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Coming of Age Films

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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

Tal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?

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A Radiant Girl

A Radiant Girl

Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a nineteen-year-old aspiring actress who has little understanding that time is running out as the Nazis occupy France.

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Alam

Alam

Tamer, a Palestinian teenager in Israel, leads a typical high school student’s life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa​​’ and her activism.

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Alamar

Alamar

Before their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef.

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Aliyah

Aliyah

Before he can make his "aliyah" (return to Israel), Alex must score some money while balancing a new romance and his brother's addiction.

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Amorous

Amorous

Four Londoners move to an isolated cottage to test social conventions and their own inhibitions by swapping partners and exploring unconventional sex.

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An Insignificant Harvey

An Insignificant Harvey

A janitor at a small town ski resort, who also happens to be a little person, has his life dramatically change when he finds a stray husky and falls for an exotic dancer.

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Arcadia

Arcadia

Greta's dad is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is their mother.

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August the First

August the First

Tunde's family throws him a graduation party, but they have no idea that he has arranged for his estranged father to attend.

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Bad Lucky Goat

Bad Lucky Goat

After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible teenage siblings embark on a journey of reconciliation.

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Ballet Collection

Ballet Collection

The Ballet Collection features 3 films from the barre and beyond—each illustrating the incredible amount of strength, poise, and determination required to excel in the art form.

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Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian

Based on the beloved children’s book, this heartwarming tale set in the picturesque French Alps follows the relationship of a motherless six-year-old boy and his loyal dog during the Nazi occupation...

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Between Shadow and Soul

Between Shadow and Soul

BETWEEN SHADOW AND SOUL is a reworking of THE THIRD WIFE into a silent feature, following a girl in a 19th century arranged marriage in Vietnam.

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Blush

Blush

An Israeli high school girl struggles in the pursuit of her identity due to family issues, until she falls in love with the new girl at her school.

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Breathe

Breathe

Two teens embark on a close new friendship that quickly escalates toward an inevitable and extraordinary collapse. Directed by Melanie Laurent.

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Broken

Broken

11 year-old Skunk’s innocence begins to vanish as her home, neighborhood and school all become treacherous environments where the happy certainties of childhood give way to fear-filled doubt.

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Carol's Journey

Carol's Journey

In the spring of 1938, Carol's eyes are opened to a shocking new world of excitement, intrigue and danger.

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Clandestine Childhood

Clandestine Childhood

The story of Juan's undercover childhood, the son of Argentinian rebels with a hope to improve their children's future.

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Cocoon

Cocoon

During one memorable but blistering hot summer, Nora falls in love with another girl, has her heart broken and learns to stand up for herself.

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Corpo Celeste

Corpo Celeste

Thirteen-year-old Marta attends preparatory classes for her confirmation, but the doctrines of Catholicism offer her little in terms of life lessons.

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Day and Night

Day and Night

An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them

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Foreign Letters

Foreign Letters

From different worlds, Ellie and Thuy form a powerful bond that helps Ellie cope with the hardships of adjusting to her new life in the states.

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Genèse (Genesis)

Genèse (Genesis)

Three teenagers are shaken up by first loves in the turmoil of their youth. When others are conforming, they assert their right to love.

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Glassland

Glassland

A young Dublin taxi driver gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother from addiction and provide for his younger brother with Down syndrome.

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Goldie

Goldie

Goldie, a spirited teenager in a family shelter, fights the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer.

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Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

Newly restored and available in HD for the first time. Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.

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Hard Drive

Hard Drive

Ditch falls in love with Debs, a beautiful American runaway. He quickly discovers she has a lot of emotional baggage and tries to help her overcome her troubled past.

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I Am Yours

I Am Yours

An unhappy single mother in Norway's Pakistani expatriate community begins to ignore her young son in favor of placating a Swedish filmmaker she thinks could change her life for the better.

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Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo

In the late 1990s, a busy working-class couple in Singapore hires a Filipino woman to be a live-in maid and nanny for their rebellious young son.

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Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones

A riveting and moving Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14.

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King of Devil's Island

King of Devil's Island

A teenager accused of murder is sent to an island reform school where the director torments the boys—but it’s only a matter of time before he plots a cruel revenge.

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La Boyita

La Boyita

Jorgelina’s summer with Mario, who’s in the midst of an adolescence transformation, sets them on a road to discovery and, ultimately, acceptance of the mysteries of sexuality that will bring the y...

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Lucky

Lucky

A young orphan ironically – or perhaps fittingly – named Lucky leaves his Zulu village for the big city after his mother passes away.

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Madeinusa

Madeinusa

A young woman of privilege and a man of no social status meet as a small town prepares to wallow in forbidden pleasure in this satiric drama

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Marcel Pagnol: My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle

Marcel Pagnol: My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle

Based on the memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, MY FATHER’S GLORY and MY MOTHER’S CASTLE recount nostalgic memories of Pagnol’s youth growing up in Provence.

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Mellow Mud

Mellow Mud

After the death of their father, Raya and her younger brother Robis set-off to find their biological mother after she abandoned them.

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Munyurangabo

Munyurangabo

Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents. Sangwa wants to visit the home he left years ago. Together they set out on a journey tied to their pasts.

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My Father's Glory

My Father's Glory

11-year-old Marcel accompanies his parents on a life-changing holiday to the Provence countryside where he discovers newfound respect for his father.

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My Mistress

My Mistress

What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent affair between a vulnerable teenage romantic and a French S&M mistress soon becomes more dangerous.

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My Mother's Castle

My Mother's Castle

Longing to return to the hills he grew to love, 11-year-old Marcel finds happiness again when his family finds their own private footpath to Provence.

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My Sunshine

My Sunshine

Two young skaters team up to train for a figure skating duo, their growing bond blurring the lines between partners and more as winter unfolds.

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Off White Lies

Off White Lies

A father and his daughter live through the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon.

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Once Upon A River

Once Upon A River

Based on the best-selling novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell, Once Upon A River is the story of Native American teenager Margo Crane in 1970s rural Michigan.

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Only When I Dance

Only When I Dance

This stunning documentary follows two teenage ballet dancers aspiring to leave their violent favela homes in Brazil to join a revolutionary dance company in the US

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Playground

Playground

Seven-year-old Nora notices her older brother Abel being bullied by kids at school. When she rushes to protect him, Abel forces her to remain silent.

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Puppylove

Puppylove

A lonely teen's friendship with a free-spirited British neighbor pushes her to break free of the bonds of childhood.

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Red Island

Red Island

Living on one of the last military bases in Madagascar, ten-year-old Thomas observes the hidden lives of both the colonizers and the colonized.

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Saint-Narcisse

Saint-Narcisse

Dominic is a young man with a fetish... for himself. Reunited with his identical twin, he becomes embroiled in a web of sex, revenge and redemption.

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Seamonsters

Seamonsters

The friendship between two teenage boys becomes irrevocably changed when a new girl arrives in their quiet seaside town.

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Secrets of War

Secrets of War

With the war escalating around them, three friends in a Nazi-occupied village find their bond put to the test as secrets are revealed and loyalty is challenged.

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Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross

Captured in fourteen fixed-angle, single-shot tableaux, STATIONS OF THE CROSS is an indictment of fundamentalist faith and an articulation of one teen’s struggle to define her own life.

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Still the Water

Still the Water

After discovering a dead body floating in the sea, a sixteen-year-old and his girlfriend experience the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

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Sweet Thing

Sweet Thing

Two children in contemporary New Bedford, Massachusetts spend an eventful summer in a beach house with their mother and her boyfriend.

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Sweetheart

Sweetheart

A socially awkward teenager begrudgingly joins her family on a seaside vacation, where she becomes captivated by a free-spirited female lifeguard.

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Tahara

Tahara

A queer, coming-of-age drama about an anxious teen girl who is manipulated into a romantic encounter with her best friend (Rachel Sennott).

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Take Me to the River

Take Me to the River

A Californian teenager's plan to come out at his Nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousin's dress places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.

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Tanta Agua

Tanta Agua

Divorced father Alberto takes his two adolescent children on vacation and refuses to let the incessant rains ruin his plans for quality family time.

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The Beautiful Summer

The Beautiful Summer

After meeting the beautiful and enigmatic Amelia, seventeen-year-old seamstress Ginia finds herself swept up in an unfamiliar and exciting new world.

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The Deflowering of Eva Van End

The Deflowering of Eva Van End

When an Adonis-like German exchange student moves in, the lives of a suburban family are turned hilariously upside down.

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The Demons

The Demons

Felix begins to experience the world as he enters adolescence. His imaginary demons slowly begin to mirror those of the world around him.

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The Dynamiter

The Dynamiter

A boy whose mother abandoned him ponders the meaning of family after a school counselor assigns him an essay.

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The Nun

The Nun

In 1760s France, a young woman is sent to a convent where she’s faced with the dehumanizing realities of a cloistered life she never wanted. Based on the novel by Diderot.

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The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.

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The Sales Girl

The Sales Girl

When college coed Saruul takes a temporary job as a clerk in an adult store, she gets taken under the wing of Katya, the shop's eccentric owner.

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The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

In communist era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom as a group of young children devise a plan to kill their dictator.

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The Whaler Boy

The Whaler Boy

15-year-old Leshka, who lives in an isolated village on the Bering Strait, becomes infatuated with an American webcam model and sets out to find her.

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The Wind Journeys

The Wind Journeys

A musician goes on a mystical quest across the Caribbean to return an accordion, which is said to have belonged to the devil, to its rightful owner.

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Theeb

Theeb

In a remote corner of the Ottoman Empire, Theeb sets off on a treacherous desert journey after a British Army officer arrives looking for a guide.

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Twin Flower

Twin Flower

Two adolescents, damaged by life. Anna, whose father has been murdered and Basim, an immigrant orphan, escape together towards a new start.

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Under The Fig Trees

Under The Fig Trees

At a fig orchard in Tunisia, young women joke, argue, gossip and flirt, all while stealing precious moments of respite away from the foreman’s gaze.

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Vasermil

Vasermil

Three teenagers living in a rough neighborhood pin their future on football.

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Viva Cuba

Viva Cuba

In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' socioeconomic differences.

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Wildland

Wildland

Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother. The home is filled with love, but the family leads a criminal life.

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Winter Flies

Winter Flies

Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery.

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XXY

XXY

The story of an intersexual fifteen-year-old and the challenge presented by her medical condition.

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You Will Die At Twenty

You Will Die At Twenty

Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

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Yuni

Yuni

An Indonesian high school student sees her dreams of pursuing a higher education threatened after she receives a marriage proposal.

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Zombi Child

Zombi Child

Melissa confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends, never imagining it will convince her classmate to do the unthinkable.

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