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  Benny

  USA , 2011 , 14 min. An overweight teenager revisits an old friend—who is now a personal fitness trainer.... more
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  3 Hours

  United Kingdom , 2010 , 14 min. Inspired by true events in Baghdad, this award-winning short follows a young boy on what turns out to be an tragically eventful day.... more
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  August

  Finland , 2011 , 108 min. In Finnish writer-director Oskari Sipola’s debut feature, August, chance encounters with the bewitching Juli change the trajectory of earnest Aku’s summer. But the passage to adulthood is a rocky one in this combination road movie and coming-of-age tale.... more
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  Bon Voyage

  Netherlands , 2010 , 85 min. Dutch director Margien Rogaar fashions a gentle portrait of a suburban family in transition: the grandfather is dying; the teenage granddaughter yearns to be a woman; her little brother is betrayed by his best friend; and the youngest sibling glimpses mortality in her love for grandpa.... more
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  Bukowski

  Netherlands , 2010 , 10 min. A precocious 12-year-old boy on vacation entertains the hotel staff with his creative tales of writing and apple juice.... more
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  Clear Blue

  Canada , 2010 , 21 min. On the clock as a lifeguard at the local pool, a 16-year-old boy meets a mysterious older woman who demands solitude for her morning swims—and who has more secrets than he can even begin to fathom.... more
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  The Dynamiter

  USA , 2011 , 73 min. In rural Mississippi, teenaged Robbie cares for his elderly grandmother and young half-brother while his absentee mother sends the occasional postcard. The return of older brother Lucas threatens the little stability this makeshift family has—and it’s up to Robbie to defend it... more
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  I Am a Girl!

  Netherlands , 2010 , 15 min. Joppe is a happy girl whose life is only slightly complicated by the fact she was born a male.... more
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  Love Like Poison

  France , 2010 , 93 min. In this sensitive French drama, teenager Anna returns from boarding school to her Breton village to find herself in a broken home. Surrounded by a dying grandfather, a hysterical mother, an absent father, and a conflicted priest, she navigates sexual temptation and religious hypocrisy alike.... more
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  Mother Country

  USA , 2010 , 88 min. What begins as Boyz n the Hood for the 21st century soon transforms into a retelling of On the Road, with urban youth standing in for the Beat Generation. When Dwight accidentally kills a young girl in a failed drive-by shooting, he flees the scene, and his past... more
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  New Broken Calculator

  USA , 2010 , 6 min. When a lonely boy gives up on a long-held dream, he never suspects a new friend is just a few locker doors away.... more
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  Postales

  USA , 2010 , 80 min. In Colorado-based filmmaker Josh Hyde’s charming feature-narrative debut, cultures collide when a young American girl and a streetwise Peruvian boy meet in Cuzco. Dirt-poor, he sells postcards on the plaza; she’s a privileged tourist. Will romance break the barriers between them—or vice-versa?... more
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  Protect The Nation

  Germany , 2010 , 16 min. Against the backdrop of xenophobic attacks in his neighborhood, a young boy wrestles with the distinction between right and wrong.... more
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  Staging Hope: Acts of Peace in Northern Uganda

  USA , 2010 , 98 min. This documentary follows a group of American actors to war-torn northern Uganda, where they lead teenagers from an internal displacement camp in a drama workshop.... more
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  Stick

  Netherlands , 2010 , 11 min. Len is on the playground when he meets a classmate who offers to introduce him to the mysteries of the fairer sex. There’s only one condition: Len must learn what to do with a stick.... more
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  Tasnim

  Israel , 2011 , 12 min. Tasnim, a strong and opinionated 10-year-old, lives with her mother and siblings in a neglected Bedouin village. A surprise visit from her father forces her, for the first time in her life, to confront the conservative norms of the family tribe and the fact that she is no longer daddy's little girl.... more
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  Terrebonne

  USA , 2010 , 14 min. Set on the imperiled coast of Louisiana, this is the meditative story of a brother and sister who encounter unexpected trouble when they venture deep into the swamp in search of the mythic ivory-billed woodpecker.... more
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  The Laying on of Hands

  USA , 2010 , 8 min. Unlike just about any documentary you’ll see this year, this unusual story about martial arts and faith healing is told through the use of found footage.... more
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  The Vacuum Kid

  USA , 2011 , 12 min. Being a local celebrity isn't easy, especially for a 12-year-old kid with a curious obsession.... more
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  Till Summer Comes

  Italy , 2011 , 16 min. If Nicholas, Daniel, and Lollo join forces, can they save their friendship in the face of divisive fate?... more
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  Time and Love

  USA , 2010 , 7 min. Sonny has been carrying a torch for Katie since the sixth grade. It’s about time that he makes sure she knows.... more
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  Young Goethe in Love

  Germany , 2010 , 100 min. “It’s more than truth. It’s poetry,” explains the romantic heroine of The Sorrows of Young Werther. The same can be said of Philipp Stölzl’s Young Goethe in Love, a sumptuous period romance about the early experiences that led Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to write the epistolary novel... more