Eighth Grade

The Swedish Boys

2020 · ★ 1

Get ready to explore a dizzying confection of Swedish life and love spanning all shades of the gay experience, from childhood confusion to a teen's coming out, a trio of friends in a three-way relationship, a mother trying to connect with her deaf son and a heterosexual ghost from a homosexual past. The 7 short films are: Coming Out [Komma ut] (2011); Polly (2017); Filip (2015); No Breaks [När bromsvajern släpper] (2008); The Memory of You [Minnet av dig] (2015); Distances [Bortom] (2014); Stockholm Daybreak [Gryning] (2013).

The 400 Blows

1959 · ★ 8

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

Dead Poets Society

1989 · ★ 8.3

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Shunya

Anu, an innocent eleven year old girl who can not spend a day without her grandmother, and is told that she has gone to "God's House" upon her demise. Now she sets on a journey with a traveling folk group (Bhavai) to find God's house and get her grandmother back. It is a journey of understanding the illusion of life and the reality of death.

Harold and Maude

1971 · ★ 7.6

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

Hot Girl Summer

2025 · ★ 5.9

Three childhood best friends make a pact to experience their first orgasm before the end of summer vacation. One friend experiences a series of unexpected medical and anatomical mishaps that constantly disrupt her plans. Another tries to find sexual satisfaction within her heterosexual relationship, but gets entangled in a fierce rivalry with a female classmate that unexpectedly shifts into a romantic affair. The third focuses her efforts on pursuing and winning over her school crush, a transgender classmate. As their individual quests progress, a series of secrets, miscommunications, and chaotic events threaten to tear their tight-knit group apart before they finally find resolution and mutual support.

Teen Spirit

2019 · ★ 6

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

My Life as a Comedian

2019 · ★ 5.3

Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.

Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn

2024

Trutwin yearns to explore the world beyond, but then his mother falls seriously ill, and he now must take responsibility to care for her. The film follows his emotional and personal growth as he faces his independence and decision-making.

Kiss and Cry

2017 · ★ 7.3

A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type of sarcoma.

The People's Joker

2024 · ★ 6.6

An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.

The Outsiders

1983 · ★ 7.2

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.