Beirut, Líbano. Zain es un niño de doce años inteligente y valiente, que sobrevive a los peligros de las calles de la ciudad gracias a su ingenio. Huyendo de sus padres, y haciendo valer sus derechos, recurre a la justicia para demandarles por el 'crimen' de haberle dado la vida. Una fábula contemporánea de carácter político sobre un niño que se rebela contra la vida que le han impuesto vivir .
Narra la historia de la joven vagabunda Lu (Ellen Page), que vive en una camioneta y está muy orgullosa de llevar una vida austera pero independiente. Cuando se tropieza por casualidad con una bebé y siente el impulso de "rescatarla" de su negligente madre, Lu, sin saber qué hacer, recurre a la única adulta responsable que conoce: Margo (Allison Janney), y esta cree que es la abuela de la niña.
Una joven embarazada que lleva en su vientre al hijo de su propio hermano, intentará escapar de una comunidad que le exige sacrificarse lanzándose a un pozo en el que habita una misteriosa criatura.
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
Una historia sobre cómo maduran dos jóvenes del centro urbano, que son abandonados a su suerte durante el verano, después de que sus madres hayan sido llevadas lejos por las autoridades.
Suzanne es una madre separada que trabaja de narradora en un espectáculo de marionetas. Como dispone de poco tiempo para estar con su hijo Simón, contrata como niñera a Song Fang, una estudiante taiwanesa. Pronto entre ellos dos se establece un mundo propio y lleno de complicidades, en el que juega un papel importante un misterioso globo rojo.
Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment.
La joven hija de un político huye por falta de atención. Se esconde en el coche de dos delincuentes no demasiado brillantes que poco a poco se convierten en figuras parentales cuando la red policial se cierra ante los supuestos secuestradores.
Con la llegada de unos misioneros al barrio de Los Norteños, Tomas, un joven soñador, da rienda suelta a sus fantasías africanas.
David is transported to the cut-throat world of fashion. Olivia, an up-and-coming fashion designer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to work for icon Salma Barrie. But things go out of control when Olivia must step up to save the company and fight against a former co-worker who has started a competing company.
Segunda parte (tras "My Childhood") de la trilogía autobiográfica de Douglas sobre el hecho de crecer en un pueblo pobre de Escocia dedicado a la minería. La penuria, tanto emocional como física, es retratada con libertad, ayudándose de actores locales y no profesionales. (FILMAFFINITY)
Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn his own money in order to afford life for his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home
La última parte de la trilogía autobiográfica de Douglas se ocupa de la historia de Jamie al final de la adolescencia, cuando rehúsa aceptar un trabajo en una mina de carbón y mientras hace el servicio militar en Egipto expresando su deseo indeciso de ser director de cine. El cambio de escenario otorga finalmente a Douglas los nuevos horizontes que hicieron posible esta trilogía, iniciada con "My Childhood" (1972) y continuada con "My Ain Folk" (1973). (FILMAFFINITY)
Tells the story of Kim, Bas and Michael. Four underprivileged teens living in a disadvantaged neighborhood. They have to deal with aggression, emotional abuse or neglect by their parents on a daily basis. When they meet a new classmate: Daniël, from what seems to be a prosperous family, they take their chance to escape their downtrodden lives. Together with Daniël they decide to conduct his own kidnapping in order to get ransom money from his own father.
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is proposed to by her stuffy, upper-class boyfriend, Paolo. Eddy hits the slopes and has a near death experience where God appears to her and tells her it's not yet her time. When Eddy comes to, she waits for a sign that she should get involved in Saffy's wedding. As she returns to the house, it appears all hell has broken loose- relatives piling up, practically squatting, and Saffy about to lose her mind. Eddy calms her by throwing money at her as they bond together, planning Saffy's dream wedding. What could go wrong?
Un ingeniero que está supervisando la demolición de una mansión en Calcuta recuerda su llegada años atrás a esa misma mansión durante el esplendor de la familia Chaudhury.
Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is unwelcome at all because his daughter-in-laws' object to his smelly pipe smoking. Finally the family tucks him 'out of sight and out of mind' into a nursing home, with very little 'honor thy father' thought given to it. However, unmarried daughter, Lena, who loves her father dearly, has a bright fiancée, who makes a lot of money off of a patent, and they make a home for him.
An agoraphobic woman trapped in a toxic marriage, struggles with a rat problem.
Chicken Boy is a dark coming-of-age story in which a lonely boy recognizes parallels between the bullying he endures at school and the neglect he experiences at home.
“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the moon. The film explores the role escapism plays in the lives of children who suffer some form of neglect or abandonment by their caregivers. It is ultimately about the struggle to gain (or regain) personal power, joy, and freedom.