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White Bird

In White Bird, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy’s mother (Gillian Anderson) risks everything to keep her safe.

Good One

17-year-old Sam (Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise beyond her years, attempts to mediate. But when lines are crossed and Sam’s trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch, as Sam struggles with her dad’s emotional limitations and experiences the universal moment when the parental bond is tested.

An Autumn Summer

The coming of age romance follows young lovers Kevin and Cody (McKenna, Maxwell) as they navigate their last summer together before life takes them to different colleges. Amongst the beauty of Northern Michigan, the pair discover the depth of their feelings as they’re tested by their conflicting futures.

Sumo

Jonah, a silver tongued and overweight kid with low self-esteem, meets Hana, a Japanese female janitor at his school – and an ex Sumo wrestler. Along with a pedantic and friendless building manager, the unlikely trio set about building a Dohjo, and training for the US Sumo Open.

Adulting

A coming-of-age film with themes of marriage, divorce and parenting through the lens of adolescence.

The Long Home

Set in rural Tennessee in the 1940s, a young and headstrong carpenter, who lost his father years before to a human evil, is forced to make difficult moral choices to face up to that evil.

Be Here Now

A group of young people at a music festival have chance encounters which change their lives forever. A young photo-blogger must navigate the festival's glitterati in order to gain access to the exclusive backstage area and ultimately make it as an artist.

Conversations With Andy

Set in 1984 New York, a sixth-grader befriends artist Andy Warhol at the same time that he learns his parents are discussing divorce. With the artist's guidance, as well as the help of his older sister and best friend, the boy hatches a plan to throw his parents an anniversary party in hopes of keeping them together.

Paved New World

Two teens, who have just graduated from high school, are heading off in different directions in life. Before they can embark on their new journeys, they take their boards on a final trek across town to witness a hometown skateboarding hero attempt to skate an "unskateable" mountain on his skateboard, as his last attempt to prove he is still the idol he once was.

The Absolutely True Dia...

A teen named Junior, a budding cartoonist, grows up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, he leaves his troubled school on the reservation to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

The Sky Blues

High school senior Sky Baker, openly gay, faces a setback when a homophobic and Islamophobic e-blast goes viral, ruining his promposal plans for his crush, Ali. Despite feeling like leaving town, Sky finds support from his classmates and decides to fight back.

Viena and the Fantomes

A roadie goes on a journey of self-discovery and survival as part of a punk band's convoy, traveling through America circa the 1980s.

1990

A high school student transfers to a new school for his senior year, which sees him become best friends with classmate Kali. Though both harbor romantic feelings for one another, their timing never seems to be quite right.

Becoming Noble

After finding out she is a Princess in an African nation, high school senior Noble travels to her home country on the continent to discover her roots—and to determine if royal is something she really wants to be.

Big Time Adolescence

Story of a teenage boy coming of age in his dull suburban town under the destructive guidance of his best friend, a charismatic college dropout.