Nagisa

Year of Enlightment

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded by boys all much younger than he is, feels a bit like the cock of the walk since the only other man around is the handyman Emilio who looks after the gardens and does whatever needs to be done about the place. His wife, Rafaela, is the cook. Manolo meets Irene, a falangist who runs the sanatorium, and the school teacher, Miss Transito, a crabby spinster. He has his first sexual experience, albeit as a voyeur, with his nurse Vicenta. When she has to leave, her place is taken by a girl from the village, Maria Jesus, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.

Pressure

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.

TPánico

Left on her own after being ditched by her group, Kiara — a young film student — must complete a demanding university project while spiraling into a creative and emotional breakdown.

Myra Is (Not) Okay

A joyful young woman spends her day doing errands for a friend's house party, where she meets a charming young man who sees through her endearing disguise.

Swimming with Fishes

Young and imaginative Leila is ready to do anything to escape the boredom of everyday life with her father. Her new boyfriend seems to be the key to evasion, but she will soon discover that her fantasies are not just sham.

If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing

After being brutally dumped, 17-year-old Sydnie discovers she is pregnant. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her ex back and give her life direction, she decides to keep the baby. She soon realizes that this won’t be the quick fix she had hoped for and finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle and totally lost.

Montage

Within the span of one day leading up to an important performance, the friendship between two young women is tested when one of them decides to leave New York forever.

Those Kids

After a violent confrontation leaves a local bully dead, three teenage friends struggle to keep their lives from unraveling as guilt, fear, and paranoia tear them apart.

The Thistle in the Kiss

Declan has had no luck with the holidays: his girlfriend Stephanie broke up with him on the way to Christmas dinner. He's managed to keep it secret until New Year's Day, when his car breaks down and his sister Rachel shows up to help him fix it. Crumbling under her relentless curiosity, Declan is now on a crash course to confront the poor decisions of his life.

Breathe

The coming of age of Bram, a young boy navigating growing up with his best friend amidst complex feelings and sexual discovery.

UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN

A withdrawn boy spends the summer in the countryside, coping with the loss of his grandmother and his parents’ separation, while communicating with her through an old tape recorder as a mysterious unseen world slowly begins to emerge.

Tea in the Harem

The story of two youths – one Algerian, one French – who become juvenile delinquents in a Paris suburb.

Mother and Son

In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.

The Conversation

Charlie, a spunky eighteen-year-old, and Sid, her calm, level-headed older sister, share one last conversation before heading in their separate directions. An emotional, but reassuring moment, Charlie is sure to remember for the rest of her life.

Bideshi

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.

Shower Boys

“Are you a man or a mouse?” asks the bandy trainer? Viggo answers with doubt but the team chant “MEN!”. After training, Viggo and Noel go home to Noel’s house and have a sauna. The friends start to compete on who is most manly, a tough competition where no-one really wants to be tough.

Stand Up

Mickey has to choose to stand up and chase his comedy dreams or step aside and watch his life pass him by.

Cora, Eat Your Spaghetti

Struggling with an eating disorder and a mother mentally trapped in the past, a Black teen is confronted by her younger self on her 18th birthday.

Hiraeth

Hiraeth is a short film about youth long gone, about growing up, about looking at old photos and not recognizing the person within. It’s about the sacrifices we make, the past selves we kill, to move forward, to survive.

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