ホームレス中学生 (2008)

ラスベガスに住むアルコール依存症の母と、家を出て行った家庭内暴力を振るう父との間に生まれた、少年トレバー。 中学1年生(アメリカでは7年生)になったばかりの彼は、社会科の最初の授業で、担当のシモネット先生と出会う。先生は「もし自分の手で世界を変えたいと思ったら、何をする?」という課題を生徒たちに与える。生徒達のほとんどは、いかにも子供らしいアイディアしか提案できなかったが、トレバーは違った。彼の提案した考えは、「ペイ・フォワード」。自分が受けた善意や思いやりを、その相手に返すのではなく、別の3人に渡すというものだ。 トレバーはこれを実践するため、“渡す”相手を探す。仕事に就かない薬物中毒の男、シモネット先生、いじめられている同級生…。 いろいろと試みるものの、なかなかうまくいかず、「ペイ・フォワードは失敗だったのではないか」とトレバーは思い始める。しかし、トレバーの気づかないところで、このバトンは次々に受け渡されていた。

Se-jin, a high school student, becomes pregnant and gets ostracized by her family and school. While wandering the streets, she meets Joo-yeong, an experienced runaway, and tries to get an abortion with Joo-yeong's help.

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

ドラッグが蔓延するブルックリンの劣悪なエリアを舞台に、ドラッグ中毒であるカリスマ歴史教師と彼の秘密を知ってしまった女子生徒の交流、教師の闇からの再生を描く。ライアン・ゴズリング主演による幻の衝撃作。

A coming-of-age tale about an adolescent boy and his efforts to fit in amongst a varied cast of characters.

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.

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

住田佑一（染谷将太）、15歳。彼の願いは“普通”の大人になること。大きな夢を持たず、ただ誰にも迷惑をかけずに生きたいと考える住田は、実家の貸ボート屋に集う、震災で家を失くした大人たちと平凡な日常を送っていた。茶沢景子（二階堂ふみ）、15歳。夢は、愛する人と守り守られ生きること。他のクラスメートとは違い、大人びた雰囲気を持つ住田に恋い焦がれる彼女は、彼に猛アタックをかける。疎ましがられながらも住田との距離を縮めていけることに日々喜びを感じる茶沢。しかし、そんな2人の日常は、ある日を境に思いもよらない方向に転がり始めていく。借金を作り、蒸発していた住田の父（光石研）が戻ってきたのだ。金の無心をしながら、住田を激しく殴りつける父親。さらに、母親（渡辺真起子）もほどなく中年男と駆け落ち。住田は中学3年生にして天涯孤独の身となる。そんな住田を必死で励ます茶沢。そして、彼女の気持ちが徐々に住田の心を解きほぐしつつあるとき、“事件”は起こった……。“普通”の人生を全うすることを諦めた住田は、その日からの人生を“オマケ人生”と名付け、その目的を世の中の害悪となる“悪党”を見つけ出し、自らの手で殺すことと定める。夢と希望を諦め、深い暗闇を歩き出した少年と、ただ愛だけを信じ続ける少女。2人は、巨大な絶望を乗り越え、再び希望という名の光を見つけることができるのだろうか……。

Benoit is the new kid at a junior high school. He's bullied by a gang of arrogant boys who make things difficult for him. Determined not to be pushed around, Benoit organizes a big party and invites the whole class. But on the night of the party, only three students turn up...

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.

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.

When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.

A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.

A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.

Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.

In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.

克也は団地と学校の往復を日常にする中学2年生。朝9時〜夕方5時に働く平凡な父と韓流ドラマに夢中の地味な母、2段ベッドで一緒に寝ている無神経な妹の4人暮らしだ。思春期真っただ中の克也は、あるエッチな目的を達成するために、体を柔らかくする“自主トレ”に精を出していた。そして、とうとう限界まで背骨を折り曲げ、妄想の世界にトリップしてしまう。そんなある日、上の階にシングルファーザーの下井が引っ越して来る。