Teen Andrea uses a male stripper to gain the respect and admiration of cool girl Daphne. Hot Seat, which is based on a true story, explores coming-of-age sexuality and the complexities of relationships between teen girls.
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The people behind it
Jess Gabor
Andrea
Carmela Zumbado
Daphne
Byron Quiros
Jonny Ca$h
Carmen Hodgson
Joelle
Georgia Leva
Claire
Marisela Zumbado
Ashley
Gigi Zumbado
Katie
Josephine Hies
Sally
Leanne Agmon
Rose
Desireé Ramos
Alyse
A story about what ordinary internet browsing can do for kids. And parents change their lives.
A meditation on My Lai.
A young cage fighter must choose between his head and his heart after his father discovers the truth.
Pla Thong's friend, Tod dies but his unfinished business means he can't move on. Pla Thong helps Tod figure out what that unfinished business is, and they realise how each other feels in the process.
Sweet Street follows the life of Isabella, A sex worker in the north of England. We explore the mind and day to day of a women working in the “managed zone” and how working on the Sweet Street there is no real happy ending.
On the surface, this collection of shorts by up-and-coming African American filmmakers arrived at a perfect time. The cutting-edge products of the New Black Cinema of the early '90s had disappeared, giving way to embarrassingly stereotypical, scatological fare such as Booty Call and Next Friday. This feature-packed compilation (which includes production notes, interviews with all of the filmmakers, and audio commentary by four) attempts to prove that African American cinema is intent on moving past the lowbrow humor, as six of the seven shorts steer clear of any comedy.
Based on the treatment of Pacific Island families during the New Zealand Dawn Raids of the 1970’s, this short is an intimate look into a police raid, as told through the eyes of a young girl Losa and her father Lupematasila.
An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.
Follows the exploits of two hapless stoners named Nixon and Hogan as they find themselves on the receiving end of a zombie apocalypse.
Drama that follows a couple who have returned home, to get the man's father's blessing for their marriage.
Archie and Bruno are two boys with mental problems. One day, instead of going to their theatre class, they wander around the city and spend the afternoon in a rather seedy pub.
A tense card game.
A young couple break into an abandoned school. Strangers to one another they struggle to achieve the intimacy they desire.
In a small Scottish town, a teenage girl is forced to visit her grandfather. When his infirmity turns their outing from a chore into outright humiliation, she must make a stark choice: his dignity or her own?
Anna struggles to establish a new life in Scotland, while trying to save her long-distance relationship with childhood sweetheart Pawel, who remains waiting in Poland.
In this soap-powder animation, ten-year-old John theorises on the miracle of space travel and speculates as to what the future might have in store.
Abel doesn't accept his step-father's presence and tries to persuade his mother to leave him, only she doesn't hear what he is trying to say. Abel gets caught up by his imagination to avoid having to deal a reality he will have to face.
In a small town, a police officer goes to the house of a teacher friend to question him about the sudden disappearance of one of his students, who had been responsible for a car accident that claimed the lives of a family of four.
Bob is a busboy, complacent with working his dead-end job. When his boss tells Bob that he is moving up in the company, the older, quiet cook, Lewy, opens up to Bob and shows him that there is more to life than cleaning tables.
Two apprentice violin makers are in love with the same girl, who happens to be the daughter of their mentor. A violin competition is scheduled, with the winner being the one who will marry the girl.
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
In an effort to land the guy she's been pining after since grade school, Abby hires a local stripper named Santa Monica to teach her everything she needs to know about confidence and sex.
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and who—is valued in this world.
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.