La Maternal and You Resemble Me
The 9th Step
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Irma Puzauskaite; Writer: Egle Vertelyte; Stars: Valentin Novopolskij, Gerda Ciuraite, Kristupas Birzietis, Lina Brazau, Romas Buozys, Karolis Butvilas, Tauras Cizas, Algirdas Dainavicius, Angelina Daukaite, Jonas Golubovskis, Povilas Jatkevicius, Laurynas Jurgelis, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Viola Klimciauskaite, Andrius Kucinskas)
After a decade of addiction, a man's life is back on track... but then he finds himself living with his estranged teenage daughter.
Beautiful Beings
(Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czechia; Year: 2022; Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Writer: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Stars: Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Anita Briem, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir, Blær Hinriksson, Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.
Kalle Kosmonaut
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Christine Kugler, Günther Kurth; Writer: Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth)
Coming-of-age tale told across 10 years.
Listen (Akouse me)
(Country: Greece; Year: 2022; Director: Maria Douza; Writer: Maria Douza; Stars: Evangelia Adreadaki, Yoanna Boukovska, Dimitris Kitsos, Nikos Koukas, Efthalia Papacosta, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos)
A hard of hearing teenager finds herself confronting prejudice, including her own, when she has to leave her school for a new one.
La Maternal
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Pilar Palomero; Writer: Pilar Palomero; Stars: Rubén Martínez, Ángela Cervantes, Olga Hueso, Pepe Lorente, Neus Pàmies, Carla Quílez, Gal·la Sabaté, Jordan Dumes)
Drama about a teenager who becomes unexpectedly pregnant and is sent to a centre to live with other expectant youngsters.
Palm Trees And Power Lines and Beautiful Beings
One In A Million
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Joya Thome)
Whitney is a rising star of the US gymnastics scene, who has a sizeable following on YouTube. Among them is Yara, who lives in Germany and is one of her biggest fans.
Palm Trees And Power Lines
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Jamie Dack; Writer: Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay; Stars: Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker, Auden Thornton, Armani Jackson, Kenny Johnston, Lily McInerny, Yvette Tucker, Michael Petrone, John Minch, Yolanda Corrales, Quinn Frankel, Timothy Taratchila, Rhied De Castro, Conn Bodkin, Angel Grey Cooper)
A bored 17-year-old falls for a man twice her age.
Sonata
(Country: Poland; Year: 2021; Director: Bartosz Blaschke)
. Everyone is convinced that 14-year-old Grzegorz is on the autistic spectrum – except his new assistant, who discovers he is suffering from a severe hearing impairment rather than autism.
You Resemble Me (Tu Me Ressembles)
(Country: US, France, Egypt; Year: 2021; Director: Dina Amer; Writer: Dina Amer, Omar Mullick; Stars: Lorenza Grimaudo, Ilonna Grimaudo, Grégoire Colin, Sabrina Ouazani, Zinedine Soualem, Dina Amer, Mouna Soualem, Hedi Bouchenafa, Tania Dessources, Nassima Benchicou, Elodie Rouprêt, Sana Sri, Nassima Benichou, Djino Grimaudo, Romain Royet)
Cultural and inter-generational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris.
