Joy (2000)

Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.

When Jasmine, a runaway teen, accepts a lift from a stranger, Mick, an older man searching for reconnection and forgiveness within his own family, she finds herself caught up in a messy situation and very far from home, coming to realise that running away is not always the solution.

Max Fisher (Jason Schwartzman), un estudiante de Rushmore, una de las escuelas más prestigiosas del país, es el editor del periódico escolar y el capitán y presidente de numerosos clubs y sociedades; pero también es un pésimo estudiante; por eso, no deja de pensar que algún día lo expulsarán del colegio. Max se enamora de la elegante profesora Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), pero su cortejo fracasa cuando se entera de que el señor Blume (Bill Murray), el padre de dos compañeros de clase, también intenta conquistar el amor de la profesora.

Cuando, en diciembre de 1941, el ejército japonés ocupa Shanghai, la privilegiada vida de James Graham, un niño inglés de clase alta, toca a su fin. Es separado de sus padres y confinado en un campo de concentración próximo a un aeropuerto militar chino. En un ambiente dominado por la tristeza y la miseria se verá obligado a madurar prematuramente, y eso condicionará su visión del mundo.

Ricky es un rebelde chico de ciudad de doce años al que no encuentran hogar de acogida para él, salvo una granja en medio de la nada con una pareja; ella encantadora, él, arisco y solitario. Cuando comienza a sentirse a gusto, un problema imprevisto dará pie a una caza humana por el campo neozelandés.

Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.

La película relata la historia de Agnes Ahlberg y Elin Olsson, alumnas de secundario en el "insignificante" pueblo de Åmål. Elin es extrovertida, popular y ha estado con innumerables chicos, pero encuentra su vida exasperantemente aburrida. Agnes, por el contrario, es tímida y no ha conseguido hacer amigos desde que se mudó con su familia a Åmål hace un año.

Shine is a teenager in Zimbabwe who doesn't believe in herself. In the face of life-altering events, she is forced to rely on her own ingenuity and determination to face her future.

Troy y Gabriella, alumnos del último curso, se enfrentan a la perspectiva de la separación ya que ambos emprenderán caminos diferentes en la universidad. Con ayuda del resto de los Wildcats, realizan un elaborado musical de primavera que refleja sus experiencias, sus esperanzas y sus inquietudes ante el futuro...

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.

Avoiding the annoying demands of social life, Cleo drifts in the darkness of her apartment with her dog Esperanza as her only companion. The tense stillness of this apathetic world will be interrupted by a series of encounters that will progressively disintegrate the limbo she inhabits.

Un adolescente introvertido realiza por accidente un descubrimiento en uno de los lagos cercanos a su hogar, destapando así los siniestros secretos de sus vecinos.

Christmas 1967, when hockey was played on outdoor rinks. The Boys form the parish's second team and are guaranteed participation in the Holiday Tournament as they are the hosts. Despite limited talent, they dream of victory. Off the ice, they will have to deal with all kinds of moments that one experiences at that age; some funny and some difficult. Together, however, they will face them. Together, they will try to grow, because this is how they have chosen to live: Together.

Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The desolate beauty of the coastline is captured in stunning panoramas, while strong performances by the young cast help to create a lyrical and poignant drama.

Throughout the three years of high school, Midori ate the bento lunch her dad made for her every single day. And in the very last bento of high school, Midori finds a photo of "the first high school bento" along with a hand written letter from her Dad.

Un fotógrafo quiere encontrar al hombre perfecto para su madre soltera y que puedan viajar por todo el mundo.

With an experimental treatment looming to cure her aggressive cancer, Jamie ventures to the lake where her and her girlfriend, Grace, fell in love, fearful it will be the last time she ever sees it.

Jack es un niño que vive con sus hermanos y sus padres en la Norteamérica de los años cincuenta. Mientras que su madre encarna el amor y la ternura en el seno familiar, su padre representa la severidad, pues se cree obligado a enseñarle a enfrentarse a un mundo hostil. Así, este viaje que comienza con la pérdida de la inocencia llegará hasta nuestros días, con Jack ya adulto recordando ciertos momentos trascendentes de su infancia, y la influencia de éstos en lo que él es ahora, y en lo que representa en su vida espiritual el recuerdo de su familia.

An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge.