Contemporary European / Eurasian films: Family & Youth Studies, Coming-of-Age
* includes films from 2007 onwards
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- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEmma SuárezAdriana UgarteDaniel GraoAfter a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois ArnaudA semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRifka LodeizenElsie de BrauwEva GaretAn ill Dutch woman visits her family in Norway in hopes of reconnecting with her estranged mother.
- DirectorFien TrochStarsSebastian Van DunMistral GuidottiLoïc BellemansThe struggle between two generations and its thin line between trust, friendship and betrayal.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTristan GöbelAniya WendelJustina HumpfTwo young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRobert NaylorEugénie BeaudryTommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsFerdia Walsh-PeeloAidan GillenMaria Doyle KennedyA young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.
- DirectorIván NoelStarsFrancisco AlfonsinPedro Salido SaboridoGonzalo Sánchez SalasA fatherless boy whose fixation on a mysterious stranger leads him blindly into a tragedy that is to mark him for life.
- DirectorBartosz M. KowalskiStarsMichalina SwistunNicolas PrzygodaPrzemyslaw BalinskiIt's the last day of school in small town Poland and Gabrysia wants to tell her classmate that she loves him. But it will not end well.
- DirectorDennis BotsStarsMaas BronkhuyzenJoes BrauersMichael NierseDuring WWII, the friendship of two boys is at risk when a girl tells a very personal secret to only one of them.
- DirectorJirí MádlStarsPetr SimcákJan MarsálOndrej VetchýTomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.
- DirectorEnrico AudeninoFrancesco CalabreseStarsCecilia BertozziGiovanni BissacaFrancesca CalabreseIt's the last week of June 2009. Andrea's parents left for a summer trip so he takes advantage of the situation to skip summer camp and make love for the first time with his girlfriend Eva. His choice triggers a series of events leading him to an on the road adventure along with his younger brother Tomaso, a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and Cesare, an old man met at a retirement home.
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsStine Fischer ChristensenUlrich NoethenDagmar ManzelFine suffers from not being seen but she also does her best at not being noticed, even though she is an acting student. At night, when her mentally handicapped sister Jule cannot get to sleep and stereotypically bangs her head against the wall, Fine turns the recorder on and gives a firework of singing, acting and dancing. However in the acting school she lacks self confidence to uninhibitedly storm the stage. After the well known director Kasper Friedemann invites Fine for an audition, she convinces him with her acting. But he also sees in Fine an injured being (vulnerable personality) that matches his vision of Camille, the main character in his next play. Fine gets her first big part that she in no way wants to lose. She slips into another identity. As Camille, she awakens to her femininity, but through Camille, Fine also loses her own strengths that she shows every day in dealing with her sister Jule. Because Camille is not only self-conscious and sexually active but at the same time mentally fragile and self-destructive. Fine puts herself in the hands of her director who lets her go through hell without psychologically rescuing her. A dangerous game in which she becomes her own enemy.
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsCatherine DeneuveNémo SchiffmanGérard GarousteFacing a failed relationship and a struggling restaurant, a woman hits the road for a trip with her grandson.
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsIvo PietzckerGeorg ArmsLuise HeyerJack is a young boy who lives in a troubled family with little money.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsBelén RuedaMario CasasSergi LópezAn 8-year-old boy tracks down his father.
- DirectorDave SchramStarsRobin BoissevainDorus WitteStefan CollierDavid's classmate Jochem is bullied because he is too heavy. Although David increasingly stands up to the bullying, it turns out to be too late.
- DirectorRick OstermannStarsLevin LiamHelena von HaveVivien CiskowskiThe story of a boy who, driven by the search for his lost brother in the turmoil of WWII end, joins a group of children in order to survive the chaos of post-war anarchy in the haunted forests of Lithuania.
- DirectorGustavo RonStarsRobbie KayAlex EtelEmilia FoxSam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsMarianne FortierÉlie DupuisHugo St-Onge-PaquinSummer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her youngest brother Benoît throws himself into his own inner world. The father seems absolutely knocked out by the situation. Élise decides to take control of her family, in an eloquent attempt to save them. With the assistance of flourishing nature around her, she stands on the threshold of an incomparable summer.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsMaxim GaudetteKarelle TremblayValerie CadieuxAfter the death of his father, an artisan does his best to raise and nurture his dynamic daughter.
- DirectorJanis NordsStarsKristofers KonovalovsVita VarpinaMatiss LivcansRaimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
- DirectorIvan CotroneoStarsRimau Ritzberger GrilloValentina RomaniLeonardo PazzagliThe story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.