Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is...
Category | Official Competition |
Section | Rear Window |
Tipology | Feature Film |
A gay teen finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle America in the 1980s. Growing up, learning...
Category | Official Competition |
Section | Rear Window |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to...
Category | Official Competition |
Section | Premiere |
Tipology | Feature Film |
This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Premiere |
Tipology | Animation, Feature Film |
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and...
Category | Official Competition |
Section | Childhood screens |
Tipology | Feature Film |
During the times of King Arthur, the story of an adventurous brave girl, named Kayley, whose father, a Knight of the Round Table, is killed by Sir Ruber, a maniacal brute who...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Premiere |
Tipology | Animation, Feature Film |
Simon Birch was the smallest baby ever born in the Gravestone Memorial Hospital. The doctors proclaimed Simon’s birth a miracle, and ever since, he is always ready to remind...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Premiere |
Tipology | Feature Film |
A teenage girl riding a horse is hit by a truck. To help heal her troubled/injured daughter, and horse, the mother takes them to Montana to recuperate at the ranch of a 'horse...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Premiere |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Kevin Dillon is a young genius. Despite his strong character, he has difficulty in his relationships with his contemporaries due to the fact that he has to wear surgical braces on...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Giffoni50 Review |
Tipology | Feature Film |
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Y Gen |
Tipology | Feature Film |