Boy of the Streets (1938)

En la costa de Italia, una superviviente del Holocausto que regenta un centro de día (Sophia Loren), acoge a un chico senegalés musulmán que le robó y vive en la calle.

Comedia dramática que muestra la vida de una familia negra de clase media de Brooklyn a través de un niña de 10 años.

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

Sherry, una joven que intenta escapar de su vida anterior, conoce a un grupo radical callejero, los SPARK (Street People Armed with Radical Knowledge - Gente de la calle armada de ideología radical), cuando está viviendo en las calles de una ciudad europea. Decide montarse en la furgoneta de los SPARK y recorrer el continente, reclutando gente de los grupos callejeros.

A searing legal drama that centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating.

Tras su salida del reformatorio, los chicos de Palermo afrontan un futuro incierto. A un paso de la mayoría de edad y deambulando por una ciudad casi tercermundista en la que no podrán encontrar ni trabajo, ni futuro, encaminando sus pasos hacia la mas feroz delincuencia.

El joven Kim ha crecido en la India de finales del siglo XIX, durante la dominacion británica. Muy joven ingresa en el ejército colonial, donde trabaja como mensajero del coronel. En uno de sus muchos encargos descubre sus verdaderos orígenes y el misterio de su nacimiento. A partir de ahí empezará a luchar por la paz de forma totalmente incansable.

Ali, Kwita, Omar y Boubker son niños de la calle de Casablanca. Desde que abandonaron a Dib y su pandilla han estado viviendo en el puerto, pero Ali quiere ir más alla: quiere convertirse en marinero y viajar por el mundo. Un día, durante una confrontación con la pandilla de Dib, Ali es asesinado. Una vez devuelto el cuerpo al puerto podrían haberse olvidado de él y abandonarlo, pero deciden enterrarlo como un príncipe. Los tres chicos se embarcan en una serie de encuentros que les permiten reconstruir el sueño de su amigo, encontrar la isla de los dos soles de la que tanto hablaba Ali. Gradualmente este sueño se convierte en su objetivo, en su razón de vivir.

Karesz has been raised in an institution, his mother has a new family, and her husband does not tolerate that she meets her first-born son. Karesz tramps, joining up with his casual pals he washes the windscreens of cars, sells newspapers; sometimes they steal, or break into houses if hired.

A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.

BIRD IN THE SKY is a gritty, poetic tale of a young man’s spiritual struggle on the streets of New York City. Rob has been given a second chance to right the wrongs of his street-wise past; he must perform a miracle to be saved. His fate lies in his love for a young woman, Kay, who is coping with the loss of her child.

Four lads find themselves in a situation where they have to take on a powerful man (and his innumerable henchmen) to reclaim their identity.

Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.

For the summer, troublemaker Freddie Egan is being sent to a camp-style juvenile detention center, while spoiled rich-kid Frederick Egan III is going to a luxurious getaway for kids of the elite. Until a name mix-up at the bus-boarding area sends the boys to each other's destinations, and while Eddie gets a taste of the good life, Frederick has to deal with being without all his usual comforts. Eventually, they both learn some valuable life-lessons.

A case of juvenile violence called "Horrible Tortures" shocks the city. The highest sentencing is life in prison. However, one of the most important criminal in the case, Beep, is only sentenced to seven-year imprisonment. The verdict has the other story behind.

Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate relationship develops. He helps her repair her shattered self-esteem and she begins to feel loved and secure. But then she discovers his secret - he tells her he is Jesus Christ.

Dambarey is a street kid, who in a dendrite induced trance, turns invincible to outfox Kathmandu with his gang of five. Little does he know that his altered mind is playing wicked tricks to lead him and his friends to a place of no return.

According to the story, the heroes of the backyard are "Impression from the moment when a child realizes that childhood is transient". The scriptwriters combined episodes in the film on Merima's two works and placed events in an unspecified town after the wars. Costumes and sculptures refer to the wooden houses of the 1940s and 1950s. The venues included Suomenlinna and the Ruiskumestari House in Helsinki Kruununhaa. The backyard heroes were filmed for 16mm film originally as a television movie , but also taken to theatrical release.