1999 by Samara Chadwick Parabola Films, Beauvoir Films | 90’ | Canada/Switzerland | 2018 | HD |

A MI LADO (BY MY SIDE) by Jean-Cosme Delaloye JCDE Productions | 95’ - 55’ | USA | 2012 | HD Some mothers put their children first. Some don’t. To survive in the trash of the Chureca, Central America’s largest dump located in Nicaragua, three young women will have to determine whether their mothers are their best allies or unexpected foes.

A RIVER CHANGES COURSE by Kalyanee Mam | Migrant Films, Documentation Center of Cambodia | 83’ | Cambodia - USA | 2013 Twice a year in Cambodia, the Tonle Sap River changes course, while the river of life flows in a perpetual cycle of death and rebirth and of creation and destruction. Working in an intimate, verite style, Kalyanee Mam, spent two years in her native homeland following three young Cambodians struggling to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt.

A Year of Hope by Mikala Krogh Danish Documentary Production, Submarine (NL) | 84' & 58' | Denmark | 2017 | HD & DCP | A Year of Hope is a coming of age story, in which we follow a group of Filipino street boys from the slum of Manila, who get a chance to change their lives forever. But how do you save boys, who have experienced the worst traumas thinkable?

After the Rain by Jian Fan FAN Film Studio, Golden Doc Productions, Black Cat Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tencent News | 104' | China | 2021 | 2K | After an earthquake razed a Chinese city to the ground in 2008, more than six thousand parents were encouraged to replace the children they lost and move on with their lives. AFTER THE RAIN follows two of these families for over a decade. Haunted by fear, resentment, and unspeakable grief, the families find hope beyond intergenerational trauma to build towards an uncertain tomorrow.

Agnus Dei: Lamb of God by Alejandra Sanchez La Femme Endormie, Imcine & Pepa Films | 84’ - 52’ | Mexico/France | 2010 | HDV | Agnus Dei is a courageous, candid documentary on the thorny subject of pedophilia in the Catholic Church. As an 11-year-old altar boy, Jesús, now 26, was abused by a priest. After years of silence, he decides not only to bring criminal charges against his aggressor, but to confront him in the flesh. This is the story of Jesús’s journey, a mandatory hiatus on the road to forgiveness, born of a deep-seated need to come to terms with the past. Jesús is torn between brotherly love and anger toward his sexual predator in this film full of nuances that gives a name and a face to a problem stigmatized by silence.

All-in by Volkan Üce Cassette for timescapes, Halal (NL), Little Big Story, Onomatopee Films (BE), Magellan Films (BE), | 80’&52’ | Belgium, The Netherlands, France | 2021 | 4K | Two innocent boys, a Turk and a Kurd, start working in a gigantic all-inclusive hotel at the Turkish Riviera. They observe the colourful bikini’s, the un-emptied plates, the different ways of addressing other people, and gradually discover new opportunities to move ahead in life. ALL-IN explores the coming of age within the European dream, but that comes at a cost. Initial kindness turns into indifference and dishonesty... In ALL-IN, the hotel functions as a microcosm for a more universal story about the loss of innocence, when newcomers try to adapt to our capitalistic first world societies.

AT THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCHOOL by Fernand Melgar Climage | 97’ | Switzerland | 2018 | 4K | The adventure of a small group of children different from the others, who open themselves to life and to the world.

Better this World by Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway Loteria Films | 89’ | USA | 2011 | HDCAM | The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. Better This World follows the radicalization of these boyhood friends from Midland, Texas, under the tutelage of revolutionary activist Brandon Darby. The results: eight homemade bombs, multiple domestic terrorism charges and a high-stakes entrapment defense hinging on the actions of a controversial FBI informant. Better This World goes to the heart of the war on terror and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in post-9/11 America.

BLUSH OF FRUIT by Jakeb Anhvu | 82’ - 52’ | Australia | 2012 | HD In a modest three-story home located in the beachside town of Nha Trang in central Vietnam, reside four young expectant mothers. These runaways are given shelter, but in return, they must care for the centre’s 18 orphaned children. The home’s owner, Tong Phuoc Phuc, has been praised by the country’s Prime Minister for his work as an anti-abortionist and a saviour to ‘fallen’ women and their unwanted children. But there is a darker side to the home’s media-savvy front. Referred to as a ‘business’ by the mothers and their local community, donations continue to pour in, despite evidence of child abuse and profiteering

Buddha in Africa by Nicole Schafer Thinking Strings Media , Momento films (Sweden) | 90’ & 60’ | Malawi/South Africa/Sweden | 2019 | HD | In a Chinese Buddhist orphanage in Africa, the film follows the story of Enock Alu, a Malawian orphan from a rural village growing up between the contrasting worlds of his traditional African culture and the strict discipline of the Confucian, Buddhist value system of the Chinese. Once the star performer with dreams of becoming a martial arts hero like Jet Li, Enock, in his final year at school, has to make some tough decisions about his future and finds himself torn between returning to his relatives in the village or going abroad to study in China.

BUTTERFLY by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Indyca snc | 80’ & 52’ | Italy | 2018 | | Intimately filmed over 3 years, this coming of age story delicately portrays Italian teenager Irma’s rise to fame, and the crushing defeat that changes her life and sense of self.

Children of the Mist by Diem Ha Le Varan Vietnam Co., Ltd | 90’ | Vietnam | 2021 | HD | Di is a 12-year-old girl living in a village lost in the mist of Northwest Vietnamese mountains. She belongs to the Hmong ethnic minority where women get married very young, enduring the controversial tradition of ‘bride-kidnapping’. When Di enters puberty, her personality changes drastically. The carefree little girl has turns into an impetuous, hypersensitive teenager constantly arguing with her mother who is trying to keep her away from reckless relationships that she is not mature enough to handle. On the Lunar New Year’s Eve, when Di’s parents come back home after celebrating, the house is silent: Di has disappeared.

China Heavyweight by Yung Chang EyeSteelFilm | 89' | Canada, China | 2012 | HD | Award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) returns to China for another riveting documentary on that country’s ever-changing economic landscape—this time through the lens of sports. In China Heavyweight, Chang follows the charismatic Qi Moxiang, a former boxing star and state coach who recruits young fighting talent from the impoverished farms and villages across Sichuan province. A select few boys (and girls) are sent to national training centers, with the hope of discovering China’s next Olympic heroes. But will these potential boxing champions leave it all behind to be the next Mike Tyson? Their rigorous training, teenage trials and family tribulations are expertly intertwined with Coach Qi’s own desire to get back in the ring for one more shot at victory. Cinematically rich and intimately observed, China Heavyweight is all at once thrilling sports drama, astute social commentary and a beautifully crafted portrait of an athlete.

Oscar contender Communion / Komunia - a film by Anna Zamecka now playing in U.S theaters

SHORTLISTED for the 91st Academy Awards in the Documentary Feature Category BEST FILM -Polish Independent Cinema Award 2018 BEST DOCUMENTARY - European Film Awards 2017 COMMUNION by Anna Zamecka Otter Films - Wajda Studio | 72’ | Poland | 2016 | HD 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 separately; but most of all she tries to reunite the family.

Die Before Blossom by Ariani Djalal Tanamera, Goethe-Institut Jakarta | 89’ | Indonesia | 2014 | HDV | An observational documentary about the end of childhood, describing how young Muslim girls grow up in Indonesia’s Middle class of today. The film portrays two families during a decisive period of their daughters’ school careeers in Yogyakarta. In the mean time, the public education system in Indonesia is changing under the politics parties.

HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE by Stephen T. Maing Mud Horse Pictures LLC | 88’ - 58’ | USA | 2012 | HD >HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE follows the journey of two of China’s first citizen reporters as they travel the country - chronicling underreported news and social issues stories. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras they develop skills as independent one-man news stations while learning to navigate China’s evolving censorship regulations and avoiding the risk of political persecution.

I Am Here by Lixin Fan Oriental Companion Media(Beijing) Co,Ltd | 86’ | China | 2014 | HD | Every week, millions of viewers tune in to China’s most popular singing competition, Super Boy. Tens of thousands of aspiring male singers audition every year for this prestigious talent show, but only ten make it into the months-long competition. I Am Here immerses us in the finalists’ gruelling, adrenalizing experience, even as it raises provocative questions about the social context of such a phenomenon. Fan, director of the multi-award-winning Last Train Home, this time tackles popular youth culture — the tech-savvy generation armed with smartphones and disposable income — and its palpable obsession with fame.

I Am Kuba by Ase Svenheim Drivenes Sant & Usant, AMP Polska, Poland | 58’ | Norway / Poland / Germany | 2014 | HD | When the familybusiness goes bankrupt Kuba (12) and Mikołaj's (8) parents are forced to leave Poland to find work abroad. "I am Kuba" is a coming-of-age film about Kuba who must take care of his little brother while his parents are away. As times goes by, Kuba becomes a teenager and rejects the big responsibilty on his young shoulders. His family is forced to make a life changing decision. Kuba's story is also the story about modern Europe. It is estimated that only in Poland more than 100,000 children are left by their parents who are forced to work abroad. «I am Kuba» is an intimate film about children growing up as 'euro-orphans'.

Israel LTD by Mor Loushy One Man Show, Plan B Productions | 52' | Israel | 2009 | Video | Israel Ltd. follows three young Jews joining the Israel Experience, a journey to the promised land, a journey by bus past contested borders, through Druze villages, over the Golan Heights, and on to Mount Herzel Cemetery and the Wailing Wall. Military guides describe the sacrifices made and heroic deeds done for the one true fatherland: the Yom Kippur War, the struggle against Hezbollah, and the cultivation of fertile trees in desert soil. These are things every Jew can be proud of, Israeli or not.

Karla’s Arrival by Koen Suidgeest El Rayo Films | 88' - 58' | Spain-Belgium-USA | 2010 | HDV 16:9 | In Managua, Nicaragua, teenager Sujeylin Aguilar raises her newborn daughter Karla on the same streets she has been calling home for the past eight years. Based in a city park and part of a larger group of youngsters, mother and baby struggle to reach the little one’s first birthday.

Los Reyes by Ivan Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut Perut + Osnovikoff Ltda., Dirk Manthey Film | 77’&52’ | Chile, Germany | 2018 | HD | Chola and Football are a couple of street dogs that live in the Los Reyes skatepark. A microcosm is organized around them, composed of things, animals and young adolescents in conflict with an adult world that they reject but are required to enter.

Love Marriage in Kabul by Amin Palangi Bower Bird Films Pty Ltd | 84” - 52’ | Australia | 2015 | HD | Love Marriage in Kabul follows the extraordinary quest of Afghan-Australian woman, Mahboba Rawi, as she passionately negotiates and challenges old traditions to make a love marriage happen between an orphan boy she has supported for years and the girl next door.

Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing by Jocelyn Ford Stories that Matter LTD | 52’&76’ | China / USA | 2014 | HD & HDV | A Tibetan farmer is torn between her traditional way of life and her desire for her son to have a better future in the city. Shot in the slums of Beijing and a remote village near the epicenter of Tibetan self-immolations, this epic family story puts a human face on the political strife that fractures China and Tibet.

ONCE AURORA by Stian Servoss & Benjamin Langeland Thorvald Nilsen | Norway | 70’ - 52’ | 2019 Aurora is a pop music sensation from a small town in Western Norway. She was discovered at the age of 16, dropped out of school, and spent the next years touring the world with her first album. At the age of 20 she is at a breaking point. Is this really what she wants, and if not, does she have any other option but to continue?

IDFA’14: Nominated for Best First Appearance Placebo by Abhay Kumar Storyteller Ink., Helsinki Filmi | 52’ - 60’ & 96’ | India | 2014 | HD | After witnessing an act of brutal violence, a film maker starts following the lives of four students at one of the toughest med schools in the world. However, as the camera starts infiltrating this complex mindscape of ambition and restless youth, a startling new reality begins to emerge- one in which lines between life and death blur easily.

Poisoned by Daniel Sivan One Man Show, One Man Show | 50' | Israel | 2010 | | Growing-up in Israel means going to the army -It is not a question, It is the law. Once you turn 18 you are a soldier or a deserter – It’s as simple as that. The film follows four best friends from high-school and during the entire army service. During 3 years of service, the boys are transformed into soldiers; they become commanders, serve in the Occupied Territories and are confronted with ideological and emotional conflicts that lead them to lose all faith in the army and finally grow-up. It is the story of children in Israel, maturing in an insane reality.

Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution by Yony Leyser Desire Productions GmbH, Totho Productions CpH | 83’ & 56’ | USA | 2017 | HD | In the mid 1980s, two 20-year-old punks, Bruce LaBruce and GB Jones created a movement known as Homocore, later known as Queercore. Unhappy with the Gay Rights Movement’s conformist thrust and the macho aggressiveness of the Punk scene, they decided to create their own revolution from their bedrooms. Before internet fact-checking, when punk was a way of life, and Kurt Cobain was spray painting “God Is Gay”

Raise the Bar by Gudjon Ragnarsson Sagafilm, Pystymetsä | 70’ | Iceland, Finland | 2020 | 2K | High anxiety and a low self-esteem is a known and growing problem for young girls today. We get an insight into the mind of the girls and their path towards their teenage years. This is a story about growing up, were we explore the ideas the girls have about themselves and what is changing in their lives as they train basketball in a way we have hardly seen before. We look at them both as individuals, as girls in sports and as team players. The basketball is the red thread through the story, but adding the layers of the individual girls into the film to understand how they are taking the tools they are handed and using that in their everyday life. It therefore also deals with child participation in matters that are important to them.

Reach for the Sky by Steven Dhoedt, Choi Wooyoung VisualAntics, Boda Media Group | 90’ & 52’ | Belgium/South Korea | 2015 | HD | Every year, on the 2nd Thursday of November, the entire country of South-Korea is put to the test. That day, more than half a million senior high school students take part in the National University Exam, better known as Suneung. ‘Reach for the Sky’ tells the story of several South-Korean high school students, their families and teachers, as they prepare for the annual National Exam. The exam will not only determine where the high school seniors will attend university but ultimately also their status in the Korean hierarchical society.

State of Play by Steven Dhoedt VisualAntics, Minch&Films | 85’ - 55' | Belgium | 2013 | | In Seoul, hundreds of young boys compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft. As top players earn hundreds of thousands of euros, being a professional gamer isn’t only a wise career move, it is also the path to respect and credibility in the highly competitive society of South Korea. The stars of the Starcraft league are national celebrities, participating on all levels of popular culture.But what happens when play becomes work? For some it will be a struggle to stay on top of their game, for others it might be the turning point of their lives.

Tchindas by Pablo Garcia Pérez de Lara, Marc Serena Doble Banda | 94’ & 52’ | Spain | 2015 | HD | A tiny island works together to make something beautiful out of nothing: a Carnival. There we meet Tchinda, one of their most beloved women, especially after coming out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the way local people call queer Cape Verdeans.

THE AL-MAHDI SCOUTS by Bruno Ulmer Ladybirds Films | 80’ | France | 2011 | 16mm The Al-Mahdi scouts are Shiite Muslims. An Islamic community, originally from southern Lebanon, who follows the prophet Mohamed and his descendants and whose lives are affected by the Israeli-Arab conflict. The Al-Mahdi scouts were created in the wake of Hezbollah. The film’s examination of three young scouts raises many questions for us. Are they just like other scouts ? What do they tell us of their vision Lebanon, and its reality ?

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk Albatros Communicos Film Production, Moonmakers | 73' | Ukraine | 2020 | | Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. To rent or buy for home use only follow this link: VIMEO ON DEMAND

The Magic Life of V by Tonislav Hristov Making Movies Oy, Kirstine Barfod Film, Soul Food Ltd | 82’ | Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria | 2019 | HD | While trying to become more independent and to help her mentally disabled brother through live-role-playing, a young woman haunted by her childhood traumas learns how to face her own past.

The Night by Steffan Strandberg Indie Film as, Walking the Dog, Fasad Produktion | 63' & 58' | Norway | 2017 | HD | When Steffan's mother died, he felt nothing. No sadness, no sense of relief. How did it come to this?

The Road to Fame by Hao Wu Tripod Media LLC | 80’ - 56' | China | 2013 | HD | The film gives a rare, intimate look at the coming-of-age of some of China's most promising yet confused youth. It chronicles the staging of the musical 'Fame' by the graduating class of China's top drama academy, in China's first official collaboration with Broadway. It follows five students of divergent personalities and family backgrounds as they compete for roles, struggle with the expectations of teachers and parents, and prepare to graduate into China's reality of huge wealth gap and rampant corruption. Often confused by the conflicting cultural values shaping China today, the students must confront their anxieties about an uncertain future and negotiate their own paths to fame.

The Woodmans by C Scott Willis C Scott Films LCC | 82’ - 60' | USA | 2010 | HD | The Woodmans are a family of well-known artists bonded in their belief of art-making as the highest form of expression, but for their daughter Francesca -- one of the late 20th century’s most recognized and influential photographer -- fame came only after a tragedy that would forever scar the family. The Woodmans traces the story of a family broken and then healed by their art.

Tokyo Idols by Kyoko Miyake Brakeless Limited, EyeSteelFilm | 88' & 52' | UK/Canada | 2017 | HD | Girl bands and their pop music permeate every moment of Japanese life. Following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols explores a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with young female sexuality, and the growing disconnect between men and women in hyper-modern societies.

Tongue Cutters by Solveig Melkeraaen Medieoperatørene as | Norway | 2017 | Cod season is the backdrop of the story of Ylva (9) and Tobias (10). Ylva lives in Oslo and comes to visit her grandparents – and to learn cod tongue cutting. Tobias has worked on the docks since he was six and is already skilled with the knife. Now he is to tutor Ylva. We follow their friendship and get to see how children, when given the opportunity, take on responsibility for work, life and for each other.

Transnistra by Anna Eborn Momento Film, Adomeit Film, Clin d’oeil films | 93’ | Sweden, Denmark, Belgium | 2019 | | Shot on 16mm, Transnistra follows a group of young people as they move from a carefree summer through an unforgiving winter in the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria. At the forefront is Tanya, a headstrong young woman who spends her time with young men who all seem to be in love with her.

Wake up on Mars by Dea Gjinovci Mélisande Films , Alva Film, Amok Films | 74’ | France, Switzerland | 2020 | 4K | A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resignation Syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tight-knit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a spaceship to leave it all behind.

We did it on a Song by David André Brotherfilms | 82’ | France | 2014 | HD | This film tells the stormy tale of a group of friends from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a French town hit by the financial crisis. A year between dreams and disillusion, imagined by teenagers from a working or middle class background, with songs that regularly add poetry, laughter, and emotion to reality.