After the loss of his mother, a boy uses his imagination to escape reality, creating and playing characters. As a result, despite their grief, his...

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel...

Introverted Jessi moves to a small town, where she meets the lively Sky. Although the two seem completely different at first glance, an unexpected...

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated...

In this silent short film, we follow three stories grappling with grief. As the characters within these stories take action and process their...

Struggling through a trauma filled life, Lou seeks help from a therapist who practices an unusual supernatural healing technique.

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has...

Sanou, a bright 15-year-old, enrolls in the famous Henri IV school in Paris. In this prestigious institution, the young girl from the Saint-Denis...

In a city where young people disappear, Anya goes through the process of losing her best friend, Mayra, after she transfers to another school. Anya's...

Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding...

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the...

Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a...

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after...

When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her...

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has...

Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes...

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky...

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex,...

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes...