines her strategies, inspired by the Art of War, to dismantle the gang and reclaim her freedom.
Teenage problems intertwine during the occupation of a high school in Rome. Silvio—much like his peers desperate to lose his virginity—wants to make his move on the girl he likes, despite her being already his friend's girlfriend and not knowing that her best friend harbors feelings for him—while clashing also with his parents, onetime Sixties radicals who look down on the kids' aimless political commitment.
Rong Chen would like to keep her place in the recorder group, Shao Yu wants to give up playing. She asks him for tips, and by practicing together, they not only improve their skills, but also learn something much more important from each other.
Two best friends attend the funeral of a Hebrew school classmate who died by suicide and accidentally damage their friendship beyond repair.
For 17 years, from the age of about six or seven, Kathy Chu keeps a diary. It's a complete fiction, denying disappointments (when her older sister doesn't want to spend time with her, Kathy invents and records a happy encounter) and rejections (she's teased for being Asian, but she writes about what fun she had with friends). Her hopes to be a writer compound the irony of her journal's disconnection. In college and after graduation, one of her closest friends is Kirby, who is also Asian. She denies any romantic attraction, and when they do become lovers, it's her diary that brings a crisis to their relationship and to her identify. Kathy falls back to earth.
Zorro and his family live in a messy, run down apartment. Zorro's father is dead and his mother is an alcoholic but, despite their situation, they share a strong bond. Zorro's best friend, Kevin, lives with his family in one of the more expensive family homes in the area. Although they are financially well off, the father is a violent man who takes his frustrations out on Kevin, his mother and younger sister. Through Kevin's and Zorro's courage and strong friendship they are able to overcome almost anything.
Set in the 1960s, junior high schooler Dean strikes up a friendship with the vibrant yet reckless Roy, in an effort to escape his mother’s controlling grasp. But when the boys’ friendship threatens Dean’s budding romance with Beth and his own well-being, Dean must find his own voice, or risk following Roy down an increasingly dangerous path.
Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very difficult time, and the relationships that can either build you up or tear you apart.
In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.
Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.
Roberto must choose between desire and love when two women he is involved with celebrate their birthdays on the same night.
2 flatmates unfold the layers of their relationship on a random Sunday afternoon after they encounter a power cut.
Charlie is Not a Boy is the tale of a hushed soul, bound to a crumbling household in an allegorical America. With a perverted butcher for a father and a mother frozen in a quiet, catatonic spell, Charlie seeks solace in the whimsical world of his eccentric grandmother. As his safe haven unravels, Charlie navigates the hostile worlds of home and the military, caught between his authentic self and the masks he must wear.
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
On the night before he is set to leave his Rhode Island home to study photography in New York City, Rocco must decide how much he's willing to give up to follow his dreams.
Mason is a 20-something college graduate grief stricken by his failed attempts at romantic love. He attends a Valentine’s Day party with his best friend Cheryl in hopes of reuniting with his long-time crush, Harvey. Missing his presence and questioning the existence of love, he gets intoxicated unbeknownst to the consequences that are soon to follow.
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Tess enlists her biological father – a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks – and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.