Ausência (2014)

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself.

Marcos and his family work as ranch hands. While his father and brother handle the heavier tasks, Marcos stays home, close to his mother. Each one has their future laid out before them, yet Marcos bides his time waiting for Carnival, the one moment where he can let his true self out to shine. The sudden death of his father leaves his family in a very vulnerable situation. The ranch owner hounds them to go away, while Marcos’s mother pressures him to take over the work in the fields. Nicknamed Marilyn by the other teenagers in town, Marcos is a target for desire and discrimination.

Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on the south shore of Long Island, New York

A young Jewish boy travels europe in search of the grave of his Great Grandfather who was killed by the Nazis in the War.

Após o misterioso desaparecimento de sua esposa, Madalena, Elon imerge em uma jornada insone pelos cantos mais sombrios da cidade, buscando entender o que pode ter acontecido com Madalena, na tentativa de não perder sua sanidade pelo caminho.

Treze cineastas europeus pensam Sarajevo, e o que a cidade representou para a história europeia dos últimos cem anos, desde o início da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Todos eles realizadores proeminentes, de diferentes origens e gerações, oferecem estilos e visões excepcionalmente singulares sobre a cidade, o velho continente, os fantasmas do passado e o seu reflexo no presente.

São Paulo é um barril de pólvora prestes a explodir. Em meio ao turbilhão da cidade, um jornalista, um ex-ladrão de automóveis e uma mulher misteriosa vivem um intenso triângulo amoroso. O choque entre seus desejos e o atrito entre as faces opostas da cidade apontam a urgência de mudanças radicais.

Juninho, Menor, Neguinho, Adilson e Eldo são jovens moradores do bairro do Nacional, na periferia de Contagem. Divididos entre o trabalho e o lazer, o crime e a esperança, cada um deles terá que encontrar maneiras de superar os obstáculos e domar o tigre que mora dentro deles.

At the impressionable age of 16, young Mateo faces a dilemma about the direction his life will take when his corrupt uncle asks him to infiltrate a local Barrancabermeja theatre group to uncover its members' political activities.

A advogada Helena é uma jovem idealista que defende crianças e jovens infratores. Ela tem a custódia de seu irmão caçula, Caio. Órfãos, os dois têm um relacionamento de muita cumplicidade e o afeto entre eles é visível, mas Caio é um adolescente instável e impulsivo, que vive cercado por amigos de reputação duvidosa. Um dia, o jovem comete um delito e torna-se réu na Vara da Infância e Juventude de Santos, local onde Helena trabalha.

Um marido farrista deixa a esposa só em casa no dia do aniversário de seu casamento. O criado, condoído com a tristeza da esposa, imagina um plano para ajudá-la a reconquistar o marido: esposa e criado fingem um adultério e, chamado à casa por um bilhete anônimo denunciando a pretensa traição da esposa, o marido acredita na farsa. Louco de ciúmes, prepara-se para matar os amantes quando o criado lhe conta a verdade. Regenerado com a lição, marido e mulher fazem as pazes e trocam carinhos. Filmagens na Avenida Paulista, em frente ao Trianon e Parque Siqueira Campos. Resumo a partir de material examinado. (Cinemateca Brasileira)

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives apart from them and is mainly heard the phone. Most of all she wants to reunite a family that simply doesn’t work — like a defective TV set. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem’s Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. “Communion” reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that failure is not final. Especially when love is in question.

O garoto Francisco passa os dias acompanhando seu pai nas estradas. O homem é motorista do imponente Big Jato, um caminhão-pipa utilizado para limpar as fossas da cidade sem saneamento básico. Porém, Francisco está mais interessado nas ideias do tio, um artista libertário e anarquista. À medida que descobre o primeiro amor, ele percebe a vocação para se tornar poeta.

Mina foi parar atrás das grades após um crime de corrupção. Mas o mandante, o senador Franco, usa sua influência para mantê-la presa e abafar o caso.

In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he's starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he's a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.

A story about a young boy, Otto, whose childhood is brought to an abrupt end when Frank, an older boy, suddenly enters his life.

Joca (Eduardo Macedo), um jovem de treze anos, descobre o amor quando conhece Basano (Adeli Benitez), uma menina paraguaia. No entanto, para conquistá-la, Joca passará por grandes dificuldades relativos a problemas de fronteira entre o Brasil e o Paraguai e a relação seu irmão Fernando (Cauã Reymond), um homem que pertence a uma perigosa gangue de motociclistas.

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.

Matthew is a boy who just left school. He is handsome and athletic and believes himself to be gay. He retains a friendship with only one school friend, Phil, who has stuck by Matthew despite hostile reactions from his peers. As their relationship grows more intense, Phil's girlfriend Sharon and his classmates become vindictive and aggressive. The two friends find themselves ostracized by both friends and family and decide to run away.

“My best friend, Anna, asked me if I would mind taking her fifteen-year-old son Itvan to Berlin with me. I accepted immediately.” An elegant, refined man in his forties sets off with Itvan on a long, enjoyable journey, his Winter Journey. They cross snowbound Germany by car. As the man drives the boy through cities and countryside, Itvan discovers the past and the vast job of reunification now underway. Poetry and culture are also part of the journey, which is accompanied by classical German music. When their paths cross with the man's former lovers or the journey provides unexpected encounters, Itvan also gets to know more about the man's own life. When they finally arrive in Berlin, their ways must part. Itvan watches the man leave, taking the melancholy of his existence with him. However their journey together has created an unbreakable tie between the two men. Itvan will never be the same again.