Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.
Alan Parker spent several months visiting schools in London and tape recording conversations with the children about their experiences and thoughts before writing the script. According to David Puttnam, " ...large chunks of the film were lifted directly from the childrens ideas"
Director: Waris Hussein.
Writer: Alan Parker.
Music: Bee Gees.
Cast: Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild, Roy Kinnear, Colin Barrie, Billy Franks, Ashley Knight, Craig Marriott, William Vanderpuye, Sheila Steafel.
UK, 1971.
Language: English.
Download Мелоди / Melody / S.W.A.L.K.

Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki / To the Fields, to the Hills, to the Beaches. 1986.

Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki / To the Fields, to the Hills, to the Beaches. 1986.

 Shoko Kimura’s Koi ni Itaru Yamai begins well enough with beyond precocious high schooler Tsubara (Miwako Wagatsuma) seducing her nerdy teacher Madoka (Youichiro Saitou). Through their impetuous coupling on a pile of exam papers, somehow their sex organs get transposed. It’s at this very moment where the film not only begins to fall apart, but where director Kimura begins to show her retrograde attitudes and views about male/female sexuality and roles. The confused couple goes to a cabin retreat to figure out things. Tsubara’s goofy-fascinated by her new rod, while Madoka retches every time the idea of fucking comes up. Somewhere along the line, justified by some idea of counterpoint, another young high school couple En (Aimi Satsukawa) and Maru (Shouta Sometani) join up to cavort and work out their own issues of sexuality. Most noticeably absent from the meandering speaking that poses as dialogue is the issue of a teacher and teenage student getting it on. Zero. Despite a good initial inspiration, Kimura remains pretty fucked up on issues regarding sex and gender.

Director: Shoko Kimura.

Cast: Miwako Wagatsuma, Yoichiro Saito, Aimi Satsukawa, Shota Sometani.

Language: Japanese.

 

 

 Neun Flüchtlingskinder hat die junge Eva in ihr Herz geschlossen. Wie eine Mutter kümmert sie sich um die Mädchen und Jungen im SOS-Kinderdorf. Das einzige, was Eva fehlt, ist ein lieber Mann und treu sorgender Vater. Bei einem Unfall trifft sie mit dem reichen Müßiggänger Paul ihren absoluten Traummann. Und auch der notorische Schwerenöter verliebt sich auf den ersten Blick.
Director: Paul May.
Cast: Sabine Bethmann, Rudolf Lenz, Ingeborg Schöner, Peter Vogel, Ursula Herking, Hans Nielsen, Christiane Maybach, Annie Rosar, Michl Lang, Walter Ladengast, Paul Hörbiger.
West Germany, 1959.
Language: German.
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 DE. Die etwa zehnjährige Tilla gibt in ihrer Klasse den Ton an. Alle machen, was sie will. Als eine Neue kommt, Anne, bricht Feindschaft auf den ersten Blick aus. Anne malt gern, trägt eine Brille und hat lauter Einsen. Tilla hetzt auch die anderen gegen Anne auf, die sie nicht mag, weil sie so anders ist. Der Zwist wird handgreiflich. Tilla demoliert Annes Fahrrad, und die anfangs schüchterne Anne revanchiert sich mit einem Bild, das Tilla als Karikatur darstellt. In einer Notsituation kommen sie sich plötzlich näher, erzählen von sich. Und das gegenseitige Kennenlernen offenbart, daß sie beide die Neigung zu einer neuen Freundschaft empfinden.
EN. Two girls experience dislike at first sight because of their differences. Then they sort things out.
Director: Werner Bergmann.
Cast: Carmen Sarge, Jana Mattukat, Matthias Manz, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Peter Bause, Carl Heinz Choynski, Heinke Fredenhagen, Mirko Heinke, Dagmar Henkel, Günter Junghans, Christian Krause.
DDR, DEFA, 1982.
Language: German.
Download Die dicke Tilla.

 Katrein (Annegret Siegmund) verbringt die Sommerferien bei ihrer Freundin Ina (Henriette Engel) auf dem Land. Nach den ersten schönen Ferientagen kommt der hübsche Victor (Timo Jacob) ins Dorf, um für einen Künstler Modell zu stehen. Als er beiden Mädchen näher kommt, bringt er die Freundschaft der zwei in Gefahr…
Director: Karola Hattop.
Cast: Annegret Siegmund, Henriette Engel, Timo Jakob, Gabriele Geißler, Axel Möbius, Ilse Bastubbe, Wilhelm Werner, Sven Mirek, Trude Brentina, Reimar J. Baur, Hans-Joachim Brieske, Ursula Werner.
DDR, DEFA, 1984.
Language: German.
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 Set on a remote beach, this long short is at times a harrowing account of brutality and recrimination. Several traumatised children mete out punishment to their elderly father for unimagined crimes in this meditation on grief, blame and consequences.
There is a stand-out performance from the actor playing the eldest son, Emilio, a thug shaped by tragedy and fear. It is difficult to surmise at times whether the gritty realism here is deliberate, or merely the landscape of an angry teenager's violent fantasies.
As tension between Emilio and his father continues to mount, the rivalry between the brothers is also played out in a series of confrontations. Magdalena, the only girl, retreats into silence as her body betrays her slow passage into womanhood and she is predictably a caring figure who consoles her youngest brother, who refuses to emerge from the wardrobe, where a mysterious silver chalice is kept. This chalice serves a perhaps surprising purpose in the film's conclusion.
Director: David Pablos.
Cast: Sebastian Aguirre, Rodrigo Azuela, Daniel Corkidi, Ana Elena Kelly, Jose Martinez, Ruben Pablos
Mexico, 2008.
Language: Spanish.
Subtitles: English.
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Download La cancion de los ninos muertos / The song of the dead children.

 

 

 A documentary on the Kirov School of Ballet in Russia, narrated by Princess Grace of Monaco.
"Talent is considered worth measuring only when it occurs in the right body," the narrator announces as hundreds of children are paraded across the camera. Each child is aged 10-12 and is gleaned from an application pool of thousands, all hoping to be chosen by the illustrious Vaganova Choreographic Institute and Kirov Ballet.
The audition process as we see it is incredibly is rigorous, with children measured and chosen for the specific physical proportions deemed necessary for the ballet before even having a chance to show off their ability but, as this movie keenly illustrates, the audition is only the first step that they'll take in a lifetime of rigorous discipline if they are accepted.
Director: Earle Mack, Robert Dornhelm.
Cast: Elena Vorontsova, Galina Mezentseva, Konstantin Zaklinsky (Kirov Theater, Russia), Princess Grace Kelly (Monaco).
Teachers and students of the Choreographic School. A. Y. Vaganova (Academy of Russian Ballet), St. Petersburg.
USA, 1977.
Language: English.
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 EN. Story of children growing up in Yugoslavia right after the end of World War II.
BA. Trenutak decjeg izrastanja u jednom dobu kada je rastenje bilo ubrzano i u doba rata i odmah posle rata.
Director: Zdravko Sotra.
Cast: Ljubomir Cipranic, Tatjana Lukjanova, Rade Markovic, Dejan Mironja, Nenad Nenadovic, Zivojin Nenadovic, Vesna Pecanac, Dragan Petrovic, Dusan Pocek, Goran Radakovic.
Yugoslavia, 1978.
Language: Serbo-Croatian .
Download Сирота / Siroce.

 

 The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a child. Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.
Director: Roeland Kerbosch.
Cast: Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley, Jeroen Krabbé, Freark Smink, Elsje de Wijn, Derk-Jan Kroon, Wiendelt Hooijer, Iris Misset, Gineke de Jager, Tatum Dagelet, Marie-José Kouwenhoven.
Netherlands, 1992.
Language: English, Russian.
Download Voor een verloren soldaat | For a Lost Soldier.

 

 FR. Gil, 8 ans, tombe fou amoureux d'une élève de sa classe, Jessica. Mais les adultes ne comprennent pas cette passion entre deux enfants, et Gil est interné dans un centre pour enfants psychotiques. Là, il se confie au Dr Edouard Valmont, seul médecin qui le comprenne vraiment.
EN. This film is about Gils, a young boy (about ten) in a juvenile mental hospital in 1950's France. Flashbacks recount his conflicts with authority and his strong relationship with Jessica, a similarly rebellious schoolmate. Simultaneously, a compassionate doctor develops a trusting friendship with Gils, which a higher-ranking authoritarian doctor tries to thwart.
Director: Jean-Claude Sussfeld.
Cast: Hippolyte Girardot, Patrick Bouchitey, Salomé Lelouch, François Clavier, Claude Duneton, Ludovic Gadois, Raymonde Heudeline, Amar Ioudarene.
France, 1994.
Language: French, Russian.
Download Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué.

 

 Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.
Thelma's foster child John-John is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.
Director: Brillante Mendoza.
Cast: Cherry Pie Picache, Kier Segundo, Eugene Domingo , Kristoffer King, Jake Macapagal, Ella Antonio, Paul Holmes, Lili Arivara, Ermie Concepcion, Jiro Manio.
Philippines, 2007.
Language: Filipino, Russian.
Subtitles: English, Russian.
Download Foster Child.

 

 Set in Singapore, Ilo Ilo chronicles the relationship between the Lim family and their newly arrived maid, Teresa. Like many other Filipino women, she has come to this city in search of a better life. Her presence in the family worsens their already strained relationship. Jiale, the young and troublesome son, starts to form a unique bond with Teresa, who soon becomes an unspoken part of the family. This is 1997 and the Asian Financial Crisis is beginning to be felt in the region...

Director: Anthony Chen.

Cast: Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Jia Ler Koh, Peter Wee, Jo Kukathas, Naomi Toh, Stephanie Kiong, Jia Min Chantel Teo, Zhi Fang Xu, Aizuddiin Nasser.

 GR: Καλοκαίρι 1960, σ' ένα γραφικό χωριό της Χίου, τελευταίες μέρες του σχολικού έτους. Η φιλία δυο αγοριών της Δ’ τάξης του Δημοτικού κλονίζεται. Το σχολείο κλείνει και τα δυο παιδιά περνούν ένα μεγάλο μέρος του καλοκαιριού χωριστά. Ο ένας βοηθάει τη μητέρα του στα μαστιχόδεντρα, τα δέντρα που πληγώνονται και δακρύζουν την αστραφτερή τους μαστίχα. Ο άλλος, ακολουθεί τον δικό του, μοναχικό δρόμο και προσπαθεί να ξεφύγει από τη δική του αυταρχική μάνα, που συνηθίζει να τον κυνηγά με τον πλάστη στα σοκάκια του χωριού. Μια τυχαία συνάντησή τους κατά τη διάρκεια μιας τέτοιας καταδίωξης γίνεται αφορμή να επανασυνδεθούν και να περάσουν μαζί το υπόλοιπο καλοκαίρι.

EN: It's summer 1960, in the picturesque Greek town of Chios, where people get around by donkey. School is ending, and a present-day narrator is calling up memories of the idyllic weeks he spent between fourth and fifth grades. They compose ''The Tree We Hurt,'' an unassuming Greek movie that opens today at the Public Theater.

In the course of this brief holiday scrapbook, the boy assists his mother in cutting the bark of the gum tree -''the tree we hurt'' - so the gum may drip out like tears or jewels. He frolics with a stray dog, joins in anouting on the beach, frees some trapped birds and is shot at by the bird catcher. He develops a crush on a pretty girl visitor. He and his best friend, Runny-Nose Vangelis, also known as the Cat Strangler, participate in funeral processions to earn a few coins. They splash in a tiny pool, eat ice cream and smoke a cigarette. With some other kids, they make war on wasps and pick on the local lunatic.

Director: Dimos Avdeliodis.

Cast: Yannis Avdeliodis, Nikos Mioteris, Katerina Kyriakodi, Dimos Avdeliodis, Takis Agoris, Yannis Koliaros, Vagelio Misailidou, Kostas Kalamotoessis, Dimitris Sideratos, Stelios Makrias, Despina Psalti.

Language: Greek.

 

 Documentary about nudism and naturism in USA and UK. This sensitive and touching film follows 18-year-old Bianca as she embarks on an investigation into what motivates people to take off their clothes in public.
Director: Alex Berk.
Cast: Bianca Badham, Charlotte Ruddock, Julie Ruddock, Steve Ruddock.
UK, 2004.
Language: English..
Download Diary of a Teenage Nudist.

 Los Parchís contra el inventor invisible es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Mario Sabato según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Víctor Proncet que se estrenó el 9 de julio de 1981 y que tuvo como actores principales a Los Parchís, Julio de Grazia y Javier Portales.
El grupo Parchís llega a Buenos Aires para realizar sus actuaciones en un circo. En el aeropuerto una banda de delincuentes están esperando a un grupo de personas que llevan en su poder la fórmula secreta que convierte en invisible a quien la acciona. Llegan Los Parchís con un colgante similar al que tiene que llevar la persona que está esperando la banda y los confunden, saliendo en su persecución para tratar de secuestrarlos. A partir de allí, transcurre una interminable serie de emocionantes aventuras plenas de alegría, música y diversión.
Director: Mario Sábato.
Cast: Tino Fernández, Óscar Cañada, David Muñoz, Yolanda Ventura, Gemma Termes Prat, Julio De Grazia, Javier Portales, Carlos Del Burgo, Adrián Ferrario, Roberto Carnaghi, Raúl Florido, Juan Carlos Ricci.
Argentina, 1981.
Language: Spanish.
Download Los Parchis contra el inventor invisible.

NO. Sommerjubel er en norsk novellefilm for barn fra 1986, regissert av Alexander Røsler etter en novelle av Rune Belsvik. Filmen handler om barns erotiske oppvåkning i en sommerferie. Vi møter noen 10-åringer som begynner å utforske sine erotiske følelser seg imellom og de får også øynene opp for de voksnes seksualitet.
EN. It is the last day of school before summer vacation. The teacher can be heard telling the students about a traveler going to America. As the bell rings we see dozens of children running from the school. The camera then focuses on a group of preteen children talking amongst themselves. The scene changes and we see Trond...

Cast: Joakim Kock, Lasse Edvardsen, Camilla Sletten, Øystein Offer-Olsen, Siri Hoff, Hans Jacob Melbye, Siri Spillum, Thomas Bay.

Language: Norwegian.

Subtitles: Russian.

 NO. Filmen handler i hovedsak om to 11-årige jenter, Siss (Line Storesund) og Unn (Hilde Nyeggen Martinsen). Det begynner en ny jente i klassen til Siss. Det er Unn, som bor hos sin moster (Merete Moen) siden foreldrene hennes er borte. De to jentene føler et udefinert behov for hverandre, en stillfarende lengsel etter ømhet og varme. En kveld Siss er på besøk hos Unn, sitter de to jentene inne på Unns rom bak en låst dør, der kler de seg nakne for hverandre. De kastes inn i en sterk følelseskonfrontasjon og dagen etter klarer ikke Unn å møte Siss. På vei til skolen begir hun seg alene inn i det kalde, ensomme landskapet i den gjenfrosne fossen hvor hun til slutt forsvinner. Det går letemannskap ute til langt på natt for å lete etter Unn og tilslutt må letemannskapet gå til moster og fortelle at de ikke finner Unn. Dette går sterkt inn på Siss og hun er i ferd med å bukke under i isolasjon og desperasjon. Hun lukker seg inni seg selv og vil ikke leke med de andre på skolen. Hun blir bare stående for seg selv i skolegården. En dag går Siss til moster og får høre at moster har avfunnet seg med at Unn er borte og ikke lever mer. Moster har pakket sammen og er på flyttefot. Våren kommer og isen smelter i det store islandskapet. Siss er ute ved fossen og der finner hun Unn nedfrosset nede i isen. Det ender med at Siss får hjelp til å finne seg selv igjen, hun åpner seg igjen og blir på den måten berget.
EN. In a remote Norwegian mountain-area in the thirties, two 12 year old girls Siss and Unn meets. They are friends, but for Unn it is more serious, she admits to have secret and indecent fantasies about her girlfriend.
Director: Per Blom.
Cast: Line Storesund, Hilde Nyeggen Martinsen, Merete Moen, Sigrid Huun, Vidar Sandem, Knut Ørvig, Urda Brattrud Larsen, Charlotte Lundestad, Gunnar Svensrud, Jan Hoel.
Norway, 1987.
Language: Norwegian.
Subtitles: Russian.
Download Is-slottet / Ice Palace.

 DE. Farb-Dokumentarfilm der vordergründig über das Pioniertreffen in Dresden 1952 berichtet. Drei Jungen und zwei Mädchen erzählen dabei ihre Ferienerlebnisse bei den Pioniergruppen auf Rügen, von ihrem Aufenthalt auf dem Segelschulschiff "Wilhelm Pieck" in Rostock, von den Erlebnissen bei einem Geländewettbewerb im Elbsandsteingebirge, von den Erkenntnissen bei einer Havelexpedition um den Käbeliksee und von ihren Geschichtsforschungen in der Thomas-Müntzer-Stadt Mühlhausen. Allein durch die pathetische Kommentierung, aber auch durch die vorgenommene Bild- und Schnittfolge wird erkennbar, das die Jugend der DDR gelobt im Kampf für die Errichtung eines einheitlichen, friedliebenden und demokratisch unabhängigen Deutschland ihre ganze Kraft einzusetzen.
EN. Summer holidays of young pioneers and the report of the pioneer meeting in Dresden in August 1952.
Director: Herbert Ballmann.
DDR, DEFA, 1952.
Language: German.
Download Blaue Wimpel im Sommerwind / Blue Pennants In The Summer Wind.

 PT. Tio Maneco (Flávio Migliaccio) leva os filhos de seu cunhado Alfredo (Walter Forster), os meninos Beto (Lui Farias) e Zequinha (Maurício Farias), para passar férias no sítio do avô em Mato Grosso. O avô é um rádio-amador maníaco, obcecado em contatar seres de outros planetas. Ao chegarem ao sítio, Tio Maneco e os sobrinhos descobrem um disco voador. Logo eles têm contato com seres minúsculos, que informam que o avô está em poder de um robô enviado pelos supercomputadores que dominam seu planeta, a fim de descobrir e destruir uma flor misteriosa. Esta flor pode ser encontrada com uma tribo de índios, cujo paradeiro só o avô conhece. Tio Maneco e os sobrinhos saem à caça do avô, enquanto este tenta enrolar o robô o máximo que pode.
EN. Jorney to an unknown world is a highly obscure Brazilian jungle adventure film from 1971 which seems to have been written with kids in mind. In a nutshell, the movie charts the adventures of Tio Maneco, a globe-trotting adventurer who decides to head off into the Amazonian rainforest with his three young nephews (a purely annoying one, a chubby annoying one, and a little annoying one). What follows is, well, difficult to describe...
Three boys and their uncle venture into the Amazon jungle in search of their missing grandfather who's been kidnapped by evil space robots! An unusual and hard-to-find kids film that mixes live-action, animation and some "mondo" footage to tell it's story.
Director: Flávio Migliaccio.
Cast: Flávio Migliaccio, Odete Lara, Walter Forster, Kleber Drable, Rodolfo Arena, Milton Vilar, Alfredo Murphy, Lui Farias, Mauro Farias, Maurício Farias.
Brazil, 1971.
Language: English.
Download Aventuras com Tio Maneco / Jorney to an unknown world.

 DE. 1. Das Mädchen Antje lebt bei ihrem Großvater. Ihr Vater ist Steuermann auf einem großen Kreuzer und seine Frau durfte ihn auf einer weiten Reise begleiten. In Südermünde, am Meer, wird sie von allen Störtebeker gerufen, weil sie in ihrer Phantasie oft mit dem echten Seeräuber Störtebeker redet und sich von ihm verschiedene Ratschläge holt. Ihr Ziel, Steuerfrau auf einem großen Segelschiff zu werden, liegen viele Steine im Weg. Nach einer Menge Tricksereien erkennt sie den wahren Weg und lernt bis dahin große und kleine Freunde zu schätzen.
2. Da ihr Vater zur See fährt und ihre Mutter ihn begleitet, lebt Antje bei ihrem Großvater in Südermünde am Meer. Eines Tages will auch Antje die Meere bereisen und ein so schönes Segelschiff wie die “Immer bereit” steuern, die es dem Mädchen vom ersten Augenblick an angetan hat. In ihrer Fantasie hält Antje oft Zwiesprache mit dem legendären Piraten Störtebeker. Mithilfe seiner Ratschläge will sich das “Mädchen Störtebeker”, wie sie bald im Ort gerufen wird, einen Platz auf Kapitän Martens Segelschiff erkämpfen.
EN. A funny adventures of the twelve years old girl Antje who is fascinated by the stories about a famous pirate Stortebeker.
Episode List:
01 ... träumt von großer Fahrt.
02 ... treibt ein schlimmes Spiel.
03 ... geht baden.
04 ... sieht Land.
05 ... kapert sein Schiff.

Director: Karl-Heinz Bahls.
Cast: Paul Arenkens, Klaus Bamberg, Michael Christian, Werner Dissel, Rainer Doering, Karsten Hopp, Jürgen Kaczmarek, Uwe Kockisch, Lotte Loebinger, Margit Meller, Wolfgang Penz, Ronny Prochino, Hans-Peter Reinecke, Günther Schulze, Violetta Sudmann.
DDR, 1980.
Language: German.
Download Das Mädchen Störtebeker.

 Folge 1. Das alte Haus.
Die Berliner Familie Habermann macht im Erzgebirge im Urlaub. Der kleine idyllische Ort Bärenbach gefällt ihnen so sehr, dass sie das Angebot des Bürgermeisters annehmen und nach Bärenbach umsiedeln. Sie finden in einem alten Haus eine schöne Wohnung, die sich ausbauen lässt. Aber die Dorfbewohner sagen, dass es in diesem Haus spukt. Vater Habermann ist Arzt und Wissenschaftler daher lehnt er solche Urteile vom Aberglauben energisch ab. Seine Kinder finden die Geschichten vom alten Haus ziemlich spannend und werden noch etliche Abenteuer erleben…
Director: Günter Meyer.
Cast: Madeleine Lierck, Wolf-Dieter Lingk, Kathrin Bachert, Janine Demuschewsky, Maurice Zirm, Hajo Müller, C.U. Wiesner, Siegfried Worch, Kirsten Block.
DDR, DEFA, 1987.
Language: German.
Download Spuk von draußen. 1987. Ep 1.

 On the day of the Halloween party, boys Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibit swimming so late in the year), pitching apples over a barn, and borrowing a cart which had drifted away from its owner. The grandest mischief of all, however, comes from their attempt to win the prize at the Halloween party, given to the entrant with the largest pumpkin.
Based on Rober Newton Peck's fantastic "Soup" Books.
Director: Dennis Donnelly.
Writers: Mark Fink, Robert Newton Peck.
Cast: Frank Cady, Shane Sinutko, Christian Berrigan, Mary Margaret Patts, Owen Bush, Kathleen Freeman.
USA, 1978.
Language: English.
Subtitles: Russian.
Download Soup and Me.