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Coming-of-Age

Coming-of-Age

One could argue that most stories told are "Coming-of-Age" stories. We're all coming of age by the minute whether we like it or not. These films below, however, shine a spotlight on that particularly tricky development period between youth and adulthood.

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Coming-of-Age
  • Give Me Back The Night

    1 season

    Set during the middle of the pandemic in 2021, 'Give Me Back the Night' is a sexy new series from Columbia following Leonardo and Felix, two star-crossed young lovers who must reckon with their pasts and repair their fractured family ties in order to move forward and grow together.

  • Sparrow
    Movie + 1 extra

    Sparrow

    Movie + 1 extra

    A 15-minute drama from New Zealand, 'Sparrow' tells the story of a small boy who is teased because he believes he can fly. When a family myth about his war veteran grandfather is exposed, he discovers the strength to stand up to his bullies in an unusual way.

  • Intrinsic Moral Evil

    Movie + 1 extra

    A tale of identity and coming-of-age, 'Intrinsic Moral Evil' follows three dancers who play with the viewer’s perception and expectations. The layered story gradually develops, revealing its last secrets just before the end credits – and inviting the audience to make their own interpretation.

  • Young Diego
    Movie + 1 extra

    Young Diego

    Movie + 1 extra

    An intense short film from Spanish co-directors Osama Chami and Enrique Gimeno, 'Young Diego' tells the story of a young gay man who is planning to have his first encounter with a stranger. The short earned great acclaim at film festivals all over the world.

  • Dust
    Movie + 1 extra

    Dust

    Movie + 1 extra

    Alko is an average teen boy living in the Dutch countryside. His thoughts are occupied with girls, carbide-shooting and his changing body. While he and his best friend Björn are struggling with their emerging sexuality, the locals begin to suspect that Alko may be gay. This troubles him so much t...

  • The Swimming Trunks

    Movie

    During a seaside vacation, ten-year-old Remi finds himself becoming increasingly fascinated by Stephane, the father of one of his friends. This confusing new feeling proves quite powerful. Nobody seems to know what Remi is going through...least of all his handsome new crush.

  • You Are My Sunshine
    Movie + 1 extra

    You Are My Sunshine

    Movie + 1 extra

    A deeply emotional new romance from writer-director David Hastings, 'You Are My Sunshine' follows the lifelong relationship between Tom and Joe (played by Steve Salt and Jack Knight as young men and by Ernest Vernon and Charles O’Neill as the characters in their twilight years). The film follows ...

  • Center of My World
    Movie + 1 extra

    Center of My World

    Movie + 1 extra

    After spending the summer trying to escape his turbulent family life, Phil returns to school and starts to question his feelings for Nicholas, an attractive new classmate. Starring Louis Hoffman (‘Dark,’ ‘All the Light We Cannot See’), ‘Center of My World’ is a gorgeously-crafted, sun-kissed, sex...

  • Not Knowing
    Movie + 1 extra

    Not Knowing

    Movie + 1 extra

    When a school bully starts spreading rumors about his sexuality, Umut stands his ground, refusing to deny the allegation, apologize or explain himself. His time at school, however, becomes more fraught with tension. Set in the high testosterone world of teen sports, this powerful new drama from T...

  • Wild Tigers I Have Known

    Movie + 1 extra

    A teen boy learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the school bad-boy by creating a female alter ego over the phone. Kim Dickens and Fairuza Balk co-star in this provocative queer classic from visionary director Cam Archer. A critical darling when it debuted at the ...

  • Blurred Lines
    Movie + 1 extra

    Blurred Lines

    Movie + 1 extra

    Janik and Samuel, best friends in their final year of high school, are practically inseparable. In the wake of a reckless incident, the pair travel together on a trip to Istanbul. During the trip, they find their friendship tested – and they're soon forced to examine what they really mean to one ...

  • Ernesto
    Movie + 1 extra

    Ernesto

    Movie + 1 extra

    Ernesto is a teenager who wanders through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can s...

  • Reel
    Movie

    Reel

    Movie

    It is the last day before Victor has to move to another city with his parents. So he and his best friend Robert do all the things they liked to do together so much: skateboarding, spraying, hanging out. But something is different this time.

  • You and I
    Movie + 1 extra

    You and I

    Movie + 1 extra

    Best buddies Jonas and Phillip are taking a laid-back summer road trip to Berlin. When they pick up a hitchhiker named Boris, who shows Jonas some interesting spots and starts to make moves on Phillip, jealousy begins to threaten their previously solid bond, setting up a fateful summer to remembe...

  • Mani
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    Mani

    Movie + 1 extra

    This is the story of a day in the life of Mani, a 12 year old boy, who is in love with his family's personal driver, whom he finds out is having a secret affair with his mother.

  • Love Blooms
    Movie + 1 extra

    Love Blooms

    Movie + 1 extra

    When Martin arrives in Paris to reconnect with his first love Lea, he is forced to accept that their relationship is over. But when Martin sets out to rebuild his life with dreams of being a film director he suddenly falls in love with another man. ‘Love Blooms’ is a poignant, sensitive look at y...

  • Cousins
    Movie + 1 extra

    Cousins

    Movie + 1 extra

    Young Lucas lives with his religious aunt in a quiet country town. But this little agitated life is with the days counted when the charitable aunt announces the arrival of another nephew Mario, just out of jail.

  • Heartstone
    Movie + 1 extra

    Heartstone

    Movie + 1 extra

    The years-long friendship between two pre-teen boys in a small Icelandic village is threatened when they strike up romantic relationships with a pair of local girls in this affecting and beautifully crafted debut feature from director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson. Evincing a real feeling for how k...

  • Seeds
    Movie + 1 extra

    Seeds

    Movie + 1 extra

    In the wake of a family tragedy, Andy, an introverted student who seems different from the other boys, is forced to move in with his strict, no-nonsense grandmother. When he meets and develops a relationship with her sexy young gardener, he is opened up to a world of new possibilities.

  • About Us
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    About Us

    Movie + 1 extra

    Romantic and personal, filmed with a handheld, fly-on-the-wall intimacy, ‘About Us’ brings us right into the middle of a complicated gay relationship. Co-writer, director and star Thiago Cazado (‘Cousins’, ‘Behind the Trees’) uses his own past as inspiration for this bittersweet drama following t...

  • Danny the Manny

    1 season

    Danny is struggling to balance his lives as a gay man dating in his twenties, an actor auditioning in Hollywood and a babysitter looking after a surly six year-old named Quinn. When he discovers that Quinn has a penchant for cross-dressing, Danny resolves to uncover the truth behind this inclinat...

  • Furious Desires
    Movie + 1 extra

    Furious Desires

    Movie + 1 extra

    An apartment renter lusts after his doorman, a father comes to realize that his son is attracted to other boys, two horny men find themselves literally just beyond one another’s reach, a guy declares his attraction to his best friend and two young lovers go to great length to prove their affectio...

  • Teenage Kicks
    Movie + 1 extra

    Teenage Kicks

    Movie + 1 extra

    A troubled teen boy’s plans to run away with his best friend and secret crush are complicated by the guilt he feels over an unexpected family tragedy. From award-winning Australian filmmaker Craig Boreham, ‘Teenage Kicks’ takes viewers on a sweat-soaked journey through the minefield of adolescenc...

  • One Kiss
    Movie + 1 extra

    One Kiss

    Movie + 1 extra

    High school outcasts Antonio, Lorenzo and Blu form a strong bond when they band together to fight back against their oppressors at school. But when Lorenzo starts making his crush on Antonio known, petty jealousies threaten to tear the trio apart. From prolific Italian writer-director Ivan Cotron...