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Subgenre Sampler

 
WunderkinderWunderkinder (2011)
Dir. Markus Rosenmüller
Feat. Gedeon Burkhard, Natalia Avelon
A history of Germany in broad strokes, this heartrending coming–of–age tale charts the upheaval of WWII through the eyes of three child…
BoyBoy (2010) Recommended
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
Taika Waititi continues his dream run as director with this fictionalised coming–of–age tale that draws on his own experience growing up…
Daydream NationDaydream Nation (2010)
Dir. Michael Goldbach
Feat. Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell
A daydreaming 17–year–old (Dennings) seduces a high school teacher for kicks, only to attract the attention of a lovesick stoner…
Dog PoundDog Pound (2010)
Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales
Depressing drama set in a youth correctional facility follows three troubled teens as they struggle to adapt to life behind bars. Owing a large…
Expecting Mary Expecting Mary (2010)
Dir. Dan Gordon
Feat. Olesya Rulin, Elliott Gould, Linda Gray
Good–natured road movie tale with a pregnant teenager heading to California in search of her father, but who she encounters along the way will…
HeartbeatsHeartbeats (2010)
Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, Monia Chokri
A quick turnaround for precocious French Canadian dir. Xavier Dolan; his sophomore feature an equally painful and amusing bifurcated romance, in…
Lost KissesLost Kisses (I baci mai dati) (2010)
Dir. Roberta Torre
Feat. Carla Marchese, Donatella Finocchiaro
A 13–year–old girl in the deprived outskirts of a sprawling Sicilian city becomes a local celebrity to her needy community when word…
Monga: Gangs of TaipeiMonga: Gangs of Taipei (Báng-kah) (2010)
Dir. Doze Niu
Feat. Ching-Tien Juan, Mark Chao, Ju-Lung Ma
Pungent youth drama set in 1980s Taiwan, after the end of military dictatorship, concerns the intertwined fate of five troubled friends.
Myth of the American Sleepover, TheMyth of the American Sleepover, The (2010) Recommended
Dir. David Robert Mitchell
Feat. Claire Soma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer
A balmy summer night before the start of high school is the backdrop for this languid, moment–to–moment capsule of life as an idle…
NedsNeds (2010)
Dir. Peter Mullan
Feat. Connor McCarron
Dark coming–of–age story where a promising young student becomes dangerously entwined in Glasgow's violent gangland. Director Peter…

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