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1) Evil
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
Swedish
Description
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom directs the coming-of-age drama Ondskan (Evil), based on the autobiographical novel by Jan Guillou.
2) Tahara
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
English
Description
A queer, coming-of-age drama about an anxious teen girl who is manipulated into a romantic encounter with her best friend (Rachel Sennott).
3) Adult World
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Description
An aspiring writer craving inspiration (Emma Roberts) stalks her literary idol (John Cusack) and finds work in a sex toy shop in this very funny and sexy comedy.
4) Drunk Bus
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Description
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "DRUNK BUS."
7) Georgia Rule
Publisher
Shout Factory
Language
English
Description
A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in 1980s New York who believes he was saved from a culture of drugs and violence by various so-called saints. With Shia LaBeouf and Robert Downey Jr. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
10) Strive
Publisher
Flourishing Films
Language
English
Description
Kalani (Joi "JoiStaRR" Campbell) is a teenager living in Harlem, New York with her older brother Jacob and her younger sister Bebe while her mother struggles to make ends meet. Her college counselor Mr. Rose (Danny Glover) sees great promise in her future.
11) Feeling Through
Publisher
Ouat Media
Language
English
Description
FEELING THROUGH is a coming of age story that follows 18-year-old Tereek, a kind but guarded teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash, and his encounter with Artie, a DeafBlind man in need of help getting home. What begins as an awkward meeting between strangers becomes an intimate bond between friends, and a nightlong journey that forever changes Tereek. It's ultimately someone who can neither see nor hear Tereek who...
12) Abe
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old ABE is an aspiring chef, but his family—half-Israeli, half-Palestinian—have never eaten together without a fight. But when ABE ditches camp to spend time with street chef Chico, his mentor’s fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. ABE wants to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he’s about to learn that the kitchen can’t heal some divides.
13) 11 Flowers
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
One of China's foremost directors, Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) has created a moving coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution. 11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school in their daily gymnastics, he is told he must wear a clean, new shirt, which forces his...
14) Whale Rider
Publisher
Shout Factory
Language
English
Description
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new...
15) Northern Soul
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Language
English
Description
John’s boring working-class life in 1974 England gets turned upside down when he’s introduced to the enthralling music and furious choreography of American soul music by a local DJ, Matt. Sharing a passion for the music’s energy, John and Matt leap into the DJ scene, planning underground raves and searching for cover-ups, rare soul recordings kept hidden and exclusive with false labels. Amidst all the insanity of the club scene’s underbelly,...
16) Murina
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
On a remote island along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel with her domineering father Ante and watching other teens party on a nearby yacht. She longs for independence but is unsure how to achieve it, until the arrival of the rich and mysterious Javier seems to offer a way out. But does his affection portend freedom, or something more sinister? MURINA features a ferocious, star-making central performance...
17) Nevrland
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Language
Deutsch
Description
In this dark, sexy, psychological coming-of-age drama, 17-year-old Jakob struggles with crippling anxiety and takes refuge in the Internet. While on a cam-chat site, he meets 26-year-old artist Kristjan. Caught between reality and fantasy, youth and adulthood, Jakob’s blurry process of sexual awakening is a psychedelic trip of hot, strange hallucinatory sequences of desire and madness that will bring you to the edge of your seat. With vivid imagery...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
This Australian film classic, the feature film debut of Fred Schepisi (Roxanne, A Cry in the Dark), is a semi-autobiographical drama of a 13-year-old boy’s struggles at a Catholic seminary in the 1950s. Tom (Simon Burke) is a student gripped with Catholic guilt as he struggles with his nascent sexual yearning and his divine calling. The seminary, run by a group of Brothers also torn between their vows and human desire, follows a harsh code of religious...
19) The Swan
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Language
Icelandic
Description
In contemporary rural Iceland, a wayward 9-year old girl, Sól, is sent to distant countryside relatives for a summer to work and to mature. Nature seems endless there, the animals soulful but the people harsh. All except the mysterious farmhand Jón, who – as Sól herself – likes words better than people. But the farmers’ daughter Ásta has a claim on Jón as well, and soon Sól becomes entangled in a drama she hardly can grasp. This summer...
20) Lila Says
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
Français
Description
In this coming of age drama, Chimo, a promising college student with a writing scholarship, neglects his studies in favor of killing time with his friend Mouloud on the streets of Marseilles. He soon finds himself infatuated with Lila, a precocious and sexually experienced 16-year-old who moves into the neighborhood. Their spending time together inspires concern from Lila's aunt and jealousy from Mouloud. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for World...
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