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Baduday

2023 · ★ 6

Timid 14-year old 'Baduday' develops a crush on the new guy in their neighborhood, but he only sees her as a child. With only her best friend’s lip tint and a whole lot of imagination at her disposal, Baduday journeys on a rocky road of self-exploration and learns the awkward truths of girlhood along the way.

The birthday girls

Roberto must choose between desire and love when two women he is involved with celebrate their birthdays on the same night.

Summer With Bjørn

2022 · ★ 6

Bjørn has gone with his mum on a summerhouse trip. He’s a teenager and is finding life a little challenging in all aspects. When a group of 20 somethings occupy the neighbouring house, an unforgettable summer starts for Bjørn in this intimate coming of age drama, which hones in on issues of gender, intimacy and boundaries.

One Hundred and One

2019 · ★ 8

“If you jerk off a 100 times, you die.” This threat rings through the ears of our main character. One day he has to choose between imminent hell and the impetuousness of adolescence.

Cherries

2017 · ★ 6.7

Family tensions are slowly eroding what should have been a carefree summer for the young boy Jakov. A series of events ending in tragedy will incite his emotional revolt against the grown ups, but also his sense of guilt.

Collect Your Roadkill

2021

When two strangers cross paths while trying to escape their past, they form an unlikely music partnership that will take them running across rural Australia.

The Silent Landscape

2003 · ★ 5.1

Hamid is an Iranian teenage boy whose sexuality brings him into conflict with his family's Muslim beliefs.

For Every Apricot

2025

For Every Apricot drifts through the shifting terrain of memory, illustrating a grandmother’s journey in search of a “miracle drug” to cure her father’s illness. What begins as a simple family story, unfurls into a meditation on aging, fragility, and the circinate patterns that shape life. Through live-action interview, 16mm and 8mm archival footage, and a tapestry of handcrafted animation, the film moves between what is remembered, what is imagined, and what time has eroded. As she reflects on her father’s illness alongside her own, For Every Apricot becomes a deeply personal family portrait.

Quadrophenia

1979 · ★ 7

Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.

STAR DRIVER: The Movie

2013 · ★ 5.9

Star Driver takes place on the fictional Southern Cross Isle. One night, a boy named Takuto washes up on shore swimming from the mainland. He later enrolls in Southern Cross High School as a freshman and makes new friends.

don't let the bedbugs bite

2026

By the end of the weekend, nothing has truly changed. Ekin remains the same, the Anatolian side of Istanbul remains the same. Set in 2020s Istanbul, the film follows Ekin, a young adult living with his mother whose days revolve around searching for a place to live, at least as he tries to believe. As childhood memories, friendships, and new encounters linger in the streets, anxiety quietly grows, and after sleep, life resumes exactly where it left off.

Dream

2015 · ★ 1

A young girl strives to rekindle her parent's dwindling romance at their desert town's annual carnival, and learns hard lessons about love in the process.