Mid90s (2018)
In the mid-1990s, 13-year-old Stevie lives in Los Angeles with his aggressive, fitness-obsessed older brother Ian and single mother Dabney. One day Stevie bikes past Motor Avenue Skateshop, admires the…
Bush Christmas (1947)
“I don’t expect you’ve ever heard of our valley,” says the narrator. “Mara Mara is its name, the name the Australian blacks gave it hundreds of years before we came…
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is a ten-year-old boy in Nazi Germany during the second world war. He is extremely patriotic and loves his country and loves the fuhrer –…
The Way he Looks (2014)
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go…
Sleepers (1996)
Told through the narration of a grown-up “Shakes”, four young boys: Lorenzo “Shakes”(Joseph Perrino), Michael (Brad Renfro), Tommy (Jonathan Tucker), and John (Geoffrey Wigdor) are the best of friends growing…
The Kite Runner (2007)
The two main characters of the story are Amir, a well-to-do Afghan boy from the dominant Pushtun ethnic group, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant Ali, who belongs…
Wonder (2017)
August “Auggie” Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) sees himself as an ordinary kid. He loves science, is a big fan of “Star Wars”, and Halloween is his favorite holiday. He lives in…
We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)
Kevin’s mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final…
Billy Elliot (2000)
The film is set during the 19841985 UK miners’ strike, and centres on the character of 11-year-old Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell), his love of dance and his hope to become…