PLOT HINT "Nostalgia becomes an escape from present disappointments

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

A short film parody of Lady Bird (2017) in the style of Italian Neorealism.

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Paper puppets tell the true story of an unfortunate happening in a young boy's life.

For Hoàng Khang, a 12th grade student facing a choice for the future, the pressures of making a living always weigh heavily on him because he was raised by his grandmother's small chè (Vietnamese dessert) stall and he doesn't want his grandmother to worry anymore. Meanwhile, Quốc is a warm-hearted guy who always tries to take care of Hoàng Khang with everything he has, but it seems that Hoàng Khang always rejects Quốc's feelings. Where will the youth story of Hoàng Khang and Quốc go?

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.