Eugenio, un niño sin amor (1980)

A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative's house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along their son. Something terrible happens on their way...

This coming of age story is about a gay boy, Goyo, as he discovers himself. Living with his Mexican family in the Coachella Valley, Goyo has a hard time hiding his sexual preferences. Although Goyo seeks acceptance from his father Ramon, Ramon will not accept that his only son is gay. Adding to the situation is that his sister Rosa and Goyo both fall in love with the same guy.

This story is set in the "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new snow white bra, and stepping out into the world as a young woman. She has an obsession with breasts and bras and can't help but stare at other girls and women, even the head nun doesn't escape her gaze. Otherwise, her world revolves around her three friends, Ruth, Claire and Orla, who are more experienced in the ways of the world. They wear bras already (except Claire the feminist) and they've all had boyfriends. The new bra is a start but they really hope Maeve can find a fella, even offering kissing lessons to prepare her. What no one expects, least of all Maeve, is that she should snare the local sixteen-year old heartthrob. Maeve is so smitten with him that she lets her friends down when they need her the most...

In Paris, in 1942, on a Thursday, the Parisian police herded together some 13,000 Jews for deportation to German territory. In this story, Paul (Christian Rist) is a teenager who tries to prevent this from happening. At first he attempts to save two elderly Jews, but they are resigned to their fate and comply with the order to assemble. For a short while, he is able to keep Jeanne (Christine Pascal) from joining them, but, after a long and strenuous day, she finally escapes from him he is too tired to chase after her.

It has been a year since his older brother has left and Willy, fifteen, is waiting impatiently for him to come home. He thinks he knows everything about Théo, but shortly after his return, he discovers a secret about him.

The story begins with an experiment. A filmmaker in the country of Georgia posts an ad inviting youth to audition for her film. Facing the camera, the hopefuls confess their struggles and dreams. These raw interviews unfold seamlessly into cinematic slivers of Georgian life.

The screen story of four teenagers, on whom the horrors of war had left an indelible mark. Their relatives’ deaths and their yearning for fighting the Nazis led them, one way or another, to a sea cadet school that had been opened on Solovetski Islands at the start of the war. This film tells of men’s friendship, the boys’ first baptism of fire, and the victory…

Perhaps the most ebullient “musical” you’ll see this year, Marc-Henri Wajnberg’s singular documentary/fiction hybrid follows a group of street children in the Congolese capital.

Un ejército infantil se enfrenta a un anciano por la posesión de unas tierras en las que ellos solían jugar, pero que él quiere cerrar para su uso privado.

The story takes place in a small village on the beach of Sea of Azov at the beginning of 1960s. Adolescents passionately dream of love about which they have heard from their elder experienced friends. 16 year-old Ignat is the first to find out what the real feeling is. His love for an adventuress who pretends to be a singer from capital becomes destructive.

En 1939, José Garcés, vencido y prisionero en el campo de concentración de Argéles (Francia), consigue mantenerse con vida aferrándose a sus recuerdos. Sobre todo al recuerdo de su primer amor, Valentina, la hija del notario, una niña rubia y angelical que se convirtió en su imposible ideal y a la que nunca debía olvidar. Ambos tuvieron una historia de amor en un pueblo del norte de España hacia 1911. José Garcés a los 12 años era un niño lleno de vitalidad que duda entre ser héroe, santo o poeta, y que inventa lo que sea necesario para estar con Valentina, pese a las amenazas familiares y a la sombra inquietante de los padres de la novia. Mosén Joaquín, profesor del niño, es el único en comprender la fuerza de su pasión.

Matei lives with his grandfather in Romania. His parents have gone to work in Italy. After arguing with his grandfather, he leaves. A poignant, beautifully shot film on the illusions and disillusionments of childhood.

Matthew es un niño que acaba de dejar la escuela. Es guapo y atlético y se cree gay. Mantiene una amistad con un solo amigo de la escuela, Phil, que se ha mantenido con Matthew a pesar de las reacciones hostiles de sus compañeros. A medida que su relación se vuelve más intensa, la novia de Phil, Sharon, y sus compañeros de clase se vuelven vengativos y agresivos. Los dos amigos se encuentran condenados al ostracismo tanto por amigos como por familiares y deciden huir.

El documental narra cómo los aspirantes a cineastas Chris Stamp y Kit Lambert, buscando un tema para su película underground, acaban descubriendo y siendo mánagers y mentores de la banda de rock inglesa The Who.

Three generations of one family weather the challenges of living in modern-day Indonesia, the largest Muslim community on the globe.

Surreal tale of a 14 year-old boy who dreams of escaping the loneliness from an unhappy home & sexual abuse (from his mother's boyfriend who is also his school swimming coach). One day his back mysteriously sprouts feathers and he can metaphorically fly away from it all.

An Air Force officer returns to his father, son and remarried wife in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.

Alejandro Gerber Bicecci's "Vaho" (Becloud) tells the story of three childhood friends, Andres, Felipe, and Jose, and their lives in a dusty, run down corner of Mexico City. The boys were inseparable until they witnessed a tragedy that haunts them to the present day. The tragedy shaped each boy differently, and had a profound effect on their lives.

15-year-old Moritz lives in a posh area of Hamburg, but his parents did not care about it. The teenager suffers from ridicule of his classmates and finds refuge in his dreams and playing the saxophone. Only when he joins a band and began performing there Moritz pulled out of the vicious circle, and finds love with new friends...

Aunque alguna vez fue coronel en Argentina, el personaje principal de esta película ahora es un rico exiliado que vive en París con su amada esposa, quien no ha podido tener hijos. Para llenar este vacío en sus vidas, él alimenta y viste a los niños abandonados, criándolos en su mansión como si fueran suyos. Como nunca sería el caso en la vida real de hoy, en esta historia fantástica ambientada en 1925, nadie se opone a este comportamiento, y viven juntos de forma agradable y placentera. Las cosas se vuelven mucho más animadas cuando un mago escénico coloca a su atractiva hija en la casa del coronel, lo que despierta un vivo interés romántico de sus hijos y del gran hombre.